 As a teacher of wisdom, he may be confidently followed. His religion has nothing in it enthusiastic or superstitious: he appears neither weakly credulous, nor wantonly sceptical; his morality is neither dangerously lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the...  The Spectator - Sivu 24muokkaaja - 1810Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 sivua
...nothing in it enthusiastic or superstitious; he appears neither weakly credulous nor wantonly skeptical; his morality is neither dangerously lax nor impracticably...interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being. Truth is shown sometimes as the phantom of a vision, sometimes appears half veiled in an allegory,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 sivua
...nothing in it enthusiastic or superstitious; he appears neither weakly credulous nor wantonly skeptical; his morality is neither dangerously lax nor impracticably...interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being. Truth is shown sometimes as the phantom of a vision, sometimes appears half veiled in an allegory,... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 964 sivua
...impracticably rigid. All the enchantment of fancy and all the cogency of argument are employed [90 Truth is shown sometimes as the phantom of a vision, sometimes appears half- veiled in an allegory;... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 438 sivua
...wisdom he may be confidently followed. His religion has nothing in it enthusiastic or superstitious : he appears neither weakly credulous nor wantonly sceptical...interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being. Truth is shewn sometimes as the phantom of a vision, sometimes appears half veiled in an allegory ;... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 sivua
...neither dangerously lax, nor impracticably rigid. All the enchantment of fancy, and all BLACKMORE 243 the cogency of argument, are employed to recommend...interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being. Truth is shewn sometimes as the phantom of a vision, sometimes appears half veiled in an allegory ;... | |
 | Ann Messenger - 1986 - 208 sivua
...he most admired Addison for was not his prose but its consistent employment in the service of truth. "All the enchantment of fancy and all the cogency...real interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being."12 Hence Johnson's advice to James Woodhouse, the shoemaker poet: "Give nights and days, Sir,... | |
 | Edward Alan Bloom, Lillian D. Bloom - 1995 - 508 sivua
...wisdom he may be confidently followed. His religion has nothing in it enthusiastic or superstitious: he appears neither weakly credulous nor wantonly sceptical;...interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being. Truth is shewn sometimes as the phantom of a vision, sometimes appears half-veiled in an allegory;... | |
 | Lawrence Lipking - 2009 - 396 sivua
...Addison's prose meant far less to Johnson than its consistent employment in the service of virtue. "All the enchantment of fancy and all the cogency...real interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being."29 Here was a model for everyone's imitation, as Johnson advised James Woodhouse, the shoemaker... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 418 sivua
...wisdom, he may be confidently followed. His religion has nothing in it enthusiastick or superstitious : he appears neither weakly credulous, nor wantonly...interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being. Truth is shewn sometimes as the phantom of a vision ; sometimes appears half-veiled in an allegory... | |
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