 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...  The Works of Samuel Johnson - Stran 330avtor: Samuel Johnson - 1816Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1833 - 476 strani
...custom : fiom the sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude. He must divest himself 40 of the prejudices of his age or country; he must consider right and wrong 41 in their abstracted and invariable state 42 ; he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1838 - 270 strani
...neglected, for those characteristics which are alike obvious to vigilance and carelessness. ' He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country;...the applause of his own time, and commit his claims tc the justice of posterity. He must write as the interprete of nature, and the legislator of mankind,... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1844 - 496 strani
...climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude. He must •' 'divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country ; he must consider 4 'right and wrong <Jin their abstracted and invariable state; he must disregard present laws flinl... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1846 - 584 strani
...age or country 5 he must consider right and wrong 41 in their abstracted and invariable state 42 ; he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to general and transcendant truths, which will always be the same ; he must, therefore, (content himself with the... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 strani
...of climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to the despondency of decrepitude. He nra.-t divest 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 and... | |
 | Jean Pons Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1850 - 566 strani
...of climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude. He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country;...present laws and opinions, and rise to general and transcendant truths, which will always be the same ; he must, therefore, content himself with the slow... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 228 strani
...of climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude. He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country;...and opinions, and rise to general and transcendental truth, which will always be the same: he must therefore content himself with the slow progress of his... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 196 strani
...called a catenated or loose period. Thus — ' He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age and country; he must consider right and wrong in their...himself with the slow progress of his name, contemn the praise of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity.' — JOHNSON. 194. A phrase... | |
 | J. Cherpilloud - 1853 - 266 strani
...custom, from the sprightlinessz of infancy to the despondence* of decrepitude. He must divest himself b of the prejudices of his age* or country; he must consider right and wrongA, in their abstract and invariable state : he must rise to' general and transcendant truths,... | |
 | W. W. Howard - 1854 - 322 strani
...climate or customs, from' the sprightliness of youth to the despondency J of decrepitude, lie must divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country; he must consider right and wrong in their abstract and invariable state ; he must rise to general and transcendent1 truths, which nothing ever... | |
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