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 - Página 29por Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 135 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Samuel Johnson - 1891 - 286 páginas
...himself of the prejudices of his age and country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted1 and invariable state ; he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to general and transcendental1 truths, which will always be the same. He must therefore content himself with the slow... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 660 páginas
...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 ; he must...himself with the slow progress of his name ; contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - 1895 - 670 páginas
...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 ; he must...himself with the slow progress of his name ; contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 256 páginas
...his age or country; ~rTe" must consider right and wrong in their ,, ' • ., c^ i °xJsSELA£. / 3 1 abstracted and invariable state; he must disregard...general and transcendental truths, which will always be (jbe sa1nb. He must, therefore, content himself with the slow progress of his name, contemn the applause... | |
| Harriet Noble - 1897 - 250 páginas
...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...transcendental truths, which will always be the same." Carlyle talks of the "divine mystery" which the penetrating eye of the poet discovers and reveals to... | |
| 1899 - 972 páginas
...prejudices of his age and country; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and variable state ; he must disregard present laws and opinions,...himself with the slow progress of his name ; contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter... | |
| 1900 - 674 páginas
...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; he must...must therefore content himself with the slow progress oI his name ; contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity.... | |
| Leslie Stephen - 1902 - 724 páginas
...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; he must...must therefore content himself with the slow progress ' , i his name ; contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity.... | |
| Leslie Stephen - 1908 - 224 páginas
...of his age or country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable statej he must disregard present laws and, opinions, and rise to general and, transcendental .teftth which will always be the same ; he must therefore content himself with the slow progress of.his.name;... | |
| John Dennis - 1910 - 126 páginas
...He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age and country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state ; he must...himself with the slow progress of his name, contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter... | |
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