Self-knowledge: A Treatise, Shewing the Nature and Benefit of that Important Science, and the Way to Attain It. Intermixed with Various Reflections and Observations on Human NatureBonsal & Niles, 1801 - 164 من الصفحات |
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... perfon a wife and truly understanding man than all thofe rudiments of fcience he brought with him . from the school or college . It is really a melancholy thing to fee a young gen- tleman of fhining parts , and a fweet difpofition , who ...
... perfon a wife and truly understanding man than all thofe rudiments of fcience he brought with him . from the school or college . It is really a melancholy thing to fee a young gen- tleman of fhining parts , and a fweet difpofition , who ...
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... perfon ; or a compound creature made up of three diftin & t parts ,. viz . the Body , which is the earthly or mortal part of him ; the Soul , which is the animal or fenfitive- part ; and the Spirit or Mind , which is the rational and ...
... perfon ; or a compound creature made up of three diftin & t parts ,. viz . the Body , which is the earthly or mortal part of him ; the Soul , which is the animal or fenfitive- part ; and the Spirit or Mind , which is the rational and ...
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... perfon does not behave with due decency towards his faperiors , fuch a one does not under- tand himself . But why may not this with equal justice be faid of those who act in an ill manner to- wards their inferiors ? The expreffion , I ...
... perfon does not behave with due decency towards his faperiors , fuch a one does not under- tand himself . But why may not this with equal justice be faid of those who act in an ill manner to- wards their inferiors ? The expreffion , I ...
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... perfon , but the character , we are to regard ; and to imitate him no farther than he keeps to that . This caution ... perfons makes them deem as excellencies : and thereby they become doubly ridiculous , both by acting out of character ...
... perfon , but the character , we are to regard ; and to imitate him no farther than he keeps to that . This caution ... perfons makes them deem as excellencies : and thereby they become doubly ridiculous , both by acting out of character ...
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... perfon that difobliges me is of near kin to me ; and tho ' not juft of the fame blood and family , yet of the fame divine extract as to his mind ; and finally , fince I am convinced that no one can do me real in- jury , because he ...
... perfon that difobliges me is of near kin to me ; and tho ' not juft of the fame blood and family , yet of the fame divine extract as to his mind ; and finally , fince I am convinced that no one can do me real in- jury , because he ...
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الصفحة 97 - Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
الصفحة 135 - ... upon us ; whether the actions they celebrate proceed from laudable and worthy motives ; and how far we are really possessed of the virtues which gain us applause among those with whom we converse.
الصفحة 51 - Christ told them, that they knew not what manner of spirit they were of; Luke ix.
الصفحة 52 - These are the inlets of prejudice, the unguarded avenues of the mind, by which a thousand errors and secret faults find admission, without being observed or taken notice of.
الصفحة 69 - Banish all malignant and revengeful thoughts. A spirit of revenge is the very spirit of the devil; than which nothing makes a man more like him, and nothing can be more opposite to the temper which Christianity was designed to promote. If your revenge be not satisfied, it will give you torment now; if it be, it will give you greater hereafter. None is a greater self-tormentor, than a malicious and revengeful man, who turns the poison of his own temper in upon himself. The Christian precept in this...
الصفحة 76 - I shall conclude with this one observation more; that it is a very dangerous thing to think, as too many are apt to do, that it is a matter of indifference what thoughts they entertain in their hearts, since the reason of things concurs with the testimony of the holy Scripture to assure us, ' That the allowed thought of foolishness is sin.
الصفحة 80 - ... displacency in reference to the objects of the mind. And this, in the kind of it, is as common to men as human nature; but as much diversified in individuals, as men's other inclinations are, that are most fixed, and least apt to admit of change.
الصفحة 80 - One sort do more savour prayer by a foreknown form ; another, that which hath more of surprise, by a grateful variety of unexpected expressions. And it can neither be universally said, it is a better judgment, or more grace, that determines men the one way or the other; but somewhat in the temper of their minds, distinct from both, which I know not how better to express, than by mental taste, the acts whereof (as the objects are suitable or unsuitable) are relishing or disrelishing, liking or disliking:...
الصفحة 75 - But, if he frequently and delightfully exercise his mind in divine contemplations, it will not only be a good mark of his sincerity, but will habitually dispose it for the reception of the best and most useful thoughts, and fit it for the noblest entertainments.
الصفحة 134 - ... diminution of the other. Plutarch has written an essay on the benefits which a man may receive from his enemies ; and, among the good fruits of enmity, mentions this in particular, that by the reproaches which it casts upon us we see the worst side of ourselves, and open our eyes to several blemishes and defects in our lives and conversations which we should not have observed without the help of such ill-natured monitors.