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Page 115
... Happiness and final Misery , Passion , and Apathy , and Glory , and Shame ; Vain wisdom all , and false philosophy ! Par . Lost , B. II . we say the brother of John , or John's brother Sec . 13-16 . ] 115 INDUCTION - PRACTICE .
... Happiness and final Misery , Passion , and Apathy , and Glory , and Shame ; Vain wisdom all , and false philosophy ! Par . Lost , B. II . we say the brother of John , or John's brother Sec . 13-16 . ] 115 INDUCTION - PRACTICE .
Page 184
... happiness . Since , then , education is so important , let us to whom it is offered think ourselves unspeakably happy , and never imagine we can employ too much pains to secure all its advantages . Let us reflect how very fortunate we ...
... happiness . Since , then , education is so important , let us to whom it is offered think ourselves unspeakably happy , and never imagine we can employ too much pains to secure all its advantages . Let us reflect how very fortunate we ...
Page 185
... happiness . " 66 Many persons pretend to be influenced by friend- ship , who are incapable of so noble a sentiment . " This is the way to write maxims or proverbs , but a theme must be managed very differently . We must not start from ...
... happiness . " 66 Many persons pretend to be influenced by friend- ship , who are incapable of so noble a sentiment . " This is the way to write maxims or proverbs , but a theme must be managed very differently . We must not start from ...
Page 186
... happiness out of the happiness of others : all their views are of profit or of pleasure solely to themselves . Yet none are more ready than the selfish to give the colouring of friendship to all their actions ; because they know this to ...
... happiness out of the happiness of others : all their views are of profit or of pleasure solely to themselves . Yet none are more ready than the selfish to give the colouring of friendship to all their actions ; because they know this to ...
Page 210
... happiness without alloy is re- served for another state of being : as the most fortunate of men , when they have reached all they once desired , are still in want of something to complete their happiness . " If the reasoner had ...
... happiness without alloy is re- served for another state of being : as the most fortunate of men , when they have reached all they once desired , are still in want of something to complete their happiness . " If the reasoner had ...
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Page 115 - And found no end, in wandering mazes lost Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion and apathy, and glory and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy...
Page 169 - If this man were wise, he would not speak irreverently of Scripture in jest; and if he were good, he would not do so in earnest; but he does it either in jest or in earnest; therefore he is either not wise or not good
Page 219 - But God has not been so sparing to men to make them barely two-legged creatures, and left it to Aristotle to make them rational...
Page 203 - There can be no regularity or order in the life and conduct of that man, who does not give and allot a due share of his time, to retirement and reflection.
Page 179 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Page 244 - ... what kind soever escape them. I look upon these writers as Goths in poetry, who like those in architecture, not being able to come up to the beautiful simplicity of the old Greeks and Romans, have endeavoured to supply its place with all the extravagancies of an irregular fancy.
Page 207 - Are these designs, which any man, who is born a Briton, in any circumstances, in any •situation...
Page 203 - THIS great politician desisted from, and renounced his designs, when' he found them impracticable. He was of so high and independent a spirit, that he abhorred and detested being in debt. Though raised to an exalted station, she was a pattern of piety, virtue, and religion.
Page 115 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate— Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 169 - If ^Eschines joined in the public rejoicings, he is inconsistent ; if he did not, he is unpatriotic; but he either joined, or not, therefore he is either inconsistent or unpatriotic.