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Page 3
... attention , because it is often refused to it by men of the world . Their notions of honour are apt to run in a very different channel . Wherever religion is mentioned , they con- nect it with ideas of melancholy and de- jection , or of ...
... attention , because it is often refused to it by men of the world . Their notions of honour are apt to run in a very different channel . Wherever religion is mentioned , they con- nect it with ideas of melancholy and de- jection , or of ...
Page 7
... attention to their con- duct , it discovers in the most glaring light how little they deserve the station which they possess . I MUST next observe , that the proper honour of man arises not from some of those splendid actions and ...
... attention to their con- duct , it discovers in the most glaring light how little they deserve the station which they possess . I MUST next observe , that the proper honour of man arises not from some of those splendid actions and ...
Page 23
... attention to his particular interest , en- countering the self - love and the interests of another , could not but produce frequent opposition , and innumerable mischiefs . It was necessary , therefore , to provide a coun- terbalance to ...
... attention to his particular interest , en- countering the self - love and the interests of another , could not but produce frequent opposition , and innumerable mischiefs . It was necessary , therefore , to provide a coun- terbalance to ...
Page 24
... attention , and to carry him into criminal excesses , the perfection of his na- ture is measured by the due counterpoise of those social principles which , tempering the force of the selfish affection , render man equally useful to ...
... attention , and to carry him into criminal excesses , the perfection of his na- ture is measured by the due counterpoise of those social principles which , tempering the force of the selfish affection , render man equally useful to ...
Page 36
... attention to themselves . This is in- deed a false species of sensibility . It is the substitution of a capricious and irritable delicacy , in the room of that plain and native tenderness of heart , which prompts men to view others with ...
... attention to themselves . This is in- deed a false species of sensibility . It is the substitution of a capricious and irritable delicacy , in the room of that plain and native tenderness of heart , which prompts men to view others with ...
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