 ... a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp is degraded rather than exalted by an attempt to reward virtue with temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which providence has deemed worthy of suffering merit ; and it is a dangerous and...  The Quarterly Review - Strana 328upravili: - 1842Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1832 - 824 str.
...the author may, in passing, observe, that he thinks a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp, is degraded rather than exalted by an attempt to reward...dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally... | |
 | John McVickar - 1833 - 92 str.
...But I do wrong to take this defence out of his own hands— " worldly rewards, says Sir W. Scott, are not the recompense which providence has deemed worthy...persons, that rectitude of conduct and of principle, is either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded by the gratification of our passions, or attainment... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 str.
...the author may, in passing, observe, that he thinks a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp, is degraded rather than exalted by an attempt to reward...temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which Pro- \ vidence has deemed worthy of suffering merit, and it is a dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 str.
...exalted by an ttempt to reward virtue with temporal prospety. Such is not the recompense which Proidence has deemed worthy of suffering merit, and it is a...dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle is either naturally... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 852 str.
...passing, observe, that he thinks a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp, is di- traded rnther than exalted by an attempt to reward virtue with temporal prosperity. Such i* not the recompense which Providence haa deemed worthy of buffering merit, and it is a danperouand... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 576 str.
...the author may, in passing, observe, that he thinks a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp, is degraded rather than exalted by an attempt to reward...dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1836 - 372 str.
...the author may, in passing, observe, that he thinks a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp, is degraded rather than exalted by an attempt to reward...dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1836 - 374 str.
...the author may, in passing, observe, that he thinks a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp, is degraded rather than exalted by an attempt to reward...and it is a dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach O * young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 str.
...Goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems. MILTON. A CHARACTER of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp is degraded, rather than exalted, by an attempt to...persons, that rectitude of conduct, and of principle, is either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded by the gratification of our passions, or the... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 428 str.
...the author may, in passing, observe, that he thinks a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp, is degraded rather than exalted by an attempt to reward...dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally... | |
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