 | Richard Cumberland - 1795 - Počet stránok 352
...afliga them as he will. It is not neceflary that the leading character of a novel fhould be honeft and amiable, but it is indifpenfible it fhould be...good preponderate over the evil; he will not take his maxima from Rochfoucault, nor fhape his fellow-creatures after the models x>f Hobbes or Swift i the... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1825 - Počet stránok 338
...wishes to endear man to man by pleasing pictures of human nature, or, in other words, by presenting virtuous characters in amiable lights, will let the...he will not take his maxims from Rochfoucault, nor shape his fellow-creatures after the models of Hobhes or Swift ; the spirit of the author will be seen... | |
 | Oliver Elton - 1920 - Počet stránok 482
...admitted. . . . Every writer, who wishes to endear man to man by pleasing pictures of human nature, will let the good preponderate over the evil ; he will not take his maxims from Rochefoucault, nor shape his fellowcreatures after the models of Hobbes or Swift. It is unlucky that... | |
 | Oliver Elton - 1924 - Počet stránok 482
...admitted. . . . Every writer, who wishes to endear man to man by pleasing pictures of human nature, will let the good preponderate over the evil ; he will not take his maxims from Rochefoucault, nor shape his fello'.vcreatures after the models of Hobbes or Swift. It is unlucky that... | |
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... virtuous characters in amiable lights, will let the good preponderate over the evil; he will not take his maxims from... 