 ... such, had it never crossed the press. And it is with concern we add our sincere belief, that the fine picture of frankness and generosity exhibited in that fictitious character has had as few imitators as the career of his follies. Let it not be supposed...  The Quarterly Review - Page 249edited by - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Wilbur Lucius Cross - 1918 - 458 pages
...imitators as the career of his follies. Let it not be supposed that we are indifferent to morality, because we treat with scorn that affectation which, while...which it occasionally exhibits, to relieve them." This passage, written under the sway of sincere 212 emotion, atones for all the blunders and prejudices... | |
 | Wilbur Lucius Cross - 1918 - 470 pages
...imitators as the career of his follies. Let it not be supposed that we are indifferent to morality, because we treat with scorn that affectation which, while...which it occasionally exhibits, to relieve them." This passage, written under the sway of sincere emotion, atones for all the blunders and prejudices... | |
 | Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1928 - 278 pages
...imitators as the career of his follies. Let it not be supposed that we are indifferent to morality, because we treat with scorn that affectation, which, while,...lights which it occasionally exhibits, to relieve them. For particular passages of the work, the author can only be defended under the custom of his age, which... | |
 | 154 pages
...his follies.... We treat with scorn the affectation which, while in common life it connives at the practice of libertinism, pretends to detest the memory...lights which it occasionally exhibits to relieve them." In his account of Fielding (written, as ought to be remembered but so often is not, for the purpose... | |
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