 | James Macaulay - 1884 - 164 страници
...the cause of reason and of truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety and vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles....of literary character, above all Greek, above all Rome fame. No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure,... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1886 - 478 страници
...taught it to others ; and from this time it has been generally subservient to the cause of reason and of truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long...dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed." If this praise be due to Addison, as it certainly is, it is also due to Steele. However wild his conduct... | |
 | 1887 - 152 страници
...prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principle. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught...character " above all Greek, above all Roman fame." IX. THE SAME. He was of a middle stature, of a thin habit of body, a long visage, coarse features,... | |
 | 1887 - 152 страници
...taught it to others ; and from his time it has been generally subservient to the cause of reason and of truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long...with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principle. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 502 страници
...taught it to others ; and from his time it has been generally subservient to the cause of reason and of truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long...literary character, ' above all Greek, above all Roman fame1.' No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of having purified intellectual pleasure,... | |
 | 1890 - 444 страници
...Johnson, too, said, " He not only made the proper use of wit himself, but taught it to others. ... He dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety...easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He restored virtue to its dignit7, and taught innocence not to be ashamed." Both these writers have depreciated... | |
 | Richard S. Peale - 1890 - 548 страници
...Johnson says of him : " He not only made the proper use of wit himself, but taught it to others. * * * He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed." His contributions to the Tatler ъл\& the Spectator are examples of his graceful style and genial... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1892 - 220 страници
...taught it to others ; and from his time it has been generally subservient to the cause of reason and of truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long...Roman fame.' No greater felicity can genius attain II.— INTELLECTUAL CORRUPTION. 81 than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1893 - 152 страници
...taught it to others ; and from his time it has been generally subservient to the cause of reason and of truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easilicentiousness ; of having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid... | |
 | 1890 - 398 страници
...Johnson, too, said, " He not only made the proper use of wit himself, but taught it to others. . . . He dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety...easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed." Both these writers have depreciated... | |
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Tickell, that he employed wit on the side of virtue and religion. He not only made the proper use of wit himself, but taught it to others ; and from his time it has been generally subservient to the cause of reason and of truth. He has dissipated the... 
