The real moral of Clarissa is, that virtue is triumphant in every situation ; that in circumstances the most painful and degrading, in a prison, in a brothel, in grief, in distraction, in despair, it is still lovely, still commanding, still the object... The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson ...: Selected from the Original ... - Page ciiby Samuel Richardson, Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1804 - 326 pagesFull view - About this book
| Books - 1805 - 984 pages
...In real moral of Clarissa is, that virtue |s triumphant in every situation i that in circumstances the. most painful and degrading, in a prison, in a brothel, in pricf, in distraction, in despair, it is still lovely, still commun ¡ing, siill the object oí our... | |
| 1806 - 310 pages
...The real moral of Clarissa is, vhat virtue is triu'mphant in every situ^ation ; that in circumstances the most painful and degrading, in a prison, in a brothel, in grief, in despair, it is still lovely ; and if it is seated on the ground; it can still say with, Constance —... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...worldly happiness, under such circumstances : that moral, which now displays Virtue gloriously triumphant in a prison, in a brothel, in grief, in distraction, in despair, in death ; every where lovely and commanding, the constant object of our most reverential and fondest... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1824 - 808 pages
...The real moral of Clarissa is, that virtue is triumphant in every situation ; that in circumstances the most painful and degrading, in a prison, in a...can still say with Constance, ' Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it !' " The Novelist that has produced this effect, has performed his office... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - Novelists, English - 1825 - 554 pages
...The real moral of Clarissa is, that virtue is triumphant in every situation; that, in circumstances the most painful and degrading, in a prison, in a...can still say with Constance, 'Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it!' « The novelist that has produced this effect has performed his office well,... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Library catalogs - 1826 - 672 pages
...Barbauld has happily observed, is, that ' virtue is triumphant in every situation ; that in circumstances the most painful and degrading — in a prison, in...our veneration, of our fondest affections; that, if itis seated on the ground, it can still say with Constance, " Here is my throne : kings, come and bow... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1826 - 906 pages
...Barbauld has happily observed, is, that ' virtue is triumphant in every situation ; that in circumstances the most painful and degrading — in a prison, in...object of our veneration, of our fondest affections j that, if it is seated on the ground, it can still say with Constance, " Here is my throne : kings,... | |
| Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 484 pages
...The real moral of Clarissa is, that virtue is triumphant ill every situation ; that in circumstances the most painful and degrading, in a prison, in a...can still say with Constance, ' Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it.' " The Novelist that has produced this effect, has performed his office well,... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 492 pages
...The real moral of Clarissa is, that virtue is triumphant in every situation ; that in circumstances the most painful and degrading, in a prison, in a...can still say with Constance, ' Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it.' " The Novelist that has produced this effect, has performed his office well,... | |
| Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 506 pages
...The real moral of Clarissa is, that virtue is triumphant in every situation ; that in circumstances the most painful and degrading, in a prison, in a...can still say with Constance, ' Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it.' " The Novelist that has produced this effect, has performed his office well,... | |
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