 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 458 pages
...romances willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...thoughts ; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominv.* * This excellent paper was occasioned by the popularity of Roderick Random and Tom Jones,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 538 pages
...romances willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is, therefore, to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy '. NO. 5. TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1750. Er nunc omnis ager, nunc omnis parturit arbos : Nuncfrondent silca,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 530 pages
...wits. It is, therefore, to_be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of under, standing, and the only solid basis of greatness ; and that ^-...that >it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy^. N°. 5. TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1750. £( nunc urn iiis ager, nune omnis parturit arbos : Kvncfrmdent silts,... | |
 | Jane Porter - 1831 - 482 pages
...existing and engaging objects of nature ; and, on these grounds, I have attempted steadily to inculcate, " That virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts; which begin in mistake, and end in ignominy." JP London, 1803. THADDEUS OF WARSAW. CHAPTER I. THE large... | |
 | William Godwin - 1832 - 980 pages
...existing and engaging objects of nature; and, on these grounds, I have attempted steadily to inculcate, "That virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts, whicli begin in mistake, and end in ignominy." JP THE AUTHOR TO HER FRIENDLY READERS. •WRITTEN FOR... | |
 | 1833 - 438 pages
...President in 1828, at the age of sixty-three, and reelected in 1832. MAXIMS. It ought always to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...thoughts, that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great wisdom ; and to forgive it, if a proof of a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834
...Romances willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness ; and that »ice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy.*... | |
 | Edward Wilson Landor - 1836 - 614 pages
...if they may be allowed to be wits ; and therefore it is the duly of an author steadily to inculcate that virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; thftt it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy."* • It would be well if an author never forgot... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...Romances willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. Ft is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...that it begins in mistake, and ends in Ignominy.* No. 5.] TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1750. Kt mme omnis offer, nunc outfit • parturit arJtos, fittnc frondtnt... | |
 | Rembrandt Peale - 1839 - 276 pages
...with so much art, that no common mind is able to disunite them. * * * It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. Johnson. EXERCISE. BY toil our long-lived fathers earned their food ; Toil strung the nerves, and purified... | |
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... while it is supported by either parts or spirit, it will be seldom heartily abhorred. The Roman tyrant was content to be hated, if he was but feared; and there are thousands of the readers of romances willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed... 
