The Gentleman's Library: Containing Rules for Conduct in All Parts of Life. The Fourth Edition. Corrected and Enlarged. Written by a GentlemanS. Birt; and D. Browne, 1744 - 440 ページ |
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... Opinion , all the Force and Vigour the Subject requir'd ; that he , who could manage an Argument fo well at random , without the Aid of a ' prefcrib'd Theme to regulate his Difcourfe , muft be capable of improving his Ideas , when ...
... Opinion , all the Force and Vigour the Subject requir'd ; that he , who could manage an Argument fo well at random , without the Aid of a ' prefcrib'd Theme to regulate his Difcourfe , muft be capable of improving his Ideas , when ...
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... Opinion of his Parts , which he was fatisfy'd his Performance could never anfwer ; affur'd her that his Talk was like the wild Notes of Birds in the Woods , that could never be brought to any regular Mufic ; and declar'd , as a Fe- male ...
... Opinion of his Parts , which he was fatisfy'd his Performance could never anfwer ; affur'd her that his Talk was like the wild Notes of Birds in the Woods , that could never be brought to any regular Mufic ; and declar'd , as a Fe- male ...
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... Opinion was of the King of Perfia , and whether be judg'd him happy , reply'd , That he could not tell what to think of him , because he knew not how well be was furnished with Virtue and Learning . As judging human Felicity to confit ...
... Opinion was of the King of Perfia , and whether be judg'd him happy , reply'd , That he could not tell what to think of him , because he knew not how well be was furnished with Virtue and Learning . As judging human Felicity to confit ...
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... Opinion , take off the Edge of this Argument : If Nature have not ftrongly turned a Youth's Genius that Way , if he be not born with the Seeds of Poetry in his Breast , he may with Security read all their Works , and try his Fancy at ...
... Opinion , take off the Edge of this Argument : If Nature have not ftrongly turned a Youth's Genius that Way , if he be not born with the Seeds of Poetry in his Breast , he may with Security read all their Works , and try his Fancy at ...
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... Opinion against Learned Men ; they won't allow them to know the World , how to live , nor to have any Genius for Society ; and fo fend them back ftripp'd to their Closet and their Books . As Ignorance is an eafy State , which costs but ...
... Opinion against Learned Men ; they won't allow them to know the World , how to live , nor to have any Genius for Society ; and fo fend them back ftripp'd to their Closet and their Books . As Ignorance is an eafy State , which costs but ...
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357 ページ - And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
269 ページ - But there, where I have garner'd up my heart, Where either I must live, or bear no life ; The fountain from the which my current runs, Or else dries up...
9 ページ - I CONSIDER a human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties; until the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, and vein that runs through the body of it.
214 ページ - ... would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is discovered to want it, and then all his pains and labour to seem to have it are lost.
166 ページ - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
10 ページ - I do not doubt but it is, viz. that the difference to be found in the manners and abilities of men is owing more to their education than to any thing else...
215 ページ - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
140 ページ - ... this notion, that they place the. whole idea of honour in a kind of brutal courage ; by which means we have had many among us who have called themselves men of honour, that would have been a disgrace to a gibbet.
134 ページ - In the first place, true honour, though it be a different principle from religion, is that which produces the same effects. The lines of action, though drawn from different parts, terminate in the same point. Religion embraces virtue as it is enjoined by the laws of God; honour, as it is graceful and ornamental to human nature. The religious man fears, the man of honour scorns, to do an ill action. The...
134 ページ - The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in such as have been cultivated by great examples, or a refined education. This paper therefore is chiefly designed for those who by means of any of these advantages are, or ought to be actuated by this glorious principle.