 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 Abyssinia: A Tale - Page 24by Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 111 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Mudford - 1802 - 166 pages
...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 abstracted and invariable state; hp must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to general and transcendental truths which will... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...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 pages
...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 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
...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 pages
...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 abstracted and invariable state ; ho must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to general and transcendental truths, which... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...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... | |
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