 ... supported by either parts or spirit, it will be seldom heartily abhorred. The Roman tyrant was content to be hated, if he was but feared; and there are thousands of the readers of romances willing to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be...  Thaddeus of Warsaw. Revised - Page xxivby Jane Porter - 1831Full view - About this book
 | 1803 - 322 pages
...to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts : that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. No. V. TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 17 SO. Et mine omnis ager,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...are best served by poetSi orators, and historians. Ibid. It ought always to be steadily inculeated, that ' virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. . - Rambler, vol. i, p. 14. The general rule of... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1805 - 190 pages
...to be wits. It is therefore to be always inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of a superior understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy.' Dr. Blair has also expressed an opinion of the... | |
 | Jane Porter - 1806 - 292 pages
...draws a landscape) to the existing and engaging objects of rural nature ; and on these grounds I Lave attempted steadily to inculcate, " That virtue is...thoughts ; which begin in mistake, and end in ignominy." THADDEUS OF WARSAW. CHAP. I. THE large and magnificent palace of Villanow, which stands on the northern... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake, and end* in ignominy. N° 5. TUESDAY, APRIL 3. 1750, Et mtne omnis ager,... | |
 | 1806 - 348 pages
...to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy, N° 5. TUESDAY, APRIL 3. 1750. ]Lt mine omnis ager,... | |
 | Sir Philip Sidney - 1807 - 256 pages
...Johnson may well support the observation, and he. says, " that it ought always to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...thoughts, which begin in mistake and end in ignominy." 2. All honest hearts feel that trust goes beyond advancement. 3. A man of true honour is well known... | |
 | Sir Philip Sidney - 1807 - 258 pages
...support the observation, and he says, " that it ought always to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is 1. the highest proof of understanding, and the only solid...thoughts, which begin in mistake and end in ignominy." 2. All honest hearts feel that trust goes beyond advancement. 3. A man of true honour is well known... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 376 pages
...to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore, to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding,...vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. N° 5. TUESDAY, APRILS, I/5O. Et nunc omnis ager,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 372 pages
...to be thought wicked, if they may be allowed to be wits. It is therefore to be steadily inculcated, that virtue is the highest proof of understanding, and the only solid basis of greatness ; and tliat vice is the natural consequence of narrow thoughts ; that it begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy.... | |
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