...read the account. . . . Many characters ought never to be drawn. ... In narratives where historical veracity has no place I cannot discover why there...not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue,' like Sir Charles Grandison. \Ve ought to be taught that ' vice begins in mistake and ends in ignominy,'...

...liiltorical veracity has no place, I cannot difcover why there fhould not be exhibited the molt perfeil idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability ; for what we cannot credit, we (hall never imitate ; but of the higheft and puren kind that humanity can reach, which, when exercifed...