 ... truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character,...  Works - Página 105por Samuel Johnson - 1811Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 páginas
...wit, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation...mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness ; and having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness ; and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 páginas
...vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. lie lias restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation...attain, than that of having purified intellectual yjleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having taught a succession... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 598 páginas
...vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation...No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of i-iaving purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 páginas
...vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation...character " above all Greek, above all Roman fame." 'No greatet felicity can genius attain, than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 412 páginas
...literary charter ees«? all üw*, eAev» ttll /few«» flimf. No greater felicity can genius at' tain» than that of having purified intellectual pleasure)...mirth from Indecency, and wit from licentiousness i of having taught a sue« eession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety tu the aid of goodness t... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 páginas
...vice and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation...succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to Ihe aid of goodness; and, if I may use expressions yet more awful, of having " turned many to righteousness."... | |
 | Walter Hutchinson Aston - 1811 - 324 páginas
...vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation...character, " above all Greek, above all Roman fame." Ko greater felicity can genius attain, than having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 510 páginas
...vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation...elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness ; and, to use expressions yet more awful, of having " turned many to righteousness.'* As a descriher of life... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 512 páginas
...vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation...elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness ; and, to use expressions yet more awful, of having " turned many to righteousness." As a describer of life... | |
 | George Miller - 1813 - 638 páginas
...vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation...character, above all Greek, above all Roman fame. As a teacher of wisdom, he may be confidently followed. His religion has nothing in it enthusiastic... | |
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