...them without r'urther ca-e, and leaves their examples to operate by chance. This fault the barba ity of his age cannot extenuate ; for it is always a writer's...to make the world better, and juftice is a virtue jndependant on time or pb.ce.' 4 No queftion, fays our Editor, in another place, can be more innocently...

...the wicked ; he carries his perfons indifferently through right and wrong, and at the clofe difmifTes them without further care, and leaves their examples to operate by chance. This fault ttv- barbarity of his age cannot extenuate; for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better,...

...drop cafually from him; he makes no juft diftribution of good or evil, nor is always careful to mew in the virtuous a difapprobation of the wicked; he...is always a writer's duty to make the world better, andjufticeis a virtue independent on time or place. • . < The plots are often fo loofely formed,...

...the Wicked ; he carries his Perfons indifferently through Right and Wrong, and at the Clofe difmifles them without further Care, and leaves their Examples to operate by Chance. Thi* Fault the Barbarity of his Age cannot extenuate ; for it is always a Writer's Duty to make the...

...wicked; he carries his perfons indifferently through right and wrong, and at .the. clofe difmiffes them without further care, and leaves their examples...the barbarity of his age cannot extenuate; for it is a] ways a writer's duty to make the world better, and juftice is a virtue in* dependent on time or...

...author who facrifices virtue to convenience, and feems to write without any moral purpofe, even ihe barbarity of his age cannot extenuate; for it is always...better, and juftice is a virtue independant on time and place. Ditto, p. i9 & 20. It is feldom that authors rife much above the ftandard of their own age....

...the wicked ; he carries his perfons indifferently through right and wrong, and at the clofe difmiffes them without further care, and leaves their examples...to make the world better, and juftice is a virtue independent on time or place. The plots are often fo loofely formed, that a very flight confideration...

...the wicked ; he carries his persons indifferently through right and wrong, and at the close dismisses them without further care, and leaves their examples...cannot extenuate; for it is always a writer's duty to to ir.ake the world better, and justice is a virtue independent on time or place. The plots are often...

...the wicked ; he carries his perfons indifferently through right and wrong, and at the clofe difmiiTcs them without further care, and leaves their examples...always a writer's duty to make the world better, and ju (Vice is a virtue independent on time or place. The plots are often fo loofely formed, that a very...

...;'* — who " carries his perfons indifferently through right and wrong, and at the clofe difmifles them without further care, and leaves their examples to operate by chance." As little probable is it, in my apprehenfion, that he departed on any fettled principles from the mythological...