 ... excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness. It was in the power of Richardson alone to teach us at once...  profaces, briogrpahical and critical - Page 4by samuel johnson - 1781Full view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - Novelists, English - 1825 - 554 pages
...power of Richardson alone, to teach us at once esteem and detestation; to make virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite; and to lose at last the hero in the villain. » Still, however, it is impossible altogether to vindicate Richardson... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...power of Richardson alone to teach us at once esteem and detestation ; to make virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite ; and to lose at last the hero in the villain.' RICHELET (Ctesar Peter), a French writer, born in 1631, at Chemin... | |
 | 1829 - 550 pages
...power of Richardson alone, to teach us at once esteem and detestation, to make virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance and courage naturally excite, and to lose at last the hero in the villain." To the minor romance or English Novel, must Smollet also be... | |
 | Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 484 pages
...power of Richardson alone, to teach us at once esteem and detestation ; to make virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite ; and to lose at last the hero in the villain." * Still, however, it is impossible altogether to vindicate Richardson... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 492 pages
...power of Richardson alone, to teach us at once esteem and detestation ; to make virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite ; and to lose at last the hero in the villain."1 Still, however, it is impossible altogether to vindicate Richardson... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 506 pages
...power of Richardson alone, to teach us at once esteem and detestation ; to make virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite ; and to lose at last the hero in the villain."1 Still, however, it is impossible altogether to vindicate Richardson... | |
 | David M'Nicoll - 1837 - 688 pages
...power of Richardson alone to teach us at once esteem and detestation ; to make virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite ; and to lose at last the hero in the villain." He adds elsewhere, " There is always danger, lest wickedness,... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pages
...power of Richardson alone, to teach us at once esteem and detestation ; to make virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite; and to lose at last the hero in the villain."* Still, however, it is impossible altogether to vindicate Richardson... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 pages
...power of Richardson alone, to teach us at once esteem and detestation ; to make virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite ; and to lose at last the hero in the villain, t , Still, however, it is impossible altogether to vindicate... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1910 - 616 pages
...power of Richardson alone, to teach us at once esteem and detestation ; to make virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite ; and to lose at last the hero in the villain. — JOHNSON, SAMUEL, 1779-81, Rowe, Lives of the English Poets.... | |
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