 | Samuel Johnson - 1750 - 296 pàgines
...where hiftorical veracity has no place, I cannot difcover why there fhould not be exhibited the moft perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical,...nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we fhall never imitate, but the higheft and pureft that humanity can reach, which, exercifed in fuch trials... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1752 - 326 pàgines
...where hiftorical veracity has no place, I cannot difcover why there fhould not be exhibited the mod perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical,...nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we fhall never imitate, but of the higheft and pureft kind that humanity can reach, which, when exercifed... | |
 | 1785 - 596 pàgines
...hiftorical veracity has no place, I cannot dilcovc: -.vhv there mould not be exhibited the moft perfeil idea of virtue; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we fliall never imitate, but the highell and pureft that humanity c?n reach, which, exerciied in luch... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pàgines
...where hiftorical veracity has no place, I cannot difcover why there fhould not be exhibited the moft perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical,...nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we fhall never imitate, but the higheft and pureft that humanity can reach, which, cxercifed in fuch trials... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...where hiftorical veracity has no place, I cannot difeover why there fhould not be exhibited the moft perfect idea of virtue; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we fhall never imitate, but the higheft and pureft that humanity can reach, which, exiTcifed in fuch trials... | |
 | Charles Moore (rector of Cuxton.) - 1790 - 482 pàgines
...hiftorical veracity has no place, I cannot difcover, why there fhould not be exhibited the " moft per" fca idea of virtue — of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit, we " fhall never imitate, but of the higheft and puren kind that humanity can reach ; which, when ex"... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pàgines
...where hiftorical veracity has no place, I cannot difcover why there fhould not be exhibited the moft perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical,...nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we fhall never imitate, but the higheft and pureft that humanity can reach, which, exercifed in fuch trials... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 pàgines
..." In narratives, where hiltorical veracity has no place, there mould be exhibited the moft perfeft idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability (for what we cannot credit we (hall never imitate), but the highett and pureft that humanity can reach, which, exercifed in fuch... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pàgines
...where hiflorical veracity has no place, I cannot difcover why there mould not be exhibited the moft perfect idea of virtue; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit, we fhall never imitate, but the higheft and pureft that humanity can reach, which, exercifed in fuch trials... | |
 | 1803 - 322 pàgines
...instead of helping to settle their boundaries, mix them with so much art, that no common mind is able to disunite them. In narratives, where historical...what we cannot credit we shall never imitate ; but the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which, exercised in such trials as the various revolutions... | |
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In narratives, where historical veracity has no place* I cannot discover, why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate ; but the highest... 
