 He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state ; he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to general and transcendental truths, which will always...  Self Culture - Stran 1861899Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 strani
...prejudices of his age and country; he must consider right and wrons in their abstracted and invariable state: he must disregard present laws and opinions,...himself with the slow progress of his name; contemn the praise of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 strani
...prejudices of his age and country; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state; he must disregard present laws and opinions,...commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must wiite as the interpreter of nature, and the legislator of mankind, and consider himself as presiding... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 210 strani
...prejudices of his age and country; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state: he must disregard present laws and opinions,...himself with the slow progress of his name; contemn the praise of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 strani
...prejudices of his age or country; he must consider right and wrong ia their abstracted and invariable state : he must disregard present laws and opinions,...content himself with the slow progress of his -name, contejnn the applause of his own . ime, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He musT... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 strani
...prejudices of his age or country; he must consider right and wrong in their abstract and invariable state ; he must disregard present laws and opinions,...same : he must therefore content himself with the slovr progress of his name ; contemn the applause of his own time, aud commit his claims to the justice... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 strani
...prejudices of his age or country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstract and invariable state ; he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to general anal transcendental truths, which will always be the same : he must therefore content himself with... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1820 - 482 strani
...mint disregard present lairs and opinions, and rise to general and transcendental truths, which irill always be the same; he must, therefore, (content himself with the slow progress of his name 43), contemn the applause of his oivn time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 594 strani
...prejudices of his age or country; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state; he must disregard present laws and opinions,...to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpjeter of nature, and the legislator of mankind, and consider himself as presiding over the thoughts... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 strani
...prejudices of his age and country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state ; he must disregard present laws and opinions,...himself with the slow progress of his name ; contemn the praise of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 strani
...tinprejudices of his age and country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state ; he must disregard present laws and opinions,...himself with the slow progress of his name ; contemn the praise of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter... | |
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