Crito: Or, Essays on Various Subjects. ...Messrs. Dodsley; Becket and de Hondt; White; Payne; and Cooke, 1766 |
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Sivu 4
... by the winds , they are of themselves calm , till provoked by oppreffion , or worked up by the heads of parties , who , generally speaking , mean much more the gratification of of their own ambition , or avarice , than any 4 ESSAY I ..
... by the winds , they are of themselves calm , till provoked by oppreffion , or worked up by the heads of parties , who , generally speaking , mean much more the gratification of of their own ambition , or avarice , than any 4 ESSAY I ..
Sivu 15
... heads . If the complaint is only , That certain grandees are not in the places they choose , what is that to the independent people ? Will bark- . ing at a fuppofed favourite do the public bufinefs ? Is it not a rule in all difputes ...
... heads . If the complaint is only , That certain grandees are not in the places they choose , what is that to the independent people ? Will bark- . ing at a fuppofed favourite do the public bufinefs ? Is it not a rule in all difputes ...
Sivu 46
... head of a family , the furnisher of foldiers , failors , and manufacturers . PROSTITUTION is directly ruinous to population , on which the very being of every ftate depends . If it does not furnish a gratification of the natural defires ...
... head of a family , the furnisher of foldiers , failors , and manufacturers . PROSTITUTION is directly ruinous to population , on which the very being of every ftate depends . If it does not furnish a gratification of the natural defires ...
Sivu 49
... head , for the trifling offences , which , according to our laws , condemn multitudes to the gibbet every year . Where there is no blood fhed , nor violence intended , death seems to me a punish- ment too fevere , both for the ...
... head , for the trifling offences , which , according to our laws , condemn multitudes to the gibbet every year . Where there is no blood fhed , nor violence intended , death seems to me a punish- ment too fevere , both for the ...
Sivu 57
... head , fhall enjoy princely revenues , while their coun- try is involved in debt . We know , that in fome countries ... heads of the church , affured there is ; the state has a reasonable de- mand on the church : For allies are always ...
... head , fhall enjoy princely revenues , while their coun- try is involved in debt . We know , that in fome countries ... heads of the church , affured there is ; the state has a reasonable de- mand on the church : For allies are always ...
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advantage againſt almoſt anſwer antient becauſe cafe cauſe child chooſe Chriftianity confequence confiderable confiftent CRITO MINOR dæmons defire difpofition diftrefs eſtabliſhed evil expence faid fame father fays fcheme fcripture fecurity feems fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhould finking fund firſt fome fometimes fpeak fpecies fpirits ftate fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fupreme fure gods greateſt happineſs HESIOD hiftory himſelf hoftility honour increaſe inftructions intereft itſelf labour leaft learned leaſt lefs mafter Manichæan manner marriage matter moft moral moſt muft muſt nation nature neceffary obferve occafion parents perfons PLATO PLUTARCH pofe poffible prefent pretend propofed publiſhed puniſhment pupil purpoſe raiſed reader reaſon refpect ROUSSEAU ſay ſhall ſpeaking ſtate ſuch teaching thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion TYPHON underſtand univerfe uſe vice virtue whofe young perfons youth
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Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 209 - I have feen all the work« which are done under the fun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of fpirit.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...