 It is particularly the duty of those who consign illustrious names to posterity, to take care lest their readers be misled by ambiguous examples. That writer may be justly condemned as an enemy to goodness, who suffers fondness or interest to confound...  The British Essayistsherausgegeben von - 1808Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 416 Seiten
...misled by ambiguous examples. That writer may be justly condemned as an enemy to goodness, who suffers fondness or interest to confound right with wrong, or to shelter the faults which even the wise&t and the best have committed from that ignominy which guilt ought always to suffer, and VouVL... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 390 Seiten
...misled by ambiguous examples. That writer may be justly condemned as an enemy to goodness, who suffers fondness or interest to confound right with wrong,...guilt ought always to suffer, and with which it should lie more deeply stigmatized when dignified by its neighbourhood to uncommon worth, since we shall be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 414 Seiten
...misled by ambiguous examples. That writer may be justly condemned as an enemy to goodness, who suffers fondness or interest to confound right with wrong,...that ignominy which guilt ought always to suffer, and VOL. in. L with with which it should be more deeply stigmatized when dignified by its neighbourhood... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 506 Seiten
...misled by ambiguous examples. That writer may be justly condemned as an enemy to goodness, who suffers fondness or interest to confound right with wrong,...best have committed, from that ignominy which guilt dught always to suffer, and with which it should be more deeply stigmatized, when dignified by its... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 378 Seiten
...misled by ambiguous examples. That writer may be justly condemned as an enemy to goodness, who suiters fondness or interest to confound right with wrong,...with which it should be more deeply stigmatized when digniiied by its neighbourhood to uncommon worth, since we shall be in danger of beholding it without... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 438 Seiten
...justly condemned as an enemy to goodness, who suffers fondness or interest to confound VOL. IV. I. right with wrong, or to shelter the faults which even...that ignominy which guilt ought always to suffer, and witn. which it should be more deeply stigmatized when dignified by its neighbourhood to uncommon worth,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 422 Seiten
...misled by 'ambiguous examples. That writer may be justly condemned as an enemy to goodness, who suffers fondness or interest to confound, right with wrong,...committed, from that ignominy which guilt ought always to VOL. III. L suffer, and with which it should be more deeply stigmatized when dignified by its neighbourhood... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 538 Seiten
...misled by ambiguous examples. That writer may be justly condemned as an enemy to goodness, who suffers fondness or interest to confound right with wrong,...beholding it without abhorrence, unless its turpitude b* laid open, and the eye secured from the deception of surrounding splendour. . 165. THE lUMBLER.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 520 Seiten
...misled by ambiguous examples. That writer may justly be condemned as an enemy to goodness, who suffers fondness or interest to confound right with wrong,...ought always to suffer, and with which it should be m«re deeply stigmatized, when dignified by its neighbourhood to uncommon worth : since we shall be... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 446 Seiten
...misled by ambiguous examples. That writer may be justly condemned as an enemy to goodness, who suffers fondness or interest to confound right with wrong,...ought always to suffer, and with which it should be move deeply stigmatized, when dignified by its neighbourhood to uncommon worth ; since we shall be... | |
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