... a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp, is degraded rather than exalted by an attempt to reward virtue with temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which Providence has deemed worthy of suffering merit... The New York Review - Page 164edited by - 1840Full view - About this book
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1832 - 824 pages
...the age rendered such an union almost impossible, the author may, in passing, observe, that he thinks a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp,...to teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately... | |
| 1843 - 376 pages
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| Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 pages
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| John McVickar - 1833 - 92 pages
...But I do wrong to take this defence out of his own hands— " worldly rewards, says Sir W. Scott, are not the recompense which providence has deemed worthy...dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach young persons, that rectitude of conduct and of principle, is either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 pages
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| Walter Scott - 1833 - 852 pages
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| Walter Scott - 1836 - 576 pages
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| Harriet Martineau - 1836 - 380 pages
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| Harriet Martineau - 1836 - 374 pages
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| 1837 - 598 pages
...the age rendered such a union almost impossible, the author may, in passing, observe, that he thinks a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp,...to teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately... | |
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