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" He enumerated many examples of heroes immovable by pain or pleasure, who looked with indifference on those modes or accidents to which the vulgar give the names of good and evil. "
the monthly review - Page 430
by SEVERAL HANDS - 1759
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The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale : in Two Volumes

Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1759 - 176 pages
...alike his courfe through the calm or the ftormy fky. He enumerated many examples of heroes immovable by pain or pleafure, who looked with indifference...and evil. He exhorted his hearers to lay afide their pre-. judices, and arm themfelves againft the fliafrs of malice or misfortune, by invulnerable patience;...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 20

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1759 - 636 pages
...the calm or the ttormy fky. * He enumerated many examples of heroes immoveable Sy pain or pleafurc, who looked with indifference on thofe modes or accidents...to lay afide their prejudices, and arm themfelves againft the (hafts of malice or misfortune, by invulnerable patience ; concluding, that this ftate...
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An Introduction to the Most Useful European Languages ...: Select Passages ...

Giuseppe Baretti - Language and languages - 1772 - 490 pages
...thro' the calm or fiormyiky. Me enumerated many examples of heroes immovcablc by pain or pleaiuic, who looked with indifference on thofe modes or accidents...which the vulgar give the names of good and evil, lie exhorted his hearers to lay aJidc their prejudices, and arm themlelves againít the lhafts of malice...
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The prince of Abissinia [by S. Johnson].

Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 324 pages
...alike his courfe through the calm or the ftormy fky. He enumerated many examples of heroes immoveable by pain or pleafure, who looked with indifference...his hearers to lay afide their prejudices, and arm themfclves againft the lhafts of malice or misfortune, by invulnerable patience; concluding, that 1...
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The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pages
...alike his courfe through the calm or the ftormy Iky. He enumerated many e'xamples of heroes immovable by pain or pleafure, who looked with indifference...to lay afide their prejudices, and arm themfelves againft the fhafts of malice or miffortune, by invulnerable patience ; concluding, that this ftate...
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The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. The vision of Theodore. The ...

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 pages
...alike his courfa through the calm or the ftormy fky. He enumerated many examples of heroes immovable by pain or pleafure, who looked with indifference...thofe modes or accidents to which the vulgar give the riames of good and evjl. He exhorted his hearers to lay afide their prejudices, and arm themfelves...
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The Novelist's Magazine, Volume 23

English fiction - 1788 - 778 pages
...iinmova'.'le by pun or pleafure, who looked \vith indiflortnce on thofe modes or accidents to wliich the vulgar give the names of good and evil. He exhorted his hearers to lay atiiií their prejudices, and arm thenil'elves a'.;-.irt¡1 the (hafts of maiicr tr misfortune, by...
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The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1790 - 318 pages
...alike his courfe through the calm or the ftormy fky. He enumerated many examples of heroes immovable by pain or pleafure, •who looked with indifference...to lay afide their prejudices, and arm themfelves againft the fhafts of malice or misfortune, by invulnerable patience; concluding, that this ftate only...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: A dissertation upon the Greek comedy ...

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 586 pages
...alike his courle through the calm or the ftormy fky. He enumerated many examples of heroes immovable by pain or pleafure, who looked with indifference...to lay afide their prejudices, and arm themfelves againft the fhafts of malice or misfortune, by invulnerable patience, concluding, that this ftate only...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 462 pages
...alike his courfe through the calm or the ;ftormy fky. He enumerated many examples of heroes immovable by pain or pleafure, who looked with indifference...to lay afide their prejudices, and arm themfelves againft the fhafts of malice or misfortune, by invulnerable patience, concluding, that this ftate only...
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