...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...

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...seems to write without any moral purpose. . . . His precepts and axioms drop casually from him; ho makes no just distribution of good or evil, nor is always careful to show iu the virtuous a disapprobation of the wicked/ His niirid was analytic rather than comprehensive....

...much more careful to please than to instruct, that he seems to write without any moral purpose. . . . His precepts and axioms drop casually from him; he...distribution of good or evil, nor is always careful to snow in the virtuous a disapprobation of the wickeck' His mind was analytic rather than comprehensive....

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...Johnson says, " He sacrifices virtue to convenience, and is much more careful to please than instruct. From his writings, indeed, a system of social duty...him; he makes no just distribution of good or evil" (p. xxxviii). He writes, in fact, as immoral men generally act, praising virtue with the mouth, but...

...is said to be that ' he sacrifices virtue to convenience, and is so much more careful to please than to instruct, that he seems to write without any moral...but his precepts and axioms drop casually from him . . . His plots are often so loosely formed that a very slight consideration may improve them, and...

...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...

...books or in men. He sacrifices virtue to convenience, and is so much more careful to j>lease ^thanto instruct, that he seems to write without any moral...system of social duty may be selected, for he that thinksreasonably must think morally ; but his precepts and axioms drop casually from Tiim ; he makes...