 ... their abstracted and invariable state ; he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to general and transcendental truths, which will always be the same. He must, therefore, content himself with the slow progress of his name, contemn the...  Rasselas: A Tale - Page 35by Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 155 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jean Pons victor Lecoutz de Levizac (d.1) - 1834 - 494 pages
...same; he must therefore "(content himself with the slow progress of his name), contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice...the legislator of mankind, and consider himself as JJpreriding over the thoughts and manners of future generations, as a being superior to time and place.... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1838 - 270 pages
...He must write as the interprete of nature, and the legislator of mankind, and consider him self aa presiding over the thoughts and manners of future...generations; as a being superior to time and place. ' His labor is not yet at an end: he must know many languages and many sciences; and, that his style may... | |
 | 1845 - 632 pages
...and the legislator" of her sex, and seemed to consider herself as " presiding over the thoughts ind manners of future generations, as a being superior to time and place." Of these truths the volumes before us present a large amount of striking and beautiful illustration.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1846 - 416 pages
...the same. He must therefore content himself with the slow progress of his name ; contemn the applause of his own time , and commit his claims to the justice...and consider himself as presiding over the thoughts arid manners of future generations ; as a being superior to time and place. « His labour is not yet... | |
 | Jean-Pons-Victor Lecoutz de Levizac - 1846 - 584 pages
...he must, therefore, (content himself with the slow progress of his name 43,) to contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice...legislator of mankind, and consider himself as presiding 44 over the thoughts and manners of future generations, as a being superior to time and place. His... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...same ; he must therefore content 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 intepreter of nature, and the legislate of mankind, and consider himself as presiding- over the thoughts... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 196 pages
...complete before the full stop is reached. Such may be called a catenated or loose period. Thus — ' He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age...and commit his claims to the justice of posterity.' — JOHNSON. 194. A phrase consists of two or more words thrown into a sentence, but not grammatically... | |
 | J. Cherpilloud - 1853 - 266 pages
...invariable state : he must rise to' general and transcendant truths, which will alwoys be the same1. His labour is not yet at an end : he must know many languages and many sciences; and that his9 style may be worthy of his thoughts, he must, by incessant practiceb, familiarize to himself '... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...the same ; he must therefore content himself with the slow progress of his name contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice...time and place. " His labour is not yet at an end : ho must know many languages, and man/ sciences ; and, that his style may be worthy of his thoughts,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 452 pages
...the same: he must therefore content himself with the slow progress of his name; contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice...generations ; as a being superior to time and place. " His labor is not yet at an end: he must know many languages and many sciences; and, that his style may... | |
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