 | Edward A. Thomas - 1883 - 654 страници
...says Dr. Johnson, " but taught it to others. . . . He has restored vir; tue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation...character ' above all Greek, above all Roman, fame.' " Addison, Rev. Lancelot, ' the father of Joseph Addison, was ! l,nni in Westmoreland, England, in... | |
 | James Macaulay - 1884 - 164 страници
...innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, above all Greek, above all Rome fame. No greater felicity can genius attain than that...writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of good men; and, if I may use expressions yet more awful, of having turned many to righteousness" To... | |
 | James Macaulay - 1884 - 172 страници
...and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, above all Greek, above all Rome fame. No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1887 - 216 страници
...and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation...than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separating mirth from indecency and wit from licentiousness ; of having taught a succession of writers... | |
 | 1887 - 152 страници
...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 elevation...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 360 страници
...and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation...literary character, ' above all Greek, above all Roman fame1.' No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of having purified intellectual pleasure,... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1892 - 220 страници
...and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation...Roman fame.' No greater felicity can genius attain II.— INTELLECTUAL CORRUPTION. 81 than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 страници
...to others, and from his time it has been generally subservient to the cause of reason and of truth. No greater felicity can genius attain than that of...taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gayety to the aid of goodness; and, if I may use expressions yet more awful, of having 'turned many... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1899 - 1172 страници
...tltno It has been generally subKrvlt-nt to the cauw of reason and of truth. No greater felicity ma genius attain than that of having purified intellectual...mirth from Indecency, and wit from licentiousness; If having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gayety to the aid of goodness; and,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - 1900 - 318 страници
...and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation...above all Roman fame." No greater felicity can genius at5 tain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit... | |
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... truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners with laxity of principles. He has restored virtue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character,... 
