 In the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment was so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was in very little danger of making any applications to himself; the virtues and crimes were equally beyond his sphere of activity;...  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Page 22by Samuel Johnson - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 638 pages
...combinations of images. In the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment was so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was...motives of their own, and who had neither faults nor excellences in common with himself. But when an adventurer is levelled with the rest of the world,... | |
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 pages
...combinations of images. " In the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment was so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was...virtues and crimes were equally beyond his sphere and activity ; and he amused himself with heroes and with traitors, deliverers and persecutors, as... | |
 | 1823 - 428 pages
...combinations of images. In the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment was so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was...applications to himself; the virtues and crimes were equally beyondhis sphere of activity; and he amused himself with heroes and with traitors, deliverers and persecutors,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 476 pages
...combinations of images. In the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment was so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was...any applications to himself; the virtues and crimes are equally beyond his sphere of activity ; and he amused himself with heroes and with traitors, deliverers... | |
 | 1823 - 880 pages
...of making any application to himself: the virtues and crimes were equally beyond the sphere of his activity ; and he amused himself with heroes and with...and persecutors, as with beings of another species. But when аи adventurer is levelled with the rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 466 pages
...combinations of images. In the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment was so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was in very little danger uf making any applications to himself; the virtuus and crimes are equally beyond his sphere of activity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 530 pages
...little^danger of making any ap^ plications to himself; the virtues and crimes were equally t „• Tjeyond his sphere of activity ; and he amused himself with...faults nor excellencies in common with himself. But when_an Adventurer is levelled with the rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 pages
...combinations of images. In the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment was so remote hie sphere of activity ; and he amused' liimself with heroes and with traitors, deliverers and persecutors,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...combinations of images. In the romances formerly written, every transaction and scutiment was so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was...making any applications to himself; the virtues and cnmes were equally beyond his sphere of activity ; And he amused himself with heroes and with traitors,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 pages
...combinations of images. In the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment was so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was in very tiltli- danger of making any applications to himself; the virtues and crimes were equally beyond his... | |
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