 | Samuel Johnson - 1750 - 296 sidor
...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1752 - 326 sidor
...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,... | |
 | 1785 - 596 sidor
...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,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 sidor
...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,... | |
 | Charles Moore (rector of Cuxton.) - 1790 - 482 sidor
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 sidor
...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,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 sidor
..." 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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 sidor
...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,... | |
 | 1803 - 322 sidor
...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...virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate ; but the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which,... | |
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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... 
