 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 Seiten
...than in a living language, whofe idioms and phrafes feem grofs, becaufe they are familiar. In paffing judgment upon the characters of men, we ought to try...the principles and maxims of their own age, not by thofe of another. For although virtue and vice are at all times the fame, manners and cuftoms vary... | |
 | William Robertson - 1817 - 482 Seiten
...eminent writers in that language, to use their antagonists with the most illiberal scurrility; but, in a dead tongue, indecencies of every kind appear less...familiar. IN passing judgment upon the characters of BOOK men, we ought to try them by the principles . VI ^ . and maxims of their own age, not by those... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 376 Seiten
...be sometimes admitted, though they are joined by a copulative or disjunctive conjunction : as, '• In passing judgment upon the characters of men, we ought to try them hy the principles and maxims of their ewn age, and not by those of another. For, although virtue and... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 Seiten
...indecencies of every kind appear less •booking than in a living language, whose idioms and jihra«es teem gross, because they are familiar. In passing judgment...try them by the principles and maxims of their own agi, not by those of another. For although virtue and vice we at all times the same, manners and customs... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 Seiten
...eminent writers in that language, to use thuir Rtitugonists with the most illiberal scurrility ; but, in course. Their benevolence was sometimes praised,...last. This necessity of perishing might have been expe character» • of men, we ought to try them by the principles and maxims of their own age, not by... | |
 | William Robertson - 1825 - 432 Seiten
...eminent writers in that language, to use their antagonists with the most illiberal scurrility ; but, in a dead tongue, indecencies of every kind appear less...seem gross, because they are familiar. In passing j udgment upon the characters of men, we ought to try them by the principles and maxims of 1546. their... | |
 | John Scott - 1826 - 638 Seiten
...antagonists, with the most illiberal scurrility ; but, in the dead tongue, indecencies of every kind appeared less shocking than in a living language, whose idioms...judgment upon the characters of men, we ought to try them upon the principles and maxims of their own age, not by those of another. For, although virtue and... | |
 | 1826 - 450 Seiten
...than in a living language, whofe idioms and phrafes feem grofs, becaufe they are familiar. In paffing judgment upon the characters of men, we ought to try...the principles and maxims of their own age, not by thofe of another. For although virtue and vice are at all times the fame, manners and cuftoms vary... | |
 | 1830 - 690 Seiten
...the following equitable principle, which well applies to the case before us : IN PASSING JUDGEMENT on THE CHARACTERS OF MEN, WE OUGHT TO TRY THEM BY THE...MAXIMS OF THEIR OWN AGE, NOT BY THOSE OF ANOTHER." but, on the other hand, is it at all likely they would have done as much as Calvin did, to defend the... | |
 | 1830 - 288 Seiten
...eminent writers in that language, to use theh- antagonists with the most illiberal scurrility ; but in a dead tongue indecencies of every kind appear less...seem gross, because they are familiar. , In passing a judgment upon8 the character of men, we ought to try them by the principles and maxims of their own... | |
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In passing judgment upon the characters of men, we ought to try them by the principles and maxims of their own age, not by those of another. For, although virtn« and vice are at all times the same, manners and customs vary continually. 
