 | Lucan - 1722 - 370 страници
...Learning left in the World* Hard has been the Fate of many a Great Genius, that while they haveconferr'd Immortality on others, they have wanted themfelves...their Names to Pofterity. This has been the Fate of Lucav, and perhaps may be that of Mr. Rovae. All the Accounts we have handed down to us of the firft,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 798 страници
...W one and the other like to endure as long as there is any taste for liberty or polite' learning' W in the world. Hard has been the fate of many a great genius, that while they have conBrad immortality on others, they have wanted themselves some friend to embalm their names to pwterity.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 796 страници
...*&m and the other like to endure as long as there is any taste for liberty or polite learning *sm tke world. Hard has been the fate of many a great genius, that while they have contert immortality on others, they have wanted themselves some friend to embalm their names ''piteritT.... | |
 | Simon Kerl - 1864 - 396 страници
...quoted and justified by Mr. Goold Brown, I should rather use the singular structure throughout : " Hard has been the fate of many a great genius, that...conferred immortality on others, they have wanted themselves some friend to embalm their name» to posterity." — Wehmod. I should prefer the plural... | |
 | William Ballantyne Hodgson - 1881 - 240 страници
...geniuses/ or ' he has ... he has . . . himself ... his name' : — ' Hard has been the fate of many a genius, that while they have conferred immortality on others, they have wanted themselves some friends to embalm their names to posterity,' ' It is true that not one of the bright... | |
 | William Ballantyne Hodgson - 1882 - 250 страници
...geniuses,' or ' he has ... he has . .. himself . . . his name':— ' Hard has been the fate of many a genius, that while they have conferred immortality on others, they have wanted themselves some friends to embalm their tta1nfs to posterity,' ' It is true that not one of the bright... | |
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... liberty or polite learning left in the world. Hard has been the fate of many a great genius, that while they have conferred immortality on others, they have wanted themselves some friend to embalm their names to posterity, This has been the fate of... 