The School of Wisdomeditor, no. 118, Market-street, 1803 - 224 páginas Contains extracts, under alphabetized headings, primarily or entirely from English writers. |
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Página 73
... civil duties , fear of the prince's virtues , hope from his weak- nefs ; but , above all , a perpetual ridicule caft upon virtue , are , I think , the characteristics by which most courtiers , in all ages and countries , have been ...
... civil duties , fear of the prince's virtues , hope from his weak- nefs ; but , above all , a perpetual ridicule caft upon virtue , are , I think , the characteristics by which most courtiers , in all ages and countries , have been ...
Página 94
... civil concerns of men . But thefe covers are crumbling to the duft , with the governments which they fupport : and the probability becomes more apparent , the more it is confidered , that fociety is capable of curing all the evils to ...
... civil concerns of men . But thefe covers are crumbling to the duft , with the governments which they fupport : and the probability becomes more apparent , the more it is confidered , that fociety is capable of curing all the evils to ...
Página 100
... CIVIL freedom is not , as many have endeavoured to perfuade us , a thing that lies hid in the depth of abftrufe science . It is a bleffing and a benefit , not an abstract speculation ; and all the juft reafoning that can be upon it , is ...
... CIVIL freedom is not , as many have endeavoured to perfuade us , a thing that lies hid in the depth of abftrufe science . It is a bleffing and a benefit , not an abstract speculation ; and all the juft reafoning that can be upon it , is ...
Página 108
... civil to her ; But if fhe offer once to move her wings , I'll fling her back all her vain gewgaw things ; And arm'd with virtue , will more glorious ftand , Than if the wanton bow'd at my command . - Buckingham . AY me ! what perils do ...
... civil to her ; But if fhe offer once to move her wings , I'll fling her back all her vain gewgaw things ; And arm'd with virtue , will more glorious ftand , Than if the wanton bow'd at my command . - Buckingham . AY me ! what perils do ...
Página 110
... civil fociety , and are indeed the greatest of bleffings ; fo , when poisoned and corrupted with fraud , pretence , and affectation , they have become the worst of civil curfes , and have enabled men to perpetrate the most cruel ...
... civil fociety , and are indeed the greatest of bleffings ; fo , when poisoned and corrupted with fraud , pretence , and affectation , they have become the worst of civil curfes , and have enabled men to perpetrate the most cruel ...
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Página 188 - Lord thine oaths; but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Página 121 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Página 209 - All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness.
Página 81 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Página 58 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...
Página 210 - Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ;— There children dwell who know no parents' care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there! Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed ; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And crippled age with more than childhood fears; The lame, the blind, and, far the happiest they ! The moping idiot, and the madman...
Página 211 - Such is that room which one rude beam divides, And naked rafters form the sloping sides; Where the vile bands that bind the thatch are seen, And lath and mud are all that lie between; Save one dull pane, that, coarsely...
Página 76 - It is like a sudden sunshine that awakens a secret delight in the mind, without her attending to it. The heart rejoices of its own accord, and naturally flows out into friendship and benevolence towards the person who has so kindly an effect upon it.
Página 180 - The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence: and as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature ; and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to the civil authority, and be governed by it.
Página 177 - I'll not hurt a hair of thy head: — Go, says he, lifting up the sash, and opening his hand as he spoke, to let it escape; — go, poor devil, get thee gone, why should I hurt thee? This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.