| William Paley - 1793 - 602 sivua
...or a fcience ; improving or managing an eftate , labouring after a piece of preferment : and laftly, any engagement, which is innocent, is better than...none ; as the writing of, a book, the building of a houfe, the laying out of a garden, the digging of a fifh-pond even the raifing of a cucumber or a tulip.... | |
| 482 sivua
...a fcience ; improving or managing an ellate ; labouring after a piece of preferment : and, laltly, any engagement which is innocent is better than none : as the writing of a book, the building of a houfe, the laying out of a garden, the digging of a filh-pond; even the railing of a cucumber or a... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 414 sivua
...managing an eftate ; labouring after a piece of preferment: And, laftly, any engagement which is innocen: is better than none ; as the writing of a book, the building of a houfe, the laying out of a garden, the digging of a fifh-pond; even the raifing of a cucumber or a... | |
| William Paley - 1806 - 502 sivua
...of a language or a science; improving or managing an estate; labouring after a piece of preferment : and lastly, any engagement, which is innocent, is...house, the laying out of a garden, the digging of a fish-pond—even the raising of a cucumber or a tulip. Whilst the mind is taken up with the objects... | |
| William Paley - 1811 - 540 sivua
...a language or a science ; improving or managing an estate ; labouring aftet a piece of preferment ; and lastly, any engagement, which is innocent, is...a fish-pond, — even the raising of a cucumber or a tulip. Whilst our minds are taken up with the objects or business before us, we are commonly happy,... | |
| William Paley - 1811 - 412 sivua
...of a language or a science; improving or managing an estate ; labouring after a piece of preferment; and lastly, any engagement, which is innocent, is...a fish-pond, — even the raising of a cucumber or a tulip. Whilst our minds are taken up with the objects or business before us, we are commonly happy,... | |
| Jesse Torrey - 1819 - 252 sivua
...a language or a science ; improving or managing an estate ; laboring after a piece of preferment ; and lastly, any engagement, which is innocent, is...a fish-pond — even the raising of a cucumber or a tulip. Whilst the mind is taken up with the objects of business before us, we are commonly happy,... | |
| John Platts - 1822 - 844 sivua
...a language or a science ; improving or managing an estate ; labouring after a piece of preferment: and lastly, any engagement, which is innocent, is-...a fish-pond — even the raising of a cucumber or a tulip. Whilst our minds are taken up with the objects or business before us, we are commonly happy,... | |
| William Paley - 1823 - 476 sivua
...a language or a science ; improving or managing an estate ; labouring after a piece of preferment ; and lastly, any engagement, which is innocent, is...a fish-pond, — even the raising of a cucumber or a tulip. Whilst our minds are taken up with the objects or business before us, we are commonly happy,... | |
| 1823 - 872 sivua
...language or a science ; improving or managing an estate ; labouring after я piece of preferment : and, lastly, any engagement which is innocent is better than none ; as writing a book, building a house, laying out a garden, digging a fish-pond ; even raising a cucumber... | |
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