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" ... we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder our pleasure, or, perhaps, regard them with some kindness, for being united with so much merit. "
Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ... - Page 131
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The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]., Volume 1

1801 - 342 pages
...impairing virtue. Many writers, for the fake of following nature, fo mingle good and bad qualities in their principal perfonages, that they are both...their favour, we lofe the abhorrence of their faults, becaufe they do not hinder our pleafure, or, perhaps, regard them with fome kindnefs for being united...
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Rambler

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...impairing virtue. Many writers, for the fake of following nature, fo mingle good and bad qualities in their principal perfonages, that they are both...their favour, we lofe the abhorrence of their faults, becaufe they do not hinder our pleafure, or, perhaps, regard them with fome kindnefs, for being united...
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Select British Classics, Volume 5

English literature - 1803 - 322 pages
...mingle good and bad qualities in their principal personages, that they are both equally conspicuous ; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder...
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A Brief Retrospect of the Eighteenth Century: Part the First in ..., Volume 2

Samuel Miller - Art, Modern - 1805 - 432 pages
...mingle good and bad qualities in their principal personages, that they are both equally conspicuous; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhor* fence of their faults because they do not hinder...
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Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ...

Hugh Murray - Fiction - 1805 - 198 pages
...good and bad qualities in their principal personages, that they are both principally conspicuous ; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder...
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Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ...

Hugh Murray - Fiction - 1805 - 188 pages
...and bad qualities in their principal personages, that they are both principally conspicuous; and a& we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour,.we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder...
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The Rambler, by S. Johnson, Volume 1

1806 - 348 pages
...mingle good and bad qualities in their principal personages, that they arc both equally conspicuous ; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 380 pages
...mingle good and bad qualities in their principal personages, that they are both equally conspicu.ous; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees ti» interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not...
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The British Essayists, Volume 19

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 376 pages
...mingle good and bad qualities in their principal perlonages, that they are both equally conspicuous; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their favour, we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder...
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The Panoplist, and Missionary Magazine United, Volume 4

Congregational churches - 1809 - 612 pages
...mingle good and bad qualities in their principal pcrsonagas, that they are both equally conspicuous ; and as we accompany them through their adventures with delight, and are led by degrees to interest ourselves in their fator, we lose the abhorrence of their faults because they do not kinder...
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