 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1808 - 710 pages
...extravagance ,in his vicious characters. To be sure, poor man, he had read in a book, or heard eome one say, there was such a thing in the world as wickedness,...has drawn such a monster, as I hope never existed in mortal shape ; for to the honour of human nature, and the gracious author of it In1 it spoken, Clarissa... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1808 - 708 pages
...lence,but there is a strange awkward, res* and extravagance in his vicious characters. To be sure, poor man, he had read in a book, or heard some one...wickedness, but being totally ignorant, in what manner the •aid wickedness operates upon the human heart, and what checks and restraints it meets with to prevent... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - American literature - 1808 - 702 pages
...in the world as wickedness, but being totally ignorant in what manner the »aid wickedness operate» upon the human heart, and what checks and restraints it meets with to prevent ita ever being perfectly uniform and consistent in any one character, he has drawn such a monster,... | |
 | Alice Cecilia Caroline Gaussen - 1906 - 316 pages
...extravagance in his vicious characters. To be sure, poor man, he had read in a book, or heard someone say that there was such a thing in the world as wickedness, but being perfectly ignorant in what manner it operates on the human heart, he drew such a monster as probably... | |
 | Frederic Thomas Blanchard - 1926 - 710 pages
...excellence, but there is a strange awkwardness and extravagance in his vicious characters. To be sure, poor man, he had read in a book, or heard some one...the said wickedness operates upon the human heart ... he has drawn such a monster [Lovelace], as I hope never existed in mortal shape, for . . . the... | |
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Richardson has no doubt a very good hand at painting excellence, but there is a strange awkwardness and extravagance in his vicious characters. To be sure, poor man, he had read in a book, or heard some one say, there was such a thing in the world as... 