... has nothing nobler in view than the approbation of men ; of beings whose superiority we are under no obligation to acknowledge, and who, when we have courted them with the utmost assiduity, can confer no valuable or permanent reward ; of beings who... The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 254by Samuel Johnson - 1816Full view - About this book
| 1752 - 196 pages
...what they do not underftand, or partially determine what they never have examined; and whofe fentence is therefore of no weight, till it has received the ratification of our own confciencc. He that can defcend to bribe faffrages like thefe at the price of his innocence ; he who... | |
| 1776 - 632 pages
...they do not underftand, or partially determine what th«y never have examined ; and whofe fentence is therefore of no weight till it has received the ratification of our own confcicnce. He that can defcend to bribe fuffirages, like thefe, at the price of his innocence ; he... | |
| 1773 - 394 pages
...what they do not underftand, or partially determine what they never have examined ; and whofe fentence is therefore of no weight till it has received the ratification of our own confcience. He that can defcend to bribe fuffrages like thefe at the price of his innocence -r he that... | |
| 1785 - 596 pages
...what they do not understand, or |iartiaUy determine what they never have examined; and whofe fentence is therefore of no weight till it has received the ratification of our own conference. He that can dcfccnd to bribe fuffrages like thefe, at the price of his innocence; he that... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 416 pages
...they do not underftand, or partially determine •what they never have examined ; and whofe fentence is therefore of no weight till it has received the ratification of our own confcience. He that can defcend to bribe fuffrages like thefe, at the price of his innocence ; he that... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 422 pages
...what they do not underftand, or partially determine what they never have examined ; and whofe fentence is therefore of no weight till it has received the ratification of our own confcience. He that can defcend to bribe fuffrages like thefe, at the price of his innocence; he that... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...what they do not underftand, or partially determine what they never have examined ; and whofe fentence is therefore of no weight till it has received the ratification of our own confcience. He that can defcend to bribe fuffrages like thefe, at the price of his innocence ; he that... | |
| 1803 - 268 pages
...them with the utmost assiduity, can confer no valuable or permanent reward ; of beings who ignorantly judge of what they do not understand, or partially...conscience. He that can descend to bribe suffrages like thesev at the price of his innocence ; he that can suffer the delight of such acclamations to withhold... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 412 pages
...them with the utmost assiduity, can confer no valuable or permanent reward ; of beings who ignorantly judge of what they do not understand, or partially...such acclamations to withhold his attention from the comnunds of the universal Sovereign, has little reason to congratulate himself upon the greatness of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 278 pages
...them with the utmost assiduity, can confer no valuable or permanent reward; of beings who ignorantly judge of what they do not understand, or partially...such acclamations to withhold his attention from the command! of the universal Sovereign, has little reason to congratulate himself upon the greatness of... | |
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