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Page 38
... fociety ! The most common propenfity of mankind , is , to store futurity with whatever is agreeable to them ; especially in thofe periods of life , when imagination is lively , and hope is ardent Looking forward to the year now ...
... fociety ! The most common propenfity of mankind , is , to store futurity with whatever is agreeable to them ; especially in thofe periods of life , when imagination is lively , and hope is ardent Looking forward to the year now ...
Page 68
... fociety requires a diftinction of ranks to take place ; but in point of happiness , all men come much nearer to equality than is commonly imagined ; and the circumftances , which form any material difference of happiness among them ...
... fociety requires a diftinction of ranks to take place ; but in point of happiness , all men come much nearer to equality than is commonly imagined ; and the circumftances , which form any material difference of happiness among them ...
Page 69
... fociety is diverfified by an endless variety of characters , difpofitions , and paffions . Uniformity is , in no respect , the genius of the world . Ev- ery man is marked by fome peculiarity which distinguishes him from another : and no ...
... fociety is diverfified by an endless variety of characters , difpofitions , and paffions . Uniformity is , in no respect , the genius of the world . Ev- ery man is marked by fome peculiarity which distinguishes him from another : and no ...
Page 70
... fociety , offences muf come . We might as well expect , when we behold a calm atmosphere , and a clear fky , that no clouds were ever to rife , and no winds to blow , as that our life were long to proceed , without receiv- ing ...
... fociety , offences muf come . We might as well expect , when we behold a calm atmosphere , and a clear fky , that no clouds were ever to rife , and no winds to blow , as that our life were long to proceed , without receiv- ing ...
Page 77
... fociety . But , farther ftill ; I ftop not here ; I purfue this focial interest as far as I can trace my feveral relations . I pafs from my own stock , my own neighbourhood , my own na- tion , to the whole race of mankind , as difperfed ...
... fociety . But , farther ftill ; I ftop not here ; I purfue this focial interest as far as I can trace my feveral relations . I pafs from my own stock , my own neighbourhood , my own na- tion , to the whole race of mankind , as difperfed ...
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againſt Antiparos becauſe BLAIR bleffing Caius Verres cauſe confider courfe courſe death defigns defire earth faid fame fcene fecret feek feemed fenfe fentiments fhade fhall fhining fhort fhould fhow fide filent firft fituation fmiles fociety fome fometimes fong foon forrow foul fpirit fpring friendſhip ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport fweet happineſs happy Hazael heart heaven himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft Jugurtha labours laft laſt leaft lefs Lord mankind meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary Numidia o'er obferve occafions ourſelves paffed paffions perfon philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffefs praiſe prefent proper purpoſe Pythias raiſed reafon refpect reft rife SECTION ſhall ſpeak ſtate ſtill temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe virtue voice whofe whoſe wifdom wife youth
Popular passages
Page 229 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 241 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 208 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 211 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Page 190 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Page 255 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent.
Page 226 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 176 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Page 225 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 130 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come...