 But when an adventurer is levelled with the rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama, as may be the lot of any other man ; young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer attention, and hope, by observing his behaviour and...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 23by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Full view - About this book
 | 1803 - 322 pages
...spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer attention, and hope, by observing his behaviour and success, to regulate their own practices when they...professed morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and yirtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions. But if the power of example is so great as to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...to curiosity. Ibid. p' 72. Those familiar histories which draw the'por* .traits of living manners, may perhaps be made of greater use than the solemnities...and definitions. But if the power of example is so treat as to take possession of the memory by a ind of violence, and produce erffects almost without... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1805 - 206 pages
...habitual, and no other tort is o agreeable in the application.' The next thai! be from Johnson : ' , ' These familiar histories may perhaps be made of greater...morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and virtue with mure efficacy than axioms and definitions. But if the power cf example is so great, as to take possession... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer attention, and hope, by observing his behaviour and success, to regulate their own practices, when they...solemnities of professed morality, and convey the knowledges of vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions. But if the power of example... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 814 pages
...— " Thefe familiar hiftories may perhaps be made of greater ule than the Solemnities of profefled morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and virtue...axioms and definitions. But if the power of example is fo great, as to take poflefikm of the me» raory by a kind of violence, and produce effefts almoil... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 pages
...spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer attention, and hope, by observing his behaviour and success, to regulate their own practices, when they shall be engaged in the like part, For For this reason these familiar histories may perhaps be made of greater use than the solemnities of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 394 pages
...young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer attention, and hope, by observing his behavior and success, to regulate their own practices, when they...vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and defini-, lions. But if the power of example is so great as to take possession of the memory by a kind... | |
 | Harriet Corp - 1813 - 288 pages
...ANTIDOTE TO THE MISERIES OF HUMAN TALENTS IMPROVED, Are.' '• p:, '..'. TWO vOLUMES IN ONB. VOL. I. " Familiar histories may perhaps be made of greater use than the ' solemnities i,f professed morality. and eonvey the knowledge of viee and virtue with more effieaey than axioms... | |
 | 1816 - 778 pages
...writing : " Thefe familiar hiftoriei may perhaps be of greater ufe than the folemmties of profeffed morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and virtue...axioms and definitions. But if the power of example is fo great as to take poflelfion of the memory by a kind of violence, and produce effects almotl without... | |
 | 1856 - 838 pages
...admirable : " History, which draws a portrait of living manners, may perhaps oe made of greater vie than the solemnities of professed morality, and convey...vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitwns." Which being applied to the present ease, may be interpreted to signify that the life of... | |
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