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" ... we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder our pleasure, or, perhaps, regard them with some kindness, for being united with so much merit. "
Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ... - Page 131
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: An essay on the life and genius of ...

Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...mingle good and bod qualities in their principal personages, that they are both equally conspicuous ; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder...
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The Christian Keepsake and Missionary Annual

1847 - 356 pages
...mingle good and bad qualities in their principal personages, that they are both equally conspicuous ; and as. we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhorrence of their faults because they do not hinder...
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Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 360 pages
...mingle good and bad qualities in their principal personages that they are both equally conspicuous ; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhorrence of their faults because they do not hinder...
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Selections from the Works of Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 pages
...good and bad qualities in their principal personages, that they are both equally conspicuous ; and 35 as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favor, we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder...
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Literary Criticism: Pope to Croce

Gay Wilson Allen, Harry Hayden Clark - 1962 - 676 pages
...mingle good and bad qualities in their principal personages that they are both equally conspicuous; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favor, we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder...
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Essays from the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler

Samuel Johnson - 1968 - 400 pages
...mingle good and bad qualities in their principal personages, that they are both equally conspicuous; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder...
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Samuel Johnson

Lawrence Lipking - 2009 - 396 pages
...mingle good and bad qualities in their principal personages, that they are both equally conspicuous; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder...
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Jane Austen and Leisure

David Selwyn - 1998 - 384 pages
...mingle good and bad qualities in their principal personages, that they are both equally conspicuous; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder...
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Gothic Documents: A Sourcebook 1700-1820

Emma Clery, Robert Miles - 2000 - 322 pages
...mingle good and bad qualities in their principle personages, that they are both equally conspicuous; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder...
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The Domestic Revolution: Enlightenment Feminisms and the Novel

Eve Tavor Bannet - 2000 - 324 pages
...to whom they serve as lectures of conduct and instructions into life?" Dr. Johnson thought not, for "as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder...
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