The Miscellaneous Works: Apothegms and maxims for the good conduct of life, &c. Observations and queries on the present laws of this kingdom, relative to persons of the popish religion. Some observations upon libelsR. Marchbank, and sold by S. Price, W. Watson, 1782 |
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الصفحة viii
... most fplendid writers ) to the prejudice of Religi- on , ( the only real fafety of Society ) or the difcouraging of Virtue . I flatter myself , that if these APOTHEGMS and MAXIMS , or the most select of them , were to to be tranflated ...
... most fplendid writers ) to the prejudice of Religi- on , ( the only real fafety of Society ) or the difcouraging of Virtue . I flatter myself , that if these APOTHEGMS and MAXIMS , or the most select of them , were to to be tranflated ...
الصفحة xiii
... most pleasing self - fatis- faction of being fure , that I meant well ; however , I believe I may venture to say , that fo large a collection under their proper heads , hath not hitherto been published , THE " THE CONTENT S OF THIS VOL ...
... most pleasing self - fatis- faction of being fure , that I meant well ; however , I believe I may venture to say , that fo large a collection under their proper heads , hath not hitherto been published , THE " THE CONTENT S OF THIS VOL ...
الصفحة 5
... most , always like it the least . It is generally offensive , as it fhews us that we are known to others as well as ourselves . See REPROOF . ADVERSITY , AFFLICTIONS AND MISFORTUNES . Noor OTHING goes nearer a man in his mis- fortunes ...
... most , always like it the least . It is generally offensive , as it fhews us that we are known to others as well as ourselves . See REPROOF . ADVERSITY , AFFLICTIONS AND MISFORTUNES . Noor OTHING goes nearer a man in his mis- fortunes ...
الصفحة 14
... most in the power of the winds , and ambitious men of the blafts of fortune great marks are fooneft hit . Ambition often puts men upon doing the mean- eft offices ; so climbing is performed in the fame posture with creeping . We pass ...
... most in the power of the winds , and ambitious men of the blafts of fortune great marks are fooneft hit . Ambition often puts men upon doing the mean- eft offices ; so climbing is performed in the fame posture with creeping . We pass ...
الصفحة 15
... ; meanness , rash and impudent . He that boafteth of his ancestors , doth in a man- ner flight that virtue which was the foundation of his quality . Who Who is most truly noble for his high birth ? APOTHEGMS AND MAXIMS . 15.
... ; meanness , rash and impudent . He that boafteth of his ancestors , doth in a man- ner flight that virtue which was the foundation of his quality . Who Who is most truly noble for his high birth ? APOTHEGMS AND MAXIMS . 15.
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الصفحة 33 - Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
الصفحة 96 - Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable to him : a new friend is as new wine ; when it is old thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
الصفحة 343 - Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting, petty officer, Would use his heaven for thunder ; Nothing but thunder.
الصفحة 333 - To subject the press to the restrictive power of a licenser, as was formerly done, both before and since the revolution, is to subject all freedom of sentiment to the prejudices of one man, and make him the arbitrary and infallible judge of all controverted points in learning, religion and government.
الصفحة 65 - The first part of this rule, which regards our behaviour towards an enemy, is indeed very reasonable, as well as very prudential; but the latter part of it, which regards our behaviour towards...
الصفحة 190 - They must necessarily arise from the passions, which are to the mind as the winds to a ship ; they only can move it, and they too often destroy it : if fair and gentle, they guide it into the harbour ; if contrary and furious, they overset it in the waves.
الصفحة 333 - But, to punish (as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall, on a fair and impartial trial, be adjudged of a pernicious tendency, is necessary for the preservation of peace and good order, of government and religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty.
الصفحة 234 - Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over he is superior : for it is a prince's part to pardon. And Solomon, I am sure, saith, It is the glory of a man to pass by an offence?
الصفحة 52 - That there is '' but this difference between the death of old men " and young men ; that old men go to death, and
الصفحة 9 - Small causes are sufficient to make a man uneasy when great ones are not in the way ; for want of a block he will stumble at a straw.