 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...nature, and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue.' In his life of Rowe, he adds, ' It was in the power of Richardson alone to teach us...virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite ; and to lose at last the hero in the villain.' RICHELET... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 492 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."1 Still,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 484 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." *... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 506 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."1 Still,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pages
...Lovelace ; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with payety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be...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... | |
 | David M'Nicoll - 1837 - 688 pages
...of poetical, embellished, and flattering exhibitions of vice." Dr. Johnson has observed, " 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." He... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 pages
...Lovelace j but he has excelled his original in the moral efr feet of the fiction. Lothario, with gayety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be...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... | |
 | William Russell - Europe - 1837 - 764 pages
...scheme made that the imitator " 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 reader's kindness. 1t was in the power of Richardson alone to teach us at once esteem and detestation."... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1838 - 716 pages
...Lovelace ; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gayety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be...us at once esteem and detestation, to make virtuous rcsentmentoverpower all the benevolence which wit, elegance, and courage naturally excite ; and to... | |
 | William Russell - Europe - 1839 - 620 pages
...the imitator "lias excelled his orl. glnal in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gayety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too much of the render's kindness. It was in the pover of Richardson along to leach ui at once esteem and detestation."... | |
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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. 
