 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - عدد الصفحات: 860
...example of eminent writers in that language, to use their antagonists with the most illiberal scurrility; but, in a dead tongue, indecencies of every kind appear...their own age, not by those of another. For, although virtn« and vice are at all times the same, manners and customs vary continually. Some parts of Luther's... | |
 | William Robertson - 1902 - عدد الصفحات: 592
...example of eminent writers in that language, to use their antagonists with the most illiberal scurrility, but in a dead tongue indecencies of every kind appear...we ought to try them by the principles and maxims oftheir own age, not by those of another. For, although virtue and vice are at all times the same,... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - 1908 - عدد الصفحات: 328
...of eminent writers in that language, to use their antagonists with the most illiberal scurrility ; but in a dead tongue, indecencies of every kind appear...and phrases seem gross, because they are familiar. — (The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V.) OLIVER GOLDSMITH, b. 1728, d. 1774. Examine... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 580
...armies, and by single combat, offered the Romans a choice of deciding the dispute. jj OPEN COMPETITION, In passing judgment upon the characters of men, we ought to try 1875. them by the principles and maxims of their own age, not by those of another ; for although virtue... | |
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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. 
