 It is therefore not a sufficient vindication of a character, that it is drawn as it appears, for many characters ought never to be drawn; nor of a narrative, that the train of events is agreeable to observation ° and experience, for that observation...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 24by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 394 pages
...a sufficient vindication of a Character, that it is drawn as it appears, for many characters ought never to be drawn ; nor of a narrative, that the train...to observation and experience, for that observation vrhich is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than... | |
 | 1816 - 778 pages
...a fufficient vindication of a character, that it is drawn is it appears ; for many characters ought never to be drawn : nor of a narrative, that the train of erents is agreeable to obfervation ; for that obfervation which is called knowledge of the world will... | |
 | 1818 - 896 pages
...mirror which shews all that presents itself without discrimination. It is not a sufficient vindication of a narrative, that the train of events is agreeable...much more frequently to make men cunning than good. Many .writers so mingle good and bad qualities in their principal personages, that they are both equally... | |
 | 1818 - 904 pages
...mirror which shews all that presents itself without discrimination. It is not a sufficient vindication of a narrative, that the train of events is agreeable...observation which is called knowledge of the world, will he found much more frequently to make men cunning than good. Many writers so mingle good and bad qualities... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 638 pages
...a sufficient vindication of a character, that it is drawn as it appears, for many characters ought never to be drawn; nor of a narrative, that the train...The purpose of these writings is surely not only to shew mankind, but to provide that they may be seen hereafter with less hazard; to teach the means of... | |
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 pages
...drawn as it appears, for many characters ought never to be drawn; nor of a narrative, that the tram of events is agreeable to observation and experience,...The purpose of these writings is surely not only to shew mankind, but to provide that they may be seen hereafter with less hazard ; to teach the means... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 748 pages
...a sufficient vindication of a character, that it is drawn as it appears, for many characters ought never to be drawn; nor of a narrative, that the train...be found much more frequently to make men cunning thau good. The purpose of these writings is surely not only to show mankind, but to provide that they... | |
 | 1823 - 886 pages
...a sufficient vindication of a character, that it is drawn as it appears ; for many characters ought never to be drawn : nor of a narrative, that the train of events is agreeable to ohservation ; for that observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 526 pages
...a sufficient vindication of a character, that it is drawn as it appears ; for many characters ought never to be drawn : nor of a narrative, that the train...The purpose of these writings is surely not only to shew mankind, but to provide that they may be seen hereafter with less hazard ; to teach the means... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...of , character, that it is drawn as it appears; foi many characters ought never to be drawn ; \vtf of a narrative, that the train of events is agreeable...of the world, will be found much more frequently to mako men cunning than good. The purpose of these writings is surely not only to show mankind, but to... | |
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