 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 Seiten
...Richardson into Lovelace ; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which...of the spectator's kindness. It was in the power of ^ichardson alone to teach us at once esteem and detestation, to make virtnoas resentment overpower... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 Seiten
...into that of Lovelace ; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which...virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite; and to lose at last the hero in the villain."* Still,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 Seiten
...Lovelace; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gayety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be...virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite ; and to lose at last the hero in the villain, t ,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 484 Seiten
...Richardson into Lovelace ; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which...virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, elegance, and courage naturally excite ; and to lose at last the hero in the villain.* The fifth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 Seiten
...Richardson into Lovelace ; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too much of the spec-, tator's kindness. It was in the power of Richardson alone to teach us at once esteem and detestation... | |
 | University magazine - 1855 - 776 Seiten
...attractive qualities of her betrayer, the "haughty, gallant, gay Lothario," who, as Dr. Johnson says, "with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which...despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness." The guilt of Beaumelle is greater than that of Calista, with less shadow of excuse. She is an absolute... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1856 - 388 Seiten
...; a spiritless poltroon in his interview with Romont. Lothario, as Johnson observes, " with gayety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be...despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness." His high spirit, brilliant qualities, and fine person, are so described, as to put us in danger of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1858 - 418 Seiten
...moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot oe despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness....virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, elegance, and courage, naturally excite; and to lose at last the hero in the villain. The fifth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1864 - 442 Seiten
...Richardson into Lovelace, but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which...retains too much of the spectator's kindness. It was iu the power of Richardson alone to teach us at once esteem and detestation, to make virtuous resentment... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 724 Seiten
...treacherous villains of later romances. " Lothario," says that severe moralist, Dr. Samuel Johnson, " with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which...despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness." The line " II thla that haughty gallant, gay Lothario? " occurs in act v., scene 1. Lothrop, Amy. The... | |
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Lovelace; but he has excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness. 
