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... hand into it , perhaps be awakened into a greater certainty than he could wish . He most assuredly never could be put into such exquisite pain by a bare idea , or phantoin , unless that the pain be a fancy too , but this pain he cannot ...
... hand into it , perhaps be awakened into a greater certainty than he could wish . He most assuredly never could be put into such exquisite pain by a bare idea , or phantoin , unless that the pain be a fancy too , but this pain he cannot ...
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... hands , or of both . Is a man a governor , or a superior in any ca- pacity , what is he but a public servant doomed to continual labour , hired for the wages of respect and pomp to wait on his people , and he will find that to wield ...
... hands , or of both . Is a man a governor , or a superior in any ca- pacity , what is he but a public servant doomed to continual labour , hired for the wages of respect and pomp to wait on his people , and he will find that to wield ...
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... hand . It must be owned that the colours are rather faded : and the pencil does not appear to have been the most flattering in the world . But no matter , it is the pencil of truth and not of a mercenary , who only wants to please . We ...
... hand . It must be owned that the colours are rather faded : and the pencil does not appear to have been the most flattering in the world . But no matter , it is the pencil of truth and not of a mercenary , who only wants to please . We ...
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... hands of others : he is clearly at their mercy . Voice of the People . 96. The Priesthood . - Of all the ancient states known , China is the only one which has not been subjected to the priesthood . Philosophy of History . 97. The ...
... hands of others : he is clearly at their mercy . Voice of the People . 96. The Priesthood . - Of all the ancient states known , China is the only one which has not been subjected to the priesthood . Philosophy of History . 97. The ...
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... hand of industry - it is the nourisher of agonizing fears and of sullen revenge - it crushes the spirit of the bold - it belies the doctrines , it contradicts the precepts , it resists the power , it sets at defiance the sanctions , of ...
... hand of industry - it is the nourisher of agonizing fears and of sullen revenge - it crushes the spirit of the bold - it belies the doctrines , it contradicts the precepts , it resists the power , it sets at defiance the sanctions , of ...
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actions ANCIENT AND MODERN Barlow's Advice become Booksellers C. C. Colton Cato's Letters cause character CHARITY WE OWE circumstances civil common consequence corruption desire doctrine earth effect enjoyment error ERRORS."-Bishop Burnet evil existence fear feel Feltham folly friends give greatest happiness hath heart honour human ideas ignorance imagine J. H. STARIE justice kings knowledge labour laws learning less liberty live Lycurgus man's mankind Materials for Thinking matter means MEN'S PERSONS mind misery MODERN AUTHORS moral Museum Street nation nature never object observed opinions OWE TO MEN'S pain passions philosopher Phocion pleasure Plutarch poor possess Price One Penny principle Printed and Published Published by J. H. Published Weekly punishment Pursuit reason religion rich Savage sense society soul speak spirit suffer thing thou thought tion true truth vice virtue whole wisdom wise words
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33 ページ - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That He who made it and revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
244 ページ - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
105 ページ - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
182 ページ - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
287 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.
196 ページ - He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute.
242 ページ - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
232 ページ - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together.
143 ページ - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
226 ページ - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise : it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.