 | Samuel Johnson - 1752 - 326 pages
...perfectly deteftable, bccaufo they never could be wholly diverted of their excellencies ; but fuch have been in all ages the great corrupters of the world, and their refemblance ought no more to be preferved, than the art of murdering without pain. SOME have advanced,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1750 - 296 pages
...made perfe&ly deteftable, becaufe they never could be wholly diverted of their excellencies ; but fuch have been in all ages the great corrupters of the world, and their refemblance ought no more to be preferved, than the art of murdering without pain. their faults, becaufe... | |
 | Charles Moore (rector of Cuxton.) - Dueling - 1790 - 482 pages
...perfectly deteftable, becaufe they never could be wholly divefled of their excellencies ; but fuch have been in all ages " the great corrupters of the world, and their rcfemblance ought no more to be " preferred, than the art of murdering without pain."—Some have advanced,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...perfectly deteftable, becaufe they never could be -wholly diverted of their excellencies i' but fuch have been in all ages the great corrupters of the world, and their refemblance ought no more to be preferved, than the art of murdering without pain. Some have advanced,... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - Philosophy - 1794 - 540 pages
...their crimes; but such have been, in all ages, the great corruptors of the world, and their remembrance ought no more to be preserved, than the art of murdering without pain.* Though buoyed up with ineffable personal complacency, and fancying themselves invulnerable, yet these... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 392 pages
...wicked, whose endowments threw a brightness on their crimes, and whom scarce any villany made |>erfrctly detestable," because they never could be wholly divested...excellencies ; but such have been in all ages the Kreat corrupters of the world, and their resemblance ought no more to be preserved, than the art of... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 322 pages
...splendidly wicked, whose endowments threw a brightness on their crimes, and whom scarce any villany made perfectly detestable, because they never could...excellencies ; but such have been in all ages the the great corrupters of the world ; and their resemblance ought no more to be preserved, than the art... | |
 | Hugh Murray - Fiction - 1805 - 206 pages
...brightness on their crimes* and wham scuce any villainy made perfectly detestable, because they could never be wholly divested of their excellencies : but such...ages the great corrupters of the world ; and their remembrance ought no more to be preKmd,than the art of murdering without pain. ' Some have advanced,... | |
 | Hugh Murray - Fiction - 1805 - 188 pages
...united with so n:uu. ir.cii;. 139 1 There have been men indeed splendidly wicked, whose endowments threw a brightness on their crimes, and whom scarce any villainy made perfectly detestable, becluse they could never he wholly divested of their excellencies : but such have been in all ages... | |
 | 1806 - 348 pages
...splendidly wicked, whose endowments threw a brightness on their crimes, and whom scarce any villany made perfectly detestable, because they never could...wholly divested of their excellencies ; but such have beer* in all ages the great corrupters of the world, and their resemblance ought no more to be perceived,... | |
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There have been men indeed splendidly wicked, whose endowments throw a brightness on their crimes, and whom scarce any villainy made perfectly detestable, because they never could be wholly divested of their excellencies; but such have been in all ages... 
