 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 - Strona 55autor: Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Liczba stron: 184Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - Liczba stron: 750
...decrepitude. He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age and country ; he muet coneider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state...therefore, content himself with the slow progress of bis name : contemn the praise of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - Liczba stron: 508
...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 ; he r. . must, therefore, content himself with the slow progress of his name ; contemn the applause of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1829 - Liczba stron: 142
...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;...be the same; he must therefore content himself with " His labour is not yet at an end: he must know many languages and many sciences; and, that his style... | |
 | Isaac Wilson - 1829 - Liczba stron: 392
...decrepitude. He must divest himself of the prejudicesof his age and country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state...transcendental truths, which will always be the same. * * * * That his style may be worthy of his thoughts, he must, by incessant practice, familiarize to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1831 - Liczba stron: 138
...his age or country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state ; ho must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise...general and transcendental truths, which will always •— 'u~ same : he must therefore content himself with the slow progress of his name ; contemn th«... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1833 - Liczba stron: 476
...dcpouiller. 41 Ce qui est juste ou injuste. 48 to general and transcendent truths, which -will always lie the same ; he must, therefore, (content himself with the slow progress of his name 43,) contemn the applanr.c of his own time, and conmit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1838 - Liczba stron: 270
...carelessness. ' He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state;...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 - 1846 - Liczba stron: 584
...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 - Liczba stron: 560
...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 traifr cendental truths, which will always be the same ; he must therefore content himself with the... | |
 | Jean Pons Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1850 - Liczba stron: 566
...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...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... | |
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