 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...  Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale - Stran 55avtor: Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 184 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 strani
...decrepitude, He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age and country; he must consider right and wrons in their abstracted and invariable state: he must...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 - 1809 - 210 strani
...decrepitude. He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age and country; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state:...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
...He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country; he must consider right and wrong ia their abstracted and invariable state : he must disregard...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
...himself of the prejudices of his age or country; he must consider right and wrong in their abstract and invariable state ; he must disregard present laws...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
...himself of the 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... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 strani
...decrepitude. He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age and country ; he must consider right Otranto, and return you my thanks for it. It engages...Cambridge,) makes some of us cry a little ; and all, praise of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must wrile as the interpreter... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 strani
...decrepitude. He must divest himself of tinprejudices of his age and country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state...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 - 1823 - 612 strani
...decrepitude. He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state...transcendental truths, which will always be the same i he must therefore content himself with the slow progress of his name ; contemn the applause of his... | |
 | George Walker - 1825 - 668 strani
...decrepitude. He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state...content himself with the slow progress of his name; content •contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity.... | |
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