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... judge for themselves . These muft neceffarily be governed by prejudices , and , if you remove them , you leave fuch weak ob- jects without any principle whatever . It muft indeed be con- feffed , that the force of prejudice is not very ...
... judge for themselves . These muft neceffarily be governed by prejudices , and , if you remove them , you leave fuch weak ob- jects without any principle whatever . It muft indeed be con- feffed , that the force of prejudice is not very ...
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... judge with what strength of fentiment , and fpirit of expref- fion , our Author has treated these points . Lorenzo , our misfortune here Th ' effect of idleness and fear . The fluggard fhuns inquiry's task , Because too great the pains ...
... judge with what strength of fentiment , and fpirit of expref- fion , our Author has treated these points . Lorenzo , our misfortune here Th ' effect of idleness and fear . The fluggard fhuns inquiry's task , Because too great the pains ...
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... judge . If what we communicate is falfe , and of dangerous tendency , there are among the Pub- lic , men of learning and virtue , ready to refute us , and the laws of our country are open to chaftize us : if our propofitions are juft ...
... judge . If what we communicate is falfe , and of dangerous tendency , there are among the Pub- lic , men of learning and virtue , ready to refute us , and the laws of our country are open to chaftize us : if our propofitions are juft ...
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... judge proper , and to fell them for what prices they can get . He declares , in like manner , against all restraints in exporting them , and lays it down as a thing certain , that to render this commerce lucrative , it should be made as ...
... judge proper , and to fell them for what prices they can get . He declares , in like manner , against all restraints in exporting them , and lays it down as a thing certain , that to render this commerce lucrative , it should be made as ...
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... judges of its worth , that has contri- buted to establish its credit . It has proved no lefs acceptable to general scholars , on account of the perfpicuity and precifion with which the principles of these arts are laid down , the ...
... judges of its worth , that has contri- buted to establish its credit . It has proved no lefs acceptable to general scholars , on account of the perfpicuity and precifion with which the principles of these arts are laid down , the ...
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Page 428 - They are surely happy," said the prince, "who have all these conveniences, of which I envy none so much as the facility with which separated friends interchange their thoughts." "The Europeans," answered Imlac, "are less unhappy than we, but they are not happy. Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
Page 431 - Nothing is more idle than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach. The way to be happy is to live according to nature, in obedience to that universal and unalterable law with which every heart is originally impressed; which is not written on it by precept, but engraven by destiny, not instilled by education, but infused at our nativity. He that lives according to nature will...
Page 38 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Page 153 - But of that day and hour knoweth no man ; no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Page 411 - ... some more softness of disposition, some greater lenity of temper, some of those amiable weaknesses by which her sex is distinguished. But the true method of estimating her merit...
Page 430 - He enumerated many examples of heroes immovable by pain or pleasure, who looked with indifference on those modes or accidents to which the vulgar give the names of good and evil.
Page 200 - ... us to look on that tragical and infamous scene which followed upon it with less abhorrence. Humanity will draw a veil over this...
Page 433 - ... which debars them from its privileges. To live without feeling or exciting sympathy, to be fortunate without adding to the felicity of others, or afflicted without tasting the balm of pity, is a state more gloomy than solitude : it is not retreat, but exclusion from mankind. Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
Page 409 - There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity. The unusual length of her administration, and the strong features of her character, were able to overcome all prejudices ; and obliging her detractors...
Page 200 - ... of government. Not insensible of flattery, or unconscious of that pleasure with which almost every woman beholds the influence of her own beauty. Formed with the qualities...