...be drawn; nor of a natrative, that the train of evenrs is agreeable to observation and expetience, for that observation which is called knowledge of the -world, will be found much more frequenrly to make men cunning than good.1 Fielding's fiction, Johnson suspecrs, will not defend virtue...

...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...much more frequently to make men cunning than good." (Italics mine.) The deficiency of this criticism is not that it advocates selection, which is the basis...

...mirror which shows 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. Connected with the last-mentioned objection, there is another, already partially adverted to, arising...