 In narratives, where historical veracity has no place, I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest...  The Rambler - Page 26by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Full view - About this book
 | Gay Wilson Allen, Harry Hayden Clark - 1962 - 676 pages
...where historical veracity has no place, I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue; of virtue not angelical, nor...above probability — for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate — but the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which, exercised in such... | |
 | 1856 - 668 pages
...where historical veracity has no place, I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue; of virtue, not angelical,...nor above probability. For what we cannot credit, we shall never imitate. But the highest and purest which humanity can reach, which, exercised in such... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1968 - 400 pages
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 | Aileen Douglas - 1995 - 244 pages
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 | Andrew Lynch - 1997 - 198 pages
...where historical veracity has no place, I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach. 31 By these standards, Malory... | |
 | Marshall Brown - 1999 - 292 pages
...moral paragons for the "common mind": "I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach" (24) . The dedication's repetition... | |
 | David Selwyn - 1998 - 384 pages
...common mind is able to disunite them ... I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate; but the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which, exercised in such trials... | |
 | Dorothy J. Hale - 2005 - 841 pages
...where historical veracity has no place, I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which, exercised in such trials... | |
 | Claude Rawson - 2007 - 188 pages
...where historical veracity has no place, I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which, exercised in such trials... | |
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