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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... wish , for the fatisfaction of my readers , that I could have mentioned at the foot of each of them which are not of my own formation , the names of the authors whence I had felected them ; but it is now near forty years fince I first ...
... wish , for the fatisfaction of my readers , that I could have mentioned at the foot of each of them which are not of my own formation , the names of the authors whence I had felected them ; but it is now near forty years fince I first ...
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... , will ferve God , his neighbour and himself . Wish not business done , but do it ; yet have fome jealousy and fear of yourself . Opportunity Opportunity is fwift of flight , flow of return . 28 APOTHEGMS AND MAXIMS .
... , will ferve God , his neighbour and himself . Wish not business done , but do it ; yet have fome jealousy and fear of yourself . Opportunity Opportunity is fwift of flight , flow of return . 28 APOTHEGMS AND MAXIMS .
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... wish for what they have not , forfeit the enjoyment of what they have . Happiness only begins when wishes end , and he that hankers after more , enjoys nothing . Contentment is the true philofopher's stone , that turns all it touches ...
... wish for what they have not , forfeit the enjoyment of what they have . Happiness only begins when wishes end , and he that hankers after more , enjoys nothing . Contentment is the true philofopher's stone , that turns all it touches ...
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... wishes would often be the great- eft punishment that could be inflicted on us . It is not unusual for a perfon to feek as his greatest good , what found , would be his greatest misfor- tune . Poverty wanteth some things , covetousness ...
... wishes would often be the great- eft punishment that could be inflicted on us . It is not unusual for a perfon to feek as his greatest good , what found , would be his greatest misfor- tune . Poverty wanteth some things , covetousness ...
الصفحة 74
... wish no evil to those we despise , but to those who have a right to despise us . The virtue that excites envy , has at least the ad- vantage of confounding fooner or later the envious . Pride , which infpires us with fo much often to ...
... wish no evil to those we despise , but to those who have a right to despise us . The virtue that excites envy , has at least the ad- vantage of confounding fooner or later the envious . Pride , which infpires us with fo much often to ...
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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.