 | George Crabb - English language - 1882 - 876 pages
...greatness ? those unsolid ho]*; Of happiness f THOMSON'. No greater felicity can genius attain than thai of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated...mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness. JOHNS:.-. The fond soul, Wrapt in gay visions of unreal 6/iM, Still paints ih' illusive form. THOMSON.... | |
 | Edward A. Thomas - Biography - 1883 - 654 pages
...proper use of wit himself," says Dr. Johnson, " but taught it to others. . . . He has restored vir; tue to its dignity, and taught innocence not to be ashamed....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 - Biography & Autobiography - 1884 - 164 pages
...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 - English literature - 1886 - 478 pages
...generally subservient to the cause of reason and of truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners...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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1887 - 216 pages
...generally subservient to the cause of reason and of truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners...than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separating mirth from indecency and wit from licentiousness ; of having taught a succession of writers... | |
 | English language - 1887 - 152 pages
...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1888 - 356 pages
...generally subservient to the cause of reason and of truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners...literary character, ' above all Greek, above all Roman fame1.' No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of having purified intellectual pleasure,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1888 - 360 pages
...be ashamed. This is an elevation of literary character, ' above all Greek, above all Roman fame1.' No greater felicity can genius attain, than that of...indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness; and, if I may use expressions... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1876 - 324 pages
...generally subservient to the cause of reason and of truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners...indecency, and wit from licentiousness ; of having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness : and if I may use expressions... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 474 pages
...LIVES OF THE POETS. A*' cause of reason and of truth. He has dissipated the prejudice that had long connected gaiety with vice, and easiness of manners...indecency, and wit from licentiousness ; of having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness ; and, if I may use expressions... | |
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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... 
