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" He must write as the interpreter of nature, and the legislator of mankind, and consider himself as presiding over the thoughts and manners of future generations ; as a being superior to time and place. "
Samuel Johnson - Page 179
by Sir Leslie Stephen - 1878 - 195 pages
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 548 pages
...general and transcendental truths, which will always be the same : he must therefore content himself with the slow progress of his name; contemn the applause...thoughts and manners of future generations; as a being superiour to time and place. " His labour is not yet at an end : he must know many languages and many...
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale

Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 64 pages
...general and transcendental truths, which will always be the same; he must therefore content himself with the slow progress of his name; contemn the applause...interpreter of nature, and the legislator of mankind, a,id consider himself as presiding over the thoughts and manners of future genera tions; as a being...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson

Samuel Taylor Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...general and transcendental truths, which will always be the same ; he must, therefore, content himself with the slow progress of his name ; contemn the applause...thoughts and manners of future generations ; as a being superiour to time and place. " His labour is not yet at an end : he must know many languages and many...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...general and transcendental truths, which will always be the same; he must, therefore, content himself with the slow progress of his name; contemn the applause...thoughts and manners of future generations ; as a being superiour to time and place. " His labour is not yet at an end : he must know many languages and many...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...always be the same : he must therefore content himself with the slow progress of his name; content •contemn the applause of his own time, and commit...generations; as a being superior to time and place." "His labour is not yet at an end: he must know many languages and many sciences ; and, that his style may...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 pages
...general and transcendental truths, which will always be the same ; he must therefore content himself with the slow progress of his name ; contemn the applause...the thoughts and manners of future generations ; as being superiour to time and place. " His labour is not yet at an end : he must know many languages...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pages
...same : he must, therefore, content himself with the slow progress of bis name : contemn the praise of his own time, and commit his claims to the justice...over the thoughts and manners of future generations, an a being superior to time and place. " His labour is not yet at an end ; he must know many languages...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Essay on the life and genius of Dr ...

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...general and transcendental truths, which will always be the same; he must, therefore, content himself with the slow progress of his name; contemn the applause...claims to the justice of posterity. He must write, as thejnterprelej of nature, and the legislator of mankind, •and consider himself, as presiding over...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson ...: Essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson ...

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...and transcendental truths, which will always be the same ; he r. . must, therefore, content himself with the slow progress of his name ; contemn the applause...claims to the justice of posterity. He must write, x, as the interpreter of nature, and the legislator of mankind, and consider himself, as presiding...
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The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the fine ..., Volume 3

Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1825 - 380 pages
...they would not know it. Wordsworth must therefore be " content with the slow progress of his name, and consider himself as presiding over the thoughts and manners of future generations." ILLUSTRATIONS OF CANOVA. NO. III. LINES ON THE MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF GIOVANNI VOLPATO. For what...
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