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Strona 30
... passion which the mind of man has for glory ; which , though it may be faulty in the excess of it , ought by no means to be discouraged . Perhaps some moralists are too severe in beating down this principle , which seems to be a spring ...
... passion which the mind of man has for glory ; which , though it may be faulty in the excess of it , ought by no means to be discouraged . Perhaps some moralists are too severe in beating down this principle , which seems to be a spring ...
Strona 51
... passions , prejudices , and frailties . I took notice in particular of a very profligate fel- low , who I did not question came loaden with his crimes ; but , upon searching into his bundle I found , that instead of throwing his guilt ...
... passions , prejudices , and frailties . I took notice in particular of a very profligate fel- low , who I did not question came loaden with his crimes ; but , upon searching into his bundle I found , that instead of throwing his guilt ...
Strona 71
... passion ; but as soon as it is over , he is the best humoured creature in the world . When he is angry he breaks all my china - ware that chances to lie in his way , and the next morning sends me in twice as much as he broke the day ...
... passion ; but as soon as it is over , he is the best humoured creature in the world . When he is angry he breaks all my china - ware that chances to lie in his way , and the next morning sends me in twice as much as he broke the day ...
Strona 72
... passion upon the china that was broke to his hand ; but the very next day , upon my giving a wrong message to one of the servants , he flew into such a rage , that he swept down a dozen tea - dishes , which , to my misfortune , stood ...
... passion upon the china that was broke to his hand ; but the very next day , upon my giving a wrong message to one of the servants , he flew into such a rage , that he swept down a dozen tea - dishes , which , to my misfortune , stood ...
Strona 73
... passions , and laying aside his prejudices . I endeavour at least to look upon men and their ac- tions only as an impartial Spectator , without any re- gard to them as they happen to advance or cross my own private interest . But while ...
... passions , and laying aside his prejudices . I endeavour at least to look upon men and their ac- tions only as an impartial Spectator , without any re- gard to them as they happen to advance or cross my own private interest . But while ...
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Strona 340 - It must be so ; Plato, thou reasonest well; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Strona 340 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
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Strona 156 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Strona 188 - Nothing is there to come, and nothing past. But an eternal now does always last.
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Strona 102 - I have sinned ; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, So that I am a burden to myself?
Strona 33 - I am indeed much more proud of his long-continued friendship, than I should be of the fame of being thought the author of any writings which he himself is capable of producing. I remember when I finished The Tender Husband, I told him there was nothing I so ardently wished, as that we might some time or other publish a work written by us both, which should bear the name of The Monument, in memory of our friendship.
Strona 122 - A. LEWD young fellow seeing an aged hermit go by him barefoot, " Father (says he) you are in a very miserable condition if there is not another world." " True, son, (said the hermit;) but what is thy condition if there is?" Man is a creature designed for two different states of being, or rather, for two different lives. His first life is short and transient; his second, permanent and lasting. The question we are all concerned in is this, In which of...