| John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1748 - 436 pages
...knows) does know the hearts of all. ths children of men. 4/Wy, Another caufe of evil-fpeaking, is envy. Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in...obfcures them, and that their commendable qualities do ftand in their light ; and therefore they do what they can to cart a cloud over them, that the. bright... | |
| Robert Lowth - English language - 1763 - 226 pages
...influence at all on the Mode. is commonly the effeft of it,.yet is always difagreeabl* and inelegant : as in the following examples. " Men look with an evil eye upon the good that » in others; and think, that their reputation obicures them ; and that their commendable qualities... | |
| Wellins Calcott - 1769 - 288 pages
...tells us, that thejlanderer'j tongue isfet en fire of keU" " A fourth caufe of this vice is f»vy. Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others, and do what they can to difcredit their commendahle qualities ; thinking their own character leffened by... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1787 - 482 pages
...to different perfons ; as, in the following fentence of archbifhop Tillotfon (Vol. I. Serm. 42.) : " Men look with an evil eye upon the good " that is in others ; and think that their repu" tation obfcures them, and their commend" able qualities ftand in their light ; and " therefore... | |
| Hugh Blair - English language - 1793 - 518 pages
...diiterent pei fons ; as, in the following lenience of archbifhop Tillotibn (Vol. I. Serin. 42.) : " Men look with an evil ** eye upon the good that is in others ; and think *' that their reputation oblcures them, and their " commendable qualities ftand in their light ; and *' therefore they do what... | |
| William Hutchinson - 1795 - 386 pages
...reputations of those by whom they think themselves injured. " A FOURTH cause of this vice is envy. Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others, and do what they can to discredit ttysir commendable qualities; thinking their own character lessened by... | |
| Ellin Devis - English language - 1801 - 156 pages
...cured by fleepj nor indo,lence with idlenefs. . • One of the caufes of evrl-fpeaking, is envy— we look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others, and do what we can to difcredit their commendable qualities. Another caufe of evil.fpeaking, is impertinence... | |
| David Irving - English language - 1803 - 266 pages
...compelled by the ir wants and by their fears to have rccourfe to their aid. Sebcrtson's Tiew of Sotitty. Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others 5 and think, that their reputation obfcures them ; and that their commendable qualities do (land in... | |
| George Neville Ussher - English language - 1803 - 102 pages
...confufion arifing from than and their referring to different Antecedents, The phrafe is belter thus ; men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others,and think, that the reputation offuch as are good obfcures thtjr awn, ADJECTIVES. I. AN AdjecYive... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 348 pages
...when we have occafion to refer to different perfons ; as in the following fentence of Tillotfon. " Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in...and think that their reputation obfcures them, and their commendable qualities ftand in their light ; and therefore they do what they can to caft a cloud... | |
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