 ... than exalted by an attempt to reward virtue with temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which Providence has deemed worthy of suffering merit ; and it is a dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach young persons, the most common readers of romance,...  Bride of Lammermoor - Peveril of the peak - Page 80by Walter Scott - 1833Full view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1882 - 676 pages
...teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded...wealth, greatness, rank, or the indulgence of such a rashly-formed or ill-assorted passion as that of Rebecca for Ivanhoe, the reader will be apt to say,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1883 - 574 pages
...teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded...rank, or the indulgence of such a rashly formed or ill assorted passion as that of Rebecca for Ivanhoe, the reader will be apt to say, verily Virtue has... | |
 | William Mackergo Taylor - 1886 - 260 pages
...teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded by, the gratification of our passions or the attainment of our wishes. In a word, if a virtuous and self-denied character is dismissed with... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1886 - 502 pages
...readers of romance, iluit rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied u~ith, or adequately rewarded by, the gratification of our passions, or attainment of our wislws. In a word, if a virtuous and self-denied character is dismissed with temporal wealth, greatness,... | |
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - 1890 - 488 pages
...teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded...gratification of our passions or attainment of our wishes. If a virtuous and self-denied character is dismissed with temporal wealth, greatness, rank, or the... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1900 - 562 pages
...teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded...attainment of our wishes. In a word, if a virtuous and self -denied character is dismissed with temporal wealth, greatness, rank, or the indulgence of such... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1908 - 842 pages
...teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded by, the gratification of our passions, or attainments of our wishes. ] slight, and sometimes scornful, glance with which Scott passes over scenes... | |
 | Johannes Gärdes - 1904 - 226 pages
...teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded...wealth, greatness, rank, or the indulgence of such a rashly-formed or ill-assorted passion as that of Rebecca for Ivanhoe, the reader will be apt to say,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1908 - 840 pages
...teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded by, the gratification of our passions, or attainments of our wishes."] slight, and sometimes scornful, glance with which Scott passes over scenes... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1908 - 840 pages
...teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded by, the gratification of our passions, or attainments of our wishes."] slight, and sometimes scornful, glance with which Scott passes over scenes... | |
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