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... racter ; all which disappear under the uniform exhibition of good manners : hence , thofe in- fidious arts , thofe ftudied difguifes , thofe ob- fequious flatterers , nay , thofe multiplied and nicely - varied forms of infinuation and ...
... racter ; all which disappear under the uniform exhibition of good manners : hence , thofe in- fidious arts , thofe ftudied difguifes , thofe ob- fequious flatterers , nay , thofe multiplied and nicely - varied forms of infinuation and ...
Page 80
... racter by falfehood . Here we ftill rife higher in the fcale of injurious words . Slandering our neighbour is the greatest injury which words can do him ; and is , therefore , worfe than either evil - fpeaking or lying , The mif- chief ...
... racter by falfehood . Here we ftill rife higher in the fcale of injurious words . Slandering our neighbour is the greatest injury which words can do him ; and is , therefore , worfe than either evil - fpeaking or lying , The mif- chief ...
Page 97
... racter was by no means amiable , and we are repeatedly told , that they were not chofen for their fuperior righteoufnefs- " for they were a ftiff - necked people , and provoked the Lord with their rebellions from the day they left Egypt ...
... racter was by no means amiable , and we are repeatedly told , that they were not chofen for their fuperior righteoufnefs- " for they were a ftiff - necked people , and provoked the Lord with their rebellions from the day they left Egypt ...
Page 126
... racter of Style was fo much fuited to the dig- nity of inspiration . Ibid . 29. Lord SHAFTESBURY deficient in Sim- plicity of Style . Of authors who , notwithstanding many excellencies , have rendered their Style much lefs beautiful by ...
... racter of Style was fo much fuited to the dig- nity of inspiration . Ibid . 29. Lord SHAFTESBURY deficient in Sim- plicity of Style . Of authors who , notwithstanding many excellencies , have rendered their Style much lefs beautiful by ...
Page 179
... racter , than that , during the three years in which the Marians were mafters of Italy , he neither diffembled his refolution of purfu- ing them by arms , nor neglected the war which he had upon his hands ; but thought it his duty ...
... racter , than that , during the three years in which the Marians were mafters of Italy , he neither diffembled his refolution of purfu- ing them by arms , nor neglected the war which he had upon his hands ; but thought it his duty ...
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Page 3 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Page 1 - The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and, taking me by the hand, Mirza, said he, I have heard thee in thy soliloquies; follow me.
Page 70 - But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea ; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Page 249 - The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Page 36 - Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of Good, and Father of Mercies.
Page 365 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think 'Tis day, and will never be night...
Page 1 - I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was...
Page 36 - It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction, that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. It is not like the practice of many other virtues, difficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command .which enjoined it, nor any recompense laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge in it, for the natural gratification that accompanies it.
Page 1 - Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.
Page 338 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together...