 The former measured all actions by the unalterable rule of right, and the eternal fitness of things ; the latter decided all matters by authority ; but in doing this, he always used the scriptures and their commentators, as the lawyer doth his Coke upon...  The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling - Página 115por Henry Fielding - 1820 - 299 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Henry Fielding - 1861 - 506 páginas
...favourite phrase of the former was — the natural beauty of virtue; that of the latter was — the divine power of grace. The former measured all actions...their commentators, as the lawyer doth his Coke upon Littleton, where the comment is of equal authority with the text. After this short introduction, the... | |
 | James Ewing Ritchie - 1869 - 448 páginas
...The philosopher Square was but an indifferent character after all, though, to quote Fielding, " he measured all actions by the unalterable rule of right and the eternal fitness of things." In politics, as at sea, however correctly you steer by the compass, you must, to be safe, wait for... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1871 - 598 páginas
...The favourite phrase of the former, was the natural beauty of virtue ; that of the latter, was the divine power of grace. The former measured all actions...their commentators, as the lawyer doth his Coke upon Littleton, where the comment is of equal authority with the text. After this short introduction, the... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1872 - 748 páginas
...goodness. The favourite phrase of the former was the natural beauty of virtue ; that of the latter was the divine power of grace. The former measured all actions by the unalterable rule of right, and I he eternal fitness of things; the latter decided all matters by authority; but in doing this ho always... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 páginas
...goodness. The favourite phrase of the former was the natural beauty of virtue : that of the latter was the divine power of grace. The former measured all actions...their commentators as the lawyer doth his Coke upon Littleton, where the comment is of equal authority with the text. li. 1740.] Wlien these two worthies... | |
 | Henry Fielding, Leslie Stephen - 1882 - 634 páginas
...The favourite phrase of the former, was the natural beauty of virtue ; that of the latter, was the divine power of grace. The former measured all actions...their commentators, as the lawyer doth his Coke upon Littleton, where the comment is of equal authority with the text. After this short introduction, the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 216 páginas
...ten years before Rasselas, this philosopher finds his counterpart in the philosopher Square, who ' measured all actions by the unalterable rule of right, and the eternal fitness of things.' — Tom Jones, Bk. iii. ch. 3. P. 92, 1. 24. as he was yet young. Rasselas by this time was about thirty-two.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 470 páginas
...right. BOSWELL. Johnson was as much opposed as the Rev. Mr. Thwackum to the philosopher Square, who 'measured all actions by the unalterable rule of right and the eternal fitness of things.' Tom Jones, book iii. ch. 3. • In Rasselas (ch. ii.) \ve read that the prince's look 'discovered him... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1890 - 474 páginas
...favourite phrase of the former was — the natural beauty of virtue; that of the latter was — the divine power of grace. The former measured all actions...their commentators, as the lawyer doth his Coke upon Littleton, where the comment is of equal authority with the text. After this short introduction, the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 252 páginas
...doctrine.' Hill notes the parallel of the philosopher Square in Fielding's Tom Jones, who ' measured all his actions by the unalterable rule of right and the eternal fitness of things.' But there can be little doubt that in this philosopher Johnson had Rousseau especially in mind. For... | |
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