...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. j 1 Betterton...

...Dr. Johnson thought that Rowe made the character too attractive, and says : " Lothario, with a gayety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be...despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness." In Massinger's play the gallant of the piece is made entirely despicable. Lothario was the prototype...

...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. —...

...original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety4 which cannot be hated, and bravery4 which cannot be despised, retains too much of the...virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, elegance, and courage, naturally excite ; and to lose at last the hero in the villain. Austin...

...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. —...

...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...despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness. It Lothair 239 was in the power of Richardson alone, to teach us at once esteem and detestation; to make...

...his life of Rowe (1781) he went out of his way to include, apropos of Lovelace, the following praise: "It was in the power of Richardson alone to teach us at once esteem and de10 Hill's edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, II, 173, 174, 175. ., 11,49testation; to make virtuous...

...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...kindness. It was in the power of Richardson alone . . . to make virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, elegance, and courage naturally exite,...

...been too strong for the morality of the piece', quotes Johnson as her authority: [Rowe's) 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. (cvii-cviii)...

...w.'h gaiety which cannot be hated & Bravery which cannot be Despised retains too much of the Reader's Kindness, it was in the Power of Richardson alone to teach us at once Esteem & Detestation.' But Dr Beattie another formidable Critic & the friend of Dr Johnson is of a very different...