There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyric, and not to be known from one... The Works of Samuel Johnson - Page 388by Samuel Johnson - 1816Full view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1836 - 526 pages
...adding a few comments. Easter-day, 1765 — " Since the last Easter, 1 have * " If there is a regard due to the memory of the dead, there is yet more respect...to be paid to knowledge, to virtue, and to truth." " It is the business of a biographer to pass lightly over those performances and actions which produce... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 360 pages
...a few comments. Easter-day, 1765. — " Since the last Easter, I have * " If there is a regard due to the memory of the dead, there is yet more respect...to be paid to knowledge, to virtue, and to truth." " It is the business of a biographer to pass lightly over those performances and actions which produce... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...of characters adorned with uniform panegyric, and not to be known from one another, but by extrinsic and casual circumstances. " Let me remember," says...to be paid to knowledge, to virtue, and to truth. No. 61.] TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1750. Falstu honor jiivat, et mtndax infamia ferret t(u< iff, nisi mcndotum... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 334 pages
...of characters adorned with uniform panegyric, and not to be known from one another but by extrinsic and casual circumstances. " Let me remember," says...to be paid to knowledge, to virtue, and to truth. DISSATISFACTION WITH OUR CONDITION IN LIFE. " Now with two hundred slaves he crowds his train, Now... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 pages
...of characters adorned with uniform panegyric, and not to be known from one another, but by extrinsic and casual circumstances. " Let me remember," says...to be paid to knowledge, to virtue, and to truth. No. 61.] TuESDiT, OCTOBER 16, 1750. Fnlfvg bo»nr jurat, rt mender, infamia terret Qutm, nut mtndotum... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 620 pages
...of characters adorned with uniform panegyric, and not to be known from one another, but by extrinsic and casual circumstances. " Let me remember," says...to pity a criminal, that there is likewise a pity duo to the country." If we owe regard to the memory of the dead, there is yet more respect to be paid... | |
| James Boswell - Biography - 1846 - 602 pages
...known from one another but by extrinsick and casual circumstances. 1 Let me remember,' says Haie, ' when I find myself inclined to pity a criminal, that...respect to be paid to knowledge, to Virtue, and to truth '." What I consider as the peculiar value of the following work, is the quantity it contains of Johnson's... | |
| John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1848 - 906 pages
...of characters adorned with uniform panegyric, and not to be known from one another but by extrinsic and casual circumstances.' " Let me remember," says...that there is likewise a pity due to the country." If there is a regard due to the memory of the dead, there is yet more respect to be paid to knowledge,... | |
| American Institute of Instruction - Education - 1851 - 266 pages
...that, answering one foul wrong, Lives not to act another." Says Chief Justice Hale, "Let me remember, when I find myself inclined to pity a criminal, that there is likewise a pity due to the country." But, poor man, he was prejudiced, and not endued with the wisdom of our philanthropists. The reformed... | |
| Jacob D. Wheeler - Criminal law - 1851 - 704 pages
...is a fine reflection of chief justice Hale — " Let me remember," says that great and good man, " when I find myself inclined to pity a criminal, that there is also pity due to the people and to the country." The court have done their duty — it remains with... | |
| |