The Works of Dugald Stewart: The philosophy of the active and moral powers of manHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... Ourselves 487 General Remarks on this Class of our Duties 487 SECTION I. Of the Duty of employing the Means we pos- sess to secure our own Happiness 488 SECTION II - Of Happiness . Systems of the Grecian Schools on the Subject 490 ...
... Ourselves 487 General Remarks on this Class of our Duties 487 SECTION I. Of the Duty of employing the Means we pos- sess to secure our own Happiness 488 SECTION II - Of Happiness . Systems of the Grecian Schools on the Subject 490 ...
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... ourselves implic- itly to the guidance of a companion . I am happy to be confirmed in this opinion by its co- incidence with what has been excellently remarked on the same subject by Miss Edgeworth in her treatise on Practical Education ...
... ourselves implic- itly to the guidance of a companion . I am happy to be confirmed in this opinion by its co- incidence with what has been excellently remarked on the same subject by Miss Edgeworth in her treatise on Practical Education ...
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... ourselves are personally known by those whose praise we covet , and of whose applause we happen ourselves to be ear witnesses : And yet , undoubtedly , according to the common judgment of mankind , the love of praise is more peculiarly ...
... ourselves are personally known by those whose praise we covet , and of whose applause we happen ourselves to be ear witnesses : And yet , undoubtedly , according to the common judgment of mankind , the love of praise is more peculiarly ...
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... ourselves to be entitled , our disappointment at missing our just re- Dissertation on the Passions - Essays , Vol . I. p . 202 . ward is aggravated , to a wonderful degree , by CHAP . II . ] 35 AND MORAL POWERS OF MAN .
... ourselves to be entitled , our disappointment at missing our just re- Dissertation on the Passions - Essays , Vol . I. p . 202 . ward is aggravated , to a wonderful degree , by CHAP . II . ] 35 AND MORAL POWERS OF MAN .
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... ourselves as the authors of any effect , we feel a sensible pride or exultation in the conscious- ness of power , and the pleasure is in general proportion- ed to the greatness of the effect , compared with the smallness of our exertion ...
... ourselves as the authors of any effect , we feel a sensible pride or exultation in the conscious- ness of power , and the pleasure is in general proportion- ed to the greatness of the effect , compared with the smallness of our exertion ...
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Seite 247 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Seite 191 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene, With half that kindling majesty, dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of...
Seite 335 - Pater ipse colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque per artem Movit agros curis acuens mortalia corda, Nee torpere gravi passus sua regna veterno.
Seite 189 - The generous Ashley* thine, the friend of man; Who scann'd his Nature with a brother's eye, His weakness prompt to shade, to raise his aim, To touch the finer movements of the mind, And with the moral beauty charm the heart.
Seite 182 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Seite 305 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion...
Seite 191 - Is aught so fair In all the dewy landscapes of the Spring, In the bright eye of Hesper or the Morn, In Nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous Friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others...
Seite 60 - ... yet, on the other side, they are more cruel and hard-hearted (good to make severe inquisitors), because their tenderness is not so oft called upon. Grave natures, led by custom, and therefore constant, are commonly loving husbands, as was said of Ulysses, "Vetulam suam praetulit immortalitati.
Seite 49 - Tis not enough, your counsel still be true ; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do ; Men must be taught as if you taught them not, And things unknown propos'd as things forgot.
Seite 123 - Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury...