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... effect . It appeased the auditory , and the woman retired from the court without mo- lestation . - Elegant Anecdotes , & c . 5. The Rich have just as much as they can use ; those who possess more , have in their custody what would make ...
... effect . It appeased the auditory , and the woman retired from the court without mo- lestation . - Elegant Anecdotes , & c . 5. The Rich have just as much as they can use ; those who possess more , have in their custody what would make ...
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... effect a suitable change in our conduct . It often happens , for instance , that he who has long indulged himself without scruple in the enjoyment of many worldly pleasures , is brought either by the experience of their vanity , or by ...
... effect a suitable change in our conduct . It often happens , for instance , that he who has long indulged himself without scruple in the enjoyment of many worldly pleasures , is brought either by the experience of their vanity , or by ...
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... effects of bad habits than others , and that it yet re- mains to be ascertained , whether those who have apparently continued to suffer the least from their excesses , might not have enjoyed more perfect health , both of mind and body ...
... effects of bad habits than others , and that it yet re- mains to be ascertained , whether those who have apparently continued to suffer the least from their excesses , might not have enjoyed more perfect health , both of mind and body ...
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... effect of Pride .-- Do but increase a man's pride , and his fear of shame will ever be proportioned to it ; for a greater value a man sets upon himself , the more pains he will take , and the greater hardships he will undergo to avoid ...
... effect of Pride .-- Do but increase a man's pride , and his fear of shame will ever be proportioned to it ; for a greater value a man sets upon himself , the more pains he will take , and the greater hardships he will undergo to avoid ...
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... effects according to the constitution and present temper of the mind , in the same manner , as the same sort of food is differently digested , according to the constitution and present state of the stomach , & c . no author has ...
... effects according to the constitution and present temper of the mind , in the same manner , as the same sort of food is differently digested , according to the constitution and present state of the stomach , & c . no author has ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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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Seite 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.
Seite 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?
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.