| Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...pretensions to renown ; and little regard is due to that bigotry which sets candour higher than truth. His first defect is that to which may be imputed most...indeed a system of social duty may be selected, for he that thinks reasonably must think morally ; but his precepts and axioms drop casually from him; he... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 450 pages
...pretensions to renown ; and little regard is due to that bigotry which sets candour higher than truth. His first defect is that to which may be imputed most...indeed a system of social duty may be selected, for he that thinks reasonably must think morally ; but his precepts and axioms drop casually from him ; he... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 676 pages
...pretensions to renown ; and little regard is due to that bigotry which sets candour higher than truth. His first defect is that to which may be imputed most...indeed a system of social duty may be selected, for he that thinks reasonably must think morally ; but his precepts and axioms drop casually from him: he... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 668 pages
...pretensions to renown ; and little regard is due to that bigotry which sets candour higher than truth. His first defect is that to which may be imputed most...purpose. From his writings indeed a system of social duty 7 may be selected, for he that thinks reasonably must think morally ; but his precepts and axioms drop... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...moral view in writing this poem ; Shakspeare, who, (as Dr. Johnson has justly observed,) generally " sacrifices virtue to convenience, and is so much more...instruct, that he seems to write without any moral purpose ; " — who " carries his persons indifferently through right and wrong, and at the close dismisses... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 486 pages
...has justly observed,) generally " sacrifices virtue to convenience, and is so much more careful (o please than to instruct, that he seems to write without any moral purpose ; " — who " carries his persons incjift'erently through right and wrong, and at the close dismisses... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 526 pages
...pretensions to renown ; and little regard is due to that bigotry which sets candour higher than truth. His first defect is that to which may be imputed most...indeed a system of social duty may be selected, for he that thinks reasonably must think morally ; but his precepts and axioms drop casually from him ; he... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 350 pages
...pretensions to renown ; and little regard is due to that bigotry which sets candour liigher than truth. His first defect is that to which may be imputed most...instruct, that he- seems to write without any moral pur» pose. From his writings, indeed, a system of social duty may be selected, for he that thinks... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 436 pages
...pretensions to renown ; and little regard is due to that bigotry which sets candour higher than truth. His first defect is that to which may be imputed most...to please than to instruct, that he seems to write VOL. x. L without any moral purpose. From his writings indeed a system of social duty may be selected,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 432 pages
...pretensions to renown ; and little regard is due to that bigotry which sets candour higher than truth. His first defect is that to which may be imputed ^,...virtue to convenience, and is so much more careful j,o please than to instruct, that he seems to write VOL. x. i, f7) withoutanjjnoral purpose. From his... | |
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