 ... than exalted by an attempt to reward virtue with temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which Providence has deemed worthy of suffering merit ; and it is a dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach young persons, the most common readers of romance,...  Bride of Lammermoor - Peveril of the peak - Seite 80von Walter Scott - 1833Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Morning call - 1850 - 618 Seiten
...young persons — the most common readers of romance — that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded by, the gratification of our passions, or the attainment of our wishes. In a word, if a virtuous and self-denied character is dismissed with... | |
 | 1851 - 608 Seiten
...teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded...is dismissed with temporal wealth, greatness, rank, . . . . the reader will bo apt to say, verily virtue has had its reward. But a glance on the great... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1851 - 606 Seiten
...suffering merit, and it is a dangerous and fatal doctrine, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded...character is dismissed with temporal wealth, greatness, or rank, the reader will be apt to say, Verily, virtue has had its reward. But a glance at the great... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 546 Seiten
...rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded hy, the gratification of our passions, or attainment of...rank, or the indulgence of such a rashly formed or ill assorted passion as that of Rebecca for Ivanhoe, the reader will be apt to say, verily virtue has... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 410 Seiten
...teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded...rank, or the indulgence of such a rashly formed or ill assorted passion as that of Rebecca for Ivanhoe, the reader will be apt to say, verily Virtue has... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1855 - 480 Seiten
...suffering merit, and it is a dangerous and fatal doctrine, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded...character is dismissed with temporal wealth, greatness, or rank, the reader will be apt to say, ' Verily, virtue has had its reward.' But a glance at the great... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1855 - 492 Seiten
...dangerous and fatal doctrine, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allicil with, or adequately rewarded by, the gratification...character is dismissed with temporal wealth, greatness, or rank, the reader will be apt to say, ' Verily, virtue has had its reward.' But a glance at the great... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 654 Seiten
...proved an excuse for the glass." readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded...attainment of our wishes. In a word, if a virtuous and eclfaenied character is dismissed with temporal wealth, greatness, rank, or the indulgence of such... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1855 - 492 Seiten
...eonduet and of prineiple are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded by, the gratifieation of our passions, or attainment of our wishes. In a word, if a virtuous and self-denied eharaeter is dismissed with temporal wealth, greatness, or rank, the reader will he apt to say, ' Verily,... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1856 - 344 Seiten
...suffering merit, and it is a dangerous and fatal doctrine, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded...character is dismissed with temporal wealth, greatness, or rank, the reader will be apt to say, ' Verily, virtue has had its reward.' But a glance at the great... | |
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