Crito: Or, Essays on Various Subjects. ...Messrs. Dodsley; Becket and de Hondt; White; Payne; and Cooke, 1766 |
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Pàgina 6
... madness of many for the gain of 66 a few ? " IN free countries ( to the honour of human nature be it fpoken ) nothing is fo trifling , but it may become occafionally occafionally a party - affair . In ENGLAND , we ESSAY I.
... madness of many for the gain of 66 a few ? " IN free countries ( to the honour of human nature be it fpoken ) nothing is fo trifling , but it may become occafionally occafionally a party - affair . In ENGLAND , we ESSAY I.
Pàgina 11
... human : characters , will ever command admiration . I only mean to fuggeft , that we should better fhew our wif- dom by laying down certain well - founded principles , and uniformly keeping to them ; than by making , as we too commonly ...
... human : characters , will ever command admiration . I only mean to fuggeft , that we should better fhew our wif- dom by laying down certain well - founded principles , and uniformly keeping to them ; than by making , as we too commonly ...
Pàgina 18
... humanity , that amiable Pr himfelf , of whom , at that time , we had no experimental knowledge ? Or , were we right , when ( on finding that fome great folks were difgufted about preferment ) we almoft loft fight of our loyalty , after ...
... humanity , that amiable Pr himfelf , of whom , at that time , we had no experimental knowledge ? Or , were we right , when ( on finding that fome great folks were difgufted about preferment ) we almoft loft fight of our loyalty , after ...
Pàgina 38
... human creatures , and fill our immense territories in America , with men and women ready grown up to ftrength for labour , we might be more indifferent as bout our enemy's interfereing with our European com- I think it is not to be ...
... human creatures , and fill our immense territories in America , with men and women ready grown up to ftrength for labour , we might be more indifferent as bout our enemy's interfereing with our European com- I think it is not to be ...
Pàgina 49
... human authority ex- tends to the depriving a fellow - creature of the facred gift of God , and hurrying him into eternity with all his imperfections on his head , for the trifling offences , which , according to our laws , condemn ...
... human authority ex- tends to the depriving a fellow - creature of the facred gift of God , and hurrying him into eternity with all his imperfections on his head , for the trifling offences , which , according to our laws , condemn ...
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Crito, Or, Essays on Various Subjects. Vol. I.[-II. and Last].. James Burgh Visualització completa - 1766 |
Crito, Or, Essays on Various Subjects. Vol. I.[-II. and Last].. James Burgh Visualització completa - 1766 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 209 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Pàgina 209 - VANITY of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever.
Pàgina 209 - For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Pàgina 209 - For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? "For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Pàgina 263 - Now is the judgment of this world ; now is the prince of this world cast out, and I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
Pàgina 171 - Father of mercies ! why from silent earth Didst thou awake, and curse me into birth ? Tear me from quiet, ravish me from night, And make a thankless present of thy light ? Push into being a reverse of thee, And animate a clod with misery ? " The beasts are happy; they come forth, and keep Short watch on earth, and then lie down to sleep.
Pàgina 209 - I have feen all the work« which are done under the fun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of fpirit.
Pàgina 150 - Ever anxious concerning his private economy, ever in dread of bankruptcy and poverty, how should he apply a due attention to what is sufficient alone to engage the whole man, with the abilities of an angel, and undisturbed by every other solicitude !" — CBITO, Essays on various Subjects.
Pàgina 62 - Complaifance, as long as the Crown can pay; and Mutiny, when it cannot ; and in general, that Motives of Self-Intereft will prove an improper and weak foundation for our Duty to our King and Country.
Pàgina 217 - There ** are many evils in this world, and men feem ** impelled by a natural inftincl: to the practice " of thofe things which reafon condemns ; but " that eternal mind, from which all fpirits derive " their exiftence, muft be inacceffible to all kinds " of evil, and alfo of a moft perfect and bene...