| Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 452 Seiten
...contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter of nature, and the legislator of...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... | |
| 1874 - 792 Seiten
...contemn the applause of his own time, and commit luclaims to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter of nature and the legislator of...future generations; as a being superior to time and space." The reader, still subject to these limitations, is doubtless by this time ready to cry with... | |
| 1903 - 524 Seiten
...zu poetischer Originalitat und verlangt zu diesem Zwecke aufierordentlich viel, z. B. he must write as the interpreter of nature, and the legislator of...generations, as a being superior to time and place usw Genug, ruft der Prinz seinem Lehrmeister zu; du hast mich iiberzeugt, dafi kein menschliches Wesen... | |
| Louis Nottelle - 1868 - 190 Seiten
...2 the sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude. His labour is not yet at an end.3 He must know many languages and many sciences ; and...himself every delicacy of speech and grace of harmony. — S. Johnson. RELATIVE PRONOUNS, Que. 1. Que, with an adjective and the verb être, sometimes with... | |
| London univ, exam. papers - 1871 - 294 Seiten
...influences of climate or custom, from the sprightliness of infancy to the despondence of decrepitude. His labour is not yet at an end. He must know many...himself every delicacy of speech and grace of harmony. — JOHNSON. MAY, 1840. Examiner — M. DELILLE. I. Translate into English : — (a) Que sont les hommes... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 Seiten
...contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter of nature and the legislator of...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... | |
| Samuel Johnson, William Alexander Clouston - 1875 - 346 Seiten
...contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter of nature and the legislator of...himself every delicacy of speech and grace of harmony. POETF(Y. IN almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best ; whether it be... | |
| Charles Frederick Wingate - 1875 - 380 Seiten
...contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter of nature and the legislator of...future generations ; as a being superior to time and space." The reader, still subject to these limitations, is doubtless by this time ready to cry with... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1876 - 430 Seiten
...contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter of nature, and the legislator of...worthy of his thoughts, must, by incessant practice, familiarize to himself every delicacy of speech and grace of harmony." CHAPTER XI. IMLAtl's NABRATIVK... | |
| Sir Leslie Stephen - 1878 - 226 Seiten
...contemn the applause of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice of posterity. He must write as the interpreter of nature and the legislator of...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 stylo... | |
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