...he did. Dr. Johnson saw that Shakespeare " seems to write without any moral purpose " and " is not always careful to show in the virtuous a disapprobation of the wicked." 1 As Scott said : " The professed moral of a piece is like the mendicant who cripples after some splendid...

...in the proportion in which they appear to me, without envious malignity or superstitious veneration. moral purpose. From his writings, indeed, a system...makes no just distribution of good or evil, nor is he always careful to show in the virtuous a disapprobation of the wicked ; he carries his persons indifferently...

...in the proportion in which they appear to me, without envious malignity or superstitious veneration. moral purpose. From his writings, indeed, a system...makes no just distribution of good or evil, nor is he always careful to show in the virtuous a disapprobation of the wicked ; he carries his persons indifferently...

...in books or in men. He sacrifices virtue to convenience, and is so much more careful to please than to instruct that he seems to write without any moral...makes no just distribution of good or evil, nor is he always careful to show it in the virtuous disapprobation of the wicked ; he carries his persons...

...seems to write without any moral purpose. Prom his writings, indeed, a system of social duty may he selected, for he that thinks reasonably must think...makes no just distribution of good or evil, nor is he always careful to show it in the virtuous disapprobation of the wicked; he carries his persons indifferently...

...please than to instruct." Not only does he make "no just distribution of good or evil," but he is not "always careful to show in the virtuous a disapprobation of the wicked." It is quite clear that Dr. Johnson would have considered Othello a more moral play if Othello had been...

...among the humanists; but he sinks again to the level of Rymer and Bossu when he adds that the poet "makes no just distribution of good or evil, nor is always careful to show in the vir1. Lices,1, 179. JOHNSON AND I&ILEAU 97 tuous a disapprobation of the wicked"; though even here,...

...he did. Dr. Johnson saw that Shakespeare ' seems to write without any moral purpose ' and ' is not always careful to show in the virtuous a disapprobation of the wicked.' As Scott said: ' The professed moral of a piece is like the mendicant who cripples after some splendid...

...Dr. Johnson as typical. Shakespeare, the great moralist says, "is so much more careful to please than to instruct, that he seems to write without any moral...casually from him; he makes no just distribution of good and evil, nor is he careful always to show in the virtuous a disapprobation of the wicked; he carries...

...in books or in men. He sacrifices virtue to convenience, and is so much more careful to please than to instruct, that he seems to write without any moral...distribution of good or evil, nor is always careful to shew in the virtuous a disapprobation of the wicked ; he carries his persons indifferently through...