| William Mudford - 1802 - 166 pàgines
...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 - 1806 - 376 pàgines
...descriminations, which one may have remarked, and another have neglected, for those characteristicks which are alike obvious to vigilance and carelessness....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 - 1810 - 230 pàgines
...decrepitude. He must divest Tiimself of the prejudices of his age or country ; he must consider fight and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state...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 - 1811 - 250 pàgines
...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...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 pàgines
...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...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 - 194 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 - 1816 - 250 pàgines
...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...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 - 1816 - 484 pàgines
...of infancy to-the despondence of decrepitude. Hem ust divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country; he must consider right and wrong in their...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 pàgines
...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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