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Critical and historical essays, contributed to The Edinburgh review - Page 343
by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1854
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 78

1843 - 586 pages
...Vanbrugh. So effectually, indeed, did he retort on vice the mockery which had recently been directed against virtue, that, since his time, the open violation...decency has always been considered among us as the sure mark of a fool. And this revolution, the greatest and most salutary ever effected by any satirist,...
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Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Volume 3

John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 614 pages
...Vanbrugh. So effectually, indeed, did he retort on vice the mockery which had recently been directed against virtue, that, since his time, the open violation...decency has always been considered among us as the sure mark of a fool. And this revolution, the greatest and most salutary ever effected by any satirist,...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 5

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1844 - 446 pages
...Vanbrugh. So effectually, indeed, did he retort on vice the mockery which had recently been directed against virtue, that, since his time, the open violation...decency has always been considered among us as the sure mark of a fool. And this revolution, the greatest and most salutary ever effected by any satirist,...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp ..., Volume 1

Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 pages
...Vanhrugh. So effectually, indeed, did he retort on vice the mockery which had recently been directed against virtue, that, since his time, the open violation...decency has always been considered among us as the sure mark of a fool. And this revolution, the greatest and most salutary ever effected by any satirist,...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 pages
...Tearsheet for * "So effectually, indeed, did he retort on vice the mockery which had recently been directed against virtue, that, since his time, the open violation of decency has always been considered, amongst us, the sure mark of a fool." — MACAULAY. ** " The Court was sat before Sir Roger came; but,...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 pages
...No. 1. 1 " So effectually, indeed, did he retort on vice the mockery which had recently been directed against virtue, that, since his time, the open violation of decency has always been considered, amongst us, the sure mark of a fool." — MACACLAY. 1 " The Court was sat before Sir Roger came ; but,...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp ..., Volume 6

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 584 pages
...Vanbrugh. So effectually, indeed, did he retort on vice the mockery which had recently been directed against virtue, that, since his time, the open violation...decency has always been considered among us as the sure mark of a fool. And this revolution, the greatest and most salutary ever effected by any satirist,...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 306 pages
...No. 1. 1 " So effectually, indeed, did he retort on vice the mockery which had recently been directed against virtue, that, since his time, the open violation of decency has always been considered, amongst us, the sure mark of a fool." — MACAULAY. * " The Court was sat before Sir Roger came ; but,...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp ..., Volume 1

Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 pages
...retort on vice the mockery which had recently been directed against virtue, that, since his time, tho open violation of decency has always been considered among us as the sure mark of a fool. And this revolution, the greatest and most salu^ tary ever effected by any satirist,...
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Biographical Sketches of Eminent British Poets: Chronologically Arranged ...

1857 - 574 pages
...Vanburgh. So effectually, indeed, did he retort on vice the mockery which had recently been directed against virtue, that, since his time, the open violation...decency has always been considered among us as the sure mark of a fool. And this revolution, the greatest and most salutary ever effected by any satirist,...
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