 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...and gave it Richardson to print.' Johnson, in his Biographical Preface to Rowe's Poems, observes 5 " It was in the power of Richardson alone, to teach us at once esteem and detestation (of Lovelace) ; to make virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance,... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - Conduct of life - 1817 - 432 pages
...his 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 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 ta lose at last the hero in the villain, The fifth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 426 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 fifth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 416 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 fifth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 430 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, elegance, and courage, naturally excite ; and to lose at last the hero in the villain. The fifth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1821 - 428 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 cannot be despised, -t& tains too much of the spectator's kindness. It was in the power of Richardson alone to teach us... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 446 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, elegance, and courage, naturally excite ; and to lose at last the hero in the villain. The fifth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 452 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, elegance, and courage, naturally excite ; and to lose at last the hero in the villain. The fifth... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 862 pages
...excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lotfeario, wi;h gaiety which cannot be hited, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too...power of Richardson alone to teach us at once esteem nnd detestation; to mukevirtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance,... | |
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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. 
