 ... 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 - 35. oldalszerző: Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 155 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1880 - 556 oldal
...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 labours are not yet at an end; he must know many languages and many sciences ; and that his style may... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 648 oldal
...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 labors are not yet at an end : he must know many languages and many sciences ; and, that his style... | |
 | Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 614 oldal
...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 labors are not yet at an end : he must know many languages and many sciences ; and, that his style... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 216 oldal
...'same. '"He must therefore content himseir"wt£h"T;he slow progress of his name, contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must write the^interpretex-of^nature, and the legislator of and consider himself as presiding over the thoughts... | |
 | 1889 - 706 oldal
...for your deeds of glory. . . The muse forbids the noble to die " ; Doctor Johnson may say, The poet "must write as the interpreter of Nature and the legislator...of mankind, and consider himself as presiding over thoughts and manners of future generations, as being superior to time and place"; Carlyle may say,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1891 - 286 oldal
...same. He must therefore content himself with the slow progress of his name, contemn 5 the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice...future generations ; as a being superior to time and 10 place. " His labor is not yet at an end ; he must know many languages and many sciences ; and, that... | |
 | John Vance Cheney - 1891 - 312 oldal
...music of the soul, and above all, of great and feeling souls " ; Doctor Johnson may say, The poet " must write as the interpreter of Nature and the legislator...of mankind, and consider himself as presiding over thoughts and manners of future generations, as being superior to time and place " ; Goethe may say,... | |
 | Robert C. Kenner - 1892 - 112 oldal
...climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude. * * * His labor is not yet at an end; he must know many languages and many sciences." — Samuel Johnson. The writer of prose or poetry who would produce works which contain thoughts and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 256 oldal
...sa1nb. 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...He must write as the interpreter of nature and the -A«" legislator of mankind, and consider himself as presiding over the thoughts and manners of successive... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 252 oldal
...same. *rHe must, therefore, content himself with the slow 5 progress of his name, contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. . /f ""f^-""J" -"r,li"-t'"-prFtpr " i^rr. "VjMegislator of mankind, ind consider himself as pre/^Siding... | |
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