Sketches of the History of Man, Volume 3A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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Lord Henry Home Kames. thing ought to be more fedulously inculca- ted into every officer , than to defpife riches , as a mercantile object below the dignity of a foldier . Often has the courage of victo- rious troops been blunted by the ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. thing ought to be more fedulously inculca- ted into every officer , than to defpife riches , as a mercantile object below the dignity of a foldier . Often has the courage of victo- rious troops been blunted by the ...
Page 56
... things from our youth of fortune , I take for granted , that during their service they have made fome progrefs , not only in mi- litary knowledge , but in morals , and in the fine arts , fo as at the age of twenty- five to be qualified ...
... things from our youth of fortune , I take for granted , that during their service they have made fome progrefs , not only in mi- litary knowledge , but in morals , and in the fine arts , fo as at the age of twenty- five to be qualified ...
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... thing . The great comfort of fociety is affiftance in time of need ; and its firmest cement is , the be- ftowing and receiving kindly offices , efpe- cially in distress . Now to unhinge or suf- pend the exercise of charity by rendering ...
... thing . The great comfort of fociety is affiftance in time of need ; and its firmest cement is , the be- ftowing and receiving kindly offices , efpe- cially in distress . Now to unhinge or suf- pend the exercise of charity by rendering ...
Page 87
... thing is certain , that no plan hitherto invented , has given fatisfac- tion . Whether an unexceptionable plan is at all poffible , feems extremely doubt- ful . * In every plan for the poor that I have feen , workhoufes make one article ...
... thing is certain , that no plan hitherto invented , has given fatisfac- tion . Whether an unexceptionable plan is at all poffible , feems extremely doubt- ful . * In every plan for the poor that I have feen , workhoufes make one article ...
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