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Strona 7
... desires and projects . The good of no man , not of their brethren , not of their friends , not of their country , doth come under their consideration . This is the chief spring of injustice , for from hence it is , that oftentimes men ...
... desires and projects . The good of no man , not of their brethren , not of their friends , not of their country , doth come under their consideration . This is the chief spring of injustice , for from hence it is , that oftentimes men ...
Strona 8
... desire in the pursuit , and the indulgence of a cruel passion in the death of the game . It is an exercise which makes the limbs strong , active , and pliable : but leaves the head without improvement . I am convinced that man is more ...
... desire in the pursuit , and the indulgence of a cruel passion in the death of the game . It is an exercise which makes the limbs strong , active , and pliable : but leaves the head without improvement . I am convinced that man is more ...
Strona 9
... desires , he must remember his past pursuits , aud the true springs and motives which in general have directed the actions of his life : he may hang out false colours and deceive the world ; but how can a man NEW SERIES . deceive ...
... desires , he must remember his past pursuits , aud the true springs and motives which in general have directed the actions of his life : he may hang out false colours and deceive the world ; but how can a man NEW SERIES . deceive ...
Strona 11
... desire him to consider , that if all be a dream , then he doth but dream that he makes the question , and so it is not much matter , that a waking man should answer him ; however if he please , he may dream that I make him this answer ...
... desire him to consider , that if all be a dream , then he doth but dream that he makes the question , and so it is not much matter , that a waking man should answer him ; however if he please , he may dream that I make him this answer ...
Strona 12
... Desire of ease , or relief from present pain . -All men desire ease , not only in proportion to their sufferings , but also according to their character and present state of mind and body ; for some persons are at all times much more ...
... Desire of ease , or relief from present pain . -All men desire ease , not only in proportion to their sufferings , but also according to their character and present state of mind and body ; for some persons are at all times much more ...
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actions ANCIENT AND MODERN Barlow's Advice become Booksellers C. C. Colton Cato's Letters cause character CHARITY WE OWE circumstances civil common consequence corruption desire doctrine earth effect enjoyment error ERRORS."-Bishop Burnet evil existence fear feel Feltham folly friends give greatest happiness hath heart honour human ideas ignorance imagine J. H. STARIE justice kings knowledge labour laws learning less liberty live Lycurgus man's mankind Materials for Thinking matter means MEN'S PERSONS mind misery MODERN AUTHORS moral Museum Street nation nature never object observed opinions OWE TO MEN'S pain passions philosopher Phocion pleasure Plutarch poor possess Price One Penny principle Printed and Published Published by J. H. Published Weekly punishment Pursuit reason religion rich Savage sense society soul speak spirit suffer thing thou thought tion true truth vice virtue whole wisdom wise words
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Strona 33 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That He who made it and revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
Strona 244 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Strona 105 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Strona 182 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Strona 287 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Strona 196 - He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute.
Strona 242 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Strona 232 - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together.
Strona 143 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
Strona 226 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise : it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.