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الصفحة 9
Such as are in immediate fear of losing their estates , of banishment , or of
slavery , live in perpetual an . guish , and lose all appetite and repose ; whereas ,
such as are actually poor slaves and exiles , oftentimes live as merrily as men in
a ...
Such as are in immediate fear of losing their estates , of banishment , or of
slavery , live in perpetual an . guish , and lose all appetite and repose ; whereas ,
such as are actually poor slaves and exiles , oftentimes live as merrily as men in
a ...
الصفحة 22
... nor live after a better manner than they did . Admonition , indeed , should be
used ; but instruction is more essential . Admonitions are of use , but to be always
repeating the same things , cannot be necessary . - The Reflector . . Gamblers .
... nor live after a better manner than they did . Admonition , indeed , should be
used ; but instruction is more essential . Admonitions are of use , but to be always
repeating the same things , cannot be necessary . - The Reflector . . Gamblers .
الصفحة 44
who may expect death every day ; and extravagance chiefly in the young , who
may reasonably hope to live long ; as if old people hoarded money , because
they cannot want it ; and young ones threw it away , because it is necessary to
their ...
who may expect death every day ; and extravagance chiefly in the young , who
may reasonably hope to live long ; as if old people hoarded money , because
they cannot want it ; and young ones threw it away , because it is necessary to
their ...
الصفحة 58
... spirit of the government we live under ; as they prepare us to be citizens , each
individual family should be governed comformably with the plan which
comprehends them all . ” It was on this article , that Plutarch so justly preferred
Lycurgus to ...
... spirit of the government we live under ; as they prepare us to be citizens , each
individual family should be governed comformably with the plan which
comprehends them all . ” It was on this article , that Plutarch so justly preferred
Lycurgus to ...
الصفحة 60
The first lives as if he was never to die ; and the last as if he had but a day to
enjoy . Both are unprofitable members of society ; the one occasioning a
stoppage in the circulation , and the other a hemorrhage . The hoarding miser is
like a fog ...
The first lives as if he was never to die ; and the last as if he had but a day to
enjoy . Both are unprofitable members of society ; the one occasioning a
stoppage in the circulation , and the other a hemorrhage . The hoarding miser is
like a fog ...
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الصفحة 110 - After the moon. If thou art rich, thou art poor; For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows, Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey, And death unloads thee.
الصفحة 27 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
الصفحة 144 - What constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: MEN, high-minded MEN...
الصفحة 88 - Indeed, if a man were only to deal in the world for a day, and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind, never more need their good opinion or good word, it were then no great matter...
الصفحة 209 - Sir, that all who are happy, are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness. A peasant has not capacity for having equal happiness with a philosopher.
الصفحة 222 - You see, Sir, that in this enlightened age I am bold enough to confess that we are generally men of untaught feelings : that, instead of casting away all our old prejudices, we cherish them to a very considerable degree...
الصفحة 204 - Whether any kind of gaming has even thus much to say for itself, I shall not determine ; but I think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards...
الصفحة 222 - We are afraid to put men to live and trade each on his own private stock of reason; because we suspect that this stock in each man is small, and that the individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages.
الصفحة 184 - THERE is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of . property ; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world} in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe.
الصفحة 208 - ... a mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choice of both; whereas common speakers have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to clothe them in, and these are always ready at the mouth. So people come faster out of...
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| العنوان | The Pocket Lacon: Comprising Nearly One Thousand Extracts from the Best Authors, المجلد 1 The Pocket Lacon: Comprising Nearly One Thousand Extracts from the Best Authors, John Taylor |
| المُحرر | John Taylor |
| قام بجمع الكتاب | John Taylor |
| الناشر | Lea & Blanchard, 1839 |
| أصلي من | جامعة هارفارد |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 25 أيلول (سبتمبر) 2007 |
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