...rather to corrupt others, than Own himfelF corrupted, and, to avoid that ffiame which a confeffion of his crimes would bring upon him, calls evil good, and good evil, puts darkne/s for light, and light for darkntfs. He endeavours to trample upon thofe laws which he is known...

...upon the pursuer. Such is the state of a man abandoned to the indulgence of vicious inclinations. He justifies one crime by another; invents wicked principles...known not to observe; to scoff at those truths which, if admitted, have an evident tendency to convict his whole behaviour of folly and absurdity; and, from...

...upon the pursuer. Such is the state of a man abandoned to the indulgence of vicious inclinations. He justifies one crime by another; invents wicked principles...to corrupt others than own himself corrupted; and, 4o avoid that shame which a confession of his crimes would bring upon him, calls " evil good, and good...

...upon the pursuer. Such is the state of a man abandoned to the indulgence of vitious inclinations. He justifies one crime by another ; invents wicked principles...known not to observe, to scoff at those truths which, if admitted, have an evident tendency to convict his whole behaviour of folly and absurdity, and, from...

...upon the pursuer. Such is the state of a man abandoned to the indulgence of vitious inclinations. He justifies one crime by another ; invents wicked principles...known not to observe, to scoff at those truths which, if admitted, have an evident tendency to convict his whole behaviour of folly and absurdity, and, from...

...upon the pursuer. Such is the state of a man abandoned to the indulgence of vitious inclinations. He justifies one crime by another } invents wicked principles...would bring upon him, calls " evil good, and good evilj puts darkness for light, and light for darkness." He endeavours to trample upon those laws which...

...imperfect creatures, and as positively injurious to their interests . — the interests of time ! " He calls evil good, and good evil ; puts darkness for light, and light for darkness ; and bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ;" and though " wise in his own eyes, and prudent in his...

...society, it ie lime to lay delicecy aside, and it is not unbecoming to expose that false charity which " calls evil good, and good evil— puts darkness for light, and light for darkness." With thevkw of jTiser.ting the moral character of Burns as a whole, in «hat appears to us to be its...

...his crimes, which would be accompanied by a feeling of shame, and painful sensations of remorse, he calls " evil good, and good evil, puts darkness for light, and light for darkness." Hence, he endeavours to depise and ridicule those laws which he is known constantly and systematically...

...jn the will, a depraved bias, that inevitably carries him to the choice, only, of what is sinful. He calls evil good, and good evil; puts darkness for light, and light for darkness ; bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Thus he is a miserable bondslave of the devil : not because...