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 be... Views and Interviews on Journalism - Page 252edited by - 1875 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 pages
...his age and country; he must consider right and wrons in their abstracted and invariable state: he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise...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 - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...his age and country; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state; he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise...commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must wiite as the interpreter of nature, and the legislator of mankind, and consider himself as presiding... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Historical fiction - 1809 - 210 pages
...his age and country; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state: he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise...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 - English fiction - 1811 - 194 pages
...his age or country; he must consider right and wrong ia their abstracted and invariable state : he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise...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
...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...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... | |
| Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - French language - 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... | |
| William Driverger - 1820 - 648 pages
...still aim at loftier distinctions. A poet must divest himself of the prejudices of his ago or country. He must write as the interpreter of nature, and the legislator of mankind. He must consider himself as presiding over the thoughts and manners of successive generations. His... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 594 pages
...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 the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpjeter of nature, and the legislator of mankind, and consider himself as presiding over the thoughts... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...his age and country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state ; he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise...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... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...his age and country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state ; he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise...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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