 | British essayists - 1803 - 300 pages
...his dependents ; a spiritless poltroon in his interview with Romont. Lothario (as Johnson observes) ' with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which...despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness.' His high spirit, brilliant qualities, and fine person, are so described, as to put us in danger of... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be1 despised, retains too »uch of the spectator's kindnefs. It was in the power of Richardson alone to teach us...virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which- wit, elegance, and courage, naturally excite j and to lose at last the hero in the villain. The fifth... | |
 | Samuel Richardson, Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - Novelists, English - 1804 - 414 pages
...that of Lovelace ; but he has excelled his " original in the moral effect of the fiction. *' Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be " hated, and bravery which cannot be " despised, retains too much of the spec" tator's kindness. It was in the power of " Richardson alone, to teach us at once '* esteem and... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1804 - 416 pages
...that of Lovelace; but he has excelled his " original in the moral effect of the fiction. " Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be " hated, and bravery which cannot be " despised, retains too much of the spec" tator's kindness. It was in the power of " Richardson alone, to teach us at once " esteem and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...Richardson into Lovelace; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario with gaiety which cannot be hated and bravery which...virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite, and lose at last the Hero in the Villain. " The fifth... | |
 | Philip Massinger - English drama - 1805 - 606 pages
...dependants ; a spiritless poltroon in his interview with Romont. " Lothario," as Johnson observes, " with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which...despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness." His high spirit, brilliant qualities, and fine person are so described, as to put us in danger of false... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1810 - 524 pages
...into that of Lovelace; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which...virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite; and to lose at last the hero in the villain."* The... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1810 - 528 pages
...into that of Lovelace; but he has excelled his original in the- moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which...virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite; and to lose at last the hero in the villain."* The... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 612 pages
...Richardson into Lovelace; but- he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which...virtuous resentment over-power all the benevolence which wit, elegance, aud courage, naturally excite; and to lose at last the hero in the villain. The fifth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pages
...Richardson into Lovelace ; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which...virtuous resentment over-power all the benevolence which wit, elegance, and courage, naturally excite ; and to lose at last the hero in the villain. The The... | |
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Lovelace; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness. 
