 The Roman tyrant was content to be hated, if he was but feared; and there are thousands of the readers of romances willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - 26 ページSamuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy 著 - 1820全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Jane Porter - 1831 - 482 ページ
...existing and engaging objects of nature ; and, on these grounds, I have attempted steadily to inculcate, " That virtue is the highest proof of understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness; and that vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts; which begin in mistake, and... | |
 | William Godwin - 1832 - 964 ページ
...existing and engaging objects of nature; and, on these grounds, I have attempted steadily to inculcate, "That virtue is the highest proof of understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness ; and that vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts, whicli begin in mistake, and... | |
 | 1833 - 438 ページ
...elected President in 1828, at the age of sixty-three, and reelected in 1832. MAXIMS. It ought always to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest...proof of understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness •. and that vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts, that it begins in mistake,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 ページ
...seldom heartily abhorred. The Roman tyrant was content to be hated, if he was but feared ; and there arc or some other subject of learning or of greatness ; and that »ice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake,... | |
 | Edward Wilson Landor - 1836 - 614 ページ
...— let him recollect, in the words of the virtuous Johnson, that " there are thousands of readers willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits ; and therefore it is the duly of an author steadily to inculcate that virtue is the highest proof... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 ページ
...spirit, it will be seldom heartily abhorred. The Roman tyrant was content to be hated, if he was but feared ; and there are thousands of the readers of...thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. Ft is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding, and the... | |
 | Rembrandt Peale - 1839 - 276 ページ
...settle their boundaries, mix them with so much art, that no common mind is able to disunite them. * * * It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue...proof of understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness ; and that vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake,... | |
 | 1813 - 1404 ページ
...intricate and perplexed, that nothing is lull but to sink under the burthen. VIRTUE. It ought always to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding, and tho only solid basis of greatness ; and that vice is tho natural consequence of narrow thoughts; that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 ページ
...spirit, it will be seldom heartily abhorred. The Roman tyrant was content to be hated, if he was but feared ; and there are thousands of the readers of...highest proof of understanding, and the only solid basis uf greatness ; and that vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843 - 624 ページ
...abhorred. The Roman tyrant was content to be hated, if he was but feared ; and there are thousands ofthc readers of Romances willing to be thought wicked,...proof of understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness ; and that »ice U the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake,... | |
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