The Counsels of a Father, in Four Letters of Sir Matthew Hale to His Children. To which is Added, The Practical Life of a True Christian ... With a New Memoir of the Author's Life ... Second EditionTaylor and Hessey, 1817 - 207 pàgines |
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Pàgina 17
... observing , " he that by his place . ought to punish disorders in other people , must by no means suffer them in his own house . " His kindness extended to the brute crea- tion , as it must ever do , when it is founded on a right ...
... observing , " he that by his place . ought to punish disorders in other people , must by no means suffer them in his own house . " His kindness extended to the brute crea- tion , as it must ever do , when it is founded on a right ...
Pàgina 34
... devotions , wherein he se- cluded himself from the observation even of his own family . The nearer his death approached , the more fervent and frequent were his prayers ; and when his voice could no longer be heard , 34.
... devotions , wherein he se- cluded himself from the observation even of his own family . The nearer his death approached , the more fervent and frequent were his prayers ; and when his voice could no longer be heard , 34.
Pàgina 51
... observe these directions : 1. Observe , and mark as well as you may , what is the temper and disposition of those ... observation ; but if they be light , impertinent , vain , passionate persons , their speech is , for the most part ...
... observe these directions : 1. Observe , and mark as well as you may , what is the temper and disposition of those ... observation ; but if they be light , impertinent , vain , passionate persons , their speech is , for the most part ...
Pàgina 52
... observe and remember it for it may be it is not true ; or it is not all true ; or some other circumstances were mingled with it , which might give the business reported , a justification , or at least an allay , an extenuation , or a ...
... observe and remember it for it may be it is not true ; or it is not all true ; or some other circumstances were mingled with it , which might give the business reported , a justification , or at least an allay , an extenuation , or a ...
Pàgina 55
... observe him calmly , and you shall see him in so much perturbation and disturbance , that you will easily believe he is not a pattern to be imitated by you ; and therefore return not choler , nor anger , for angry words ; for you do but ...
... observe him calmly , and you shall see him in so much perturbation and disturbance , that you will easily believe he is not a pattern to be imitated by you ; and therefore return not choler , nor anger , for angry words ; for you do but ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 83 - ... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Pàgina 168 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Pàgina 83 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day ; And call the sabbath a delight, The holy of the Lord, honourable; And shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, Nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Pàgina 28 - Let him that will, ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes : as for me, Let sweet repose and rest my portion be ; Give me some mean, obscure recess, a sphere Out of the road of business, or the fear Of falling lower ; where I sweetly may Myself and dear retirement still enjoy : Let not my life or name be known unto The grandees of the time...
Pàgina 23 - Not to be solicitous what men will say or think, so long as I keep myself exactly according to the rule of justice. 13. If in criminals it be a measuring cast, to incline to mercy and acquittal.
Pàgina 50 - If any person, that you do not very well know to be a person of truth, sobriety and weight, relate strange stories, be not too ready or easy to believe them, nor report them after him. And yet, unless he be one of your familiar acquaintance, be not too forward to contradict him ; or, if the necessity of the occasion...
Pàgina 107 - Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Pàgina 70 - I have found by a strict and diligent observation that a due observance of the duty of this day hath ever had joined to it a blessing upon the rest of my time, and the week that hath been so begun hath been blessed and prosperous to me...