Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious Narratives, with Observations on Some of the Most EminentMundell, 1805 - 174 strán (strany) |
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... successful villany . Far from being seduced into any admiration , we feel our detestation of it increased . No object , on the contrary , can be more interesting , than that of a virtuous man , who is bowed beneath the weight of ...
... successful villany . Far from being seduced into any admiration , we feel our detestation of it increased . No object , on the contrary , can be more interesting , than that of a virtuous man , who is bowed beneath the weight of ...
Strana 23
... success . Two causes seem to have been chiefly instru- mental in occasioning the defect here com- plained of . Writers have often considered perfection too much as a negative quality . They have been more anxious to render their heroes ...
... success . Two causes seem to have been chiefly instru- mental in occasioning the defect here com- plained of . Writers have often considered perfection too much as a negative quality . They have been more anxious to render their heroes ...
Strana 43
... success to the writer of fiction . It is by selecting whatever is most excellent in real characters , by puri- fying and refining it from every kind of al- loy , that he is to form his portrait of ideal perfection . Besides , though the ...
... success to the writer of fiction . It is by selecting whatever is most excellent in real characters , by puri- fying and refining it from every kind of al- loy , that he is to form his portrait of ideal perfection . Besides , though the ...
Strana 57
... success . That which they have fixed upon , so far as I recollect , is the beneficial effects of piety to the gods . But , unless from his own frequent declarations , we could hard- ly discover Æneas to possess this virtue in any ...
... success . That which they have fixed upon , so far as I recollect , is the beneficial effects of piety to the gods . But , unless from his own frequent declarations , we could hard- ly discover Æneas to possess this virtue in any ...
Strana 58
... successful . He seems to have considered perfection too much as a negative quality , and as connected- with an insensible and unimpassioned turn of mind . Did virtue consist merely in doing no harm , Æneas might have some claim to it ...
... successful . He seems to have considered perfection too much as a negative quality , and as connected- with an insensible and unimpassioned turn of mind . Did virtue consist merely in doing no harm , Æneas might have some claim to it ...
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Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Úplné zobrazenie - 1805 |
Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Úplné zobrazenie - 1805 |
Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ... Hugh Murray Úplné zobrazenie - 1805 |
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