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 - Page 29by Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 135 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Mudford - 1802 - 166 pages
...his age or country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state; hp must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise...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 - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...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; 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 wiite as the interpreter... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1810 - 230 pages
...He must divest Tiimself of the prejudices of his age or country ; he must consider fight 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, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 pages
...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 - 1811 - 428 pages
...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 - English fiction - 1811 - 194 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 484 pages
...decrepitude. Hem ust 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 - English fiction - 1816 - 250 pages
...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... | |
| John Pierpont - 1817 - 194 pages
...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...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... | |
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