 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 - Sivu 330tekijä(t) Samuel Johnson - 1816Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | William Mudford - 1802 - 166 sivua
...influences 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 wrong in their abstracted and invariable state; hp must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to general and transcendental truths which will... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 sivua
...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 sivua
...infancy to the.despondence of decrepitude. 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. He must write as the interpreter... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 sivua
...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; he must consider right and wrong ia their abstracted and invariable state : he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 sivua
...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; he must consider right and wrong in their abstract and invariable state ; he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to general and... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1817 - 194 sivua
...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 wrong in their abstracted and invariable state ; ho must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to general and transcendental truths, which... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 sivua
...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 ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstract and invariable state ; he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to general anal... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1820 - 482 sivua
...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 sivua
...of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude. He must divest himself of tinprejudices 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. He must write as the interpreter... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 sivua
...infancy to the despondence of decrepitude. 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. He must write as the interpreter... | |
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