 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1765 - 578 pages
...their country, employing the talents they have from their Maker mofl traitoroufly againft himfelf, by endeavouring to corrupt and disfigure his creatures...If the comedies of Congreve did not rack him with remorfe in his laft >.. moments, he muft have been loft to all fenfe of virtue. Nor will it afford... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1788 - 548 pages
...would not be the fprightly, the witty, tho* diffolute Lady Townly, rather than the cold, the fober, though virtuous Lady Grace ? How odious ought writers...thus employ the talents they have from their Maker moft traitoroufly againft himfelf, by endeavouring to corrupt and disfigure his creatures ! If the... | |
 | 1800 - 458 pages
...would not be the fprightly, the witty, though diflblute Lady Townly, rather than the cold, the fober, though virtuous Lady Grace ? How odious ought writers...thus employ the talents they have from their Maker moil traitoroufly againft himfelf, by endeavouring to corrupt and dis gure his creatures ! If the comedies... | |
 | 1804 - 452 pages
...country ; employing the talents which they have received from their maker most traitorously ngainst himself, by endeavouring to corrupt and disfigure...If the comedies of Congreve did not rack him with remorse in his last moments, he must have been lost to all sense of virtue." Vol. II. 479. I am happy,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 402 pages
...thus spread infection through their native country ; employing the talents which they have received from their Maker most traitorously against himself,...If the comedies of Congreve did not rack him with remorse, in his last moments, he must have been lost to all sense of virtue.'* VoL. II. 479. I am happy,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1807 - 548 pages
...witty, though diflblute Lady Townly, rather than the cold, the fober, though virtuous Lady 6race ? How odious ought writers to be who thus employ the talents they have from their Maker moft traitoroufly againft himfelf, by endeavouring to corrupt and disfigure his creatures ! If the... | |
 | James Plumptre - 1809 - 318 pages
...«pread infection through their native country, employing the talents, •which they have received from their Maker, most traitorously against Himself,...If the comedies of Congreve did not rack him with remorse in his last moments, he- must have been lost to all sense of virtue." (quoted also in Blair's... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1809 - 400 pages
...employ*' ing the talents which they have received from " their Maker ,moft traitoroufly againft Himfelf^ " by endeavouring to corrupt and disfigure his *' creatures....the Comedies of Congreve did *' not rack him with remorfe in his laft moments, <' he muft have been loft to all fenfe of virtue." Vol. IL 479. I AM happy,... | |
 | John Styles - 1815 - 254 pages
...through their country; employing the talents they have from their Maker most traiterously against him, by endeavouring to corrupt and disfigure his creatures!...If the comedies of Congreve did not rack him with remorse in his last moments, he must have been lost to all sense of virtue!" The testimony of Cumberland,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 428 pages
...tinctured with the playhouse morals, would not be the sprightly, the witty, though dissolute Lady Townly, rather than the cold, the sober, though virtuous Lady...If the comedies of Congreve did not rack him with remorse in his last moments, he must have been lost to all sense of virtue. Nor will it afford any... | |
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Townly, rather than the cold, the sober, though virtuous Lady Grace? How odious ought writers to be who thus employ the talents they have from their Maker most traitorously against himself, by endeavouring to corrupt and disfigure his creatures! If the... 
