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" ... 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 164
edited by - 1840
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Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 2

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...
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The Court Magazine and Monthly Critic, and Lady's Magazine and ..., Volume 23

1843 - 376 pages
...inevitably send him, like a thousand others similarly guilty, mourning and dishonored to his grave. i A character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp is degraded rather than exalted byin attempt to reward virtue with temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which Providence...
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Bride of Lammermoor - Peveril of the peak

Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 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,...temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which Pro- \ vidence has deemed worthy of suffering merit, and it is a dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach...
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Tribute to the Memory of Sir Walter Scott, Baronet

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...
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Introductions, and Notes and Illustrations to the Novels, Tales ..., Volume 2

Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 pages
...the ige rendered such a union almost impossible, he author may, in passing, observe, that he hinks a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp, is degraded rather than exalted by an ttempt to reward virtue with temporal prospety. Such is not the recompense which Proidence has deemed...
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The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His ..., Volume 3

Walter Scott - 1833 - 852 pages
...passing, observe, that he thinks a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp, is di- traded rnther than exalted by an attempt to reward virtue with temporal prosperity. Such i* not the recompense which Providence haa deemed worthy of buffering merit, and it is a danperouand...
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Ivanhoe: A Romance

Walter Scott - 1836 - 576 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...
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Miscellanies, Volume 1

Harriet Martineau - 1836 - 380 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...
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Miscellanies, Volume 1

Harriet Martineau - 1836 - 374 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,...and it is a dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach O * young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are...
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Foster's Cabinet Miscellany: A Series of Publications on Various ..., Volume 3

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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