 this fundamental is most strictly adhered to: there is not a wicked action in any part of it, but is first or last rendered unhappy and unfortunate; there is not a superlative villain brought upon the stage, but either he is brought to an unhappy end,...  The works of Daniel De Foe [ed.] by W. Hazlitt - Pagina 70door Daniel Defoe - 1840Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Daniel Defoe - 1765 - 358 pagina’s
...: there is not a fuperlstive villain brought upon theftage, but either he is brought to an untimely end, or brought to be ,a penitent: there is not an ill thing mentioned, hut it is condemned even in the relation, nor a virtuous jujt thing, but it carries its praife along... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1856
...not a wicked action in any part of it, but is first or last rendered unhappy and unfortunate; there is not a superlative villain brought upon the stage,...just thing but it carries its praise along with it. Upon this foundation this book is recommended to the reader as a work from every part of which something... | |
 | William Caldwell Roscoe - 1860
...not a wicked action in any part of it, but is first or last rendered unhappy and unfortunate ; there is not a superlative villain brought upon the stage,...just thing but it carries its praise along with it. Upon this foundation this book is recommended to the reader as a work from every part of which something... | |
 | William Caldwell Roscoe - 1860
...not a wicked action in any part of it, but is first or last rendered unhappy and unfortunate; there is not a superlative villain brought upon the stage,...just thing but it carries its praise along with it. Upon this foundation this book is recommended to the reader as a work from every part of which something... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon - 1864 - 275 pagina’s
...unhappy or unfortunate ; there is not a superlative villain brought upon the stage, but he is either brought to an unhappy end, or brought to be a penitent...just thing, but it carries its praise along with it:" and to request that her story may be judged by that standard. CONTENTS OF VOL. I. I. AFTER OFFICE HOURS... | |
 | Daniel Defoe, William Lee - 1869
...not a wicked Action in any Part of it, but is first or last rendered Unhappy and Unfortunate. There is not a superlative Villain brought upon the Stage,...brought to be a Penitent. There is not an ill thing mention'd, but it is coudcmn'd, even in the Relation, nor a virtuous just Thing, but it carries its... | |
 | Daniel Defoe, William Lee - 1869
...unhappy End, or brought to be a Penitent. There is not an ill thing mentiou'd, but it is condcmn'd, even in the Relation, nor a virtuous just Thing, but it carries its Praise along with it." But the most powerful inducement to the writing and publishing this book is related in the following... | |
 | Bayard Tuckerman - 1882 - 331 pagina’s
...bare before the reader. Yet Defoe asserts that the book is designed to teach a good lesson. 1 " There is not a superlative villain brought upon the stage,...just thing, but it carries its praise along with it. * * * Upon this foundation the book is recommended to the reader, as a work from every part of which... | |
 | David Marshall, David F. Marshall - 1986 - 269 pagina’s
...suggest guilt than innocence. Defoe continues, however, in speaking of his book, to boast that "There is not a superlative Villain brought upon the Stage,...brought to an unhappy End, or brought to be a Penitent" (5). Whether because Defoe shared Shaftesburys sense that publishing oneself or ones book was a theatrical... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1989 - 454 pagina’s
...rendered Unhappy and Unfortunate: There is not a superlative Villain brought upon the Stage, but cither he is brought to an unhappy End, or brought to be a Penitent: There is not an ill thing mention'd, but it is condemn'd, even in the Relation, nor a virtuous just Thing, but it carries its... | |
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