 Justice may be defined that virtue which impels us to give to every person what is his due. In this extended sense of the word, it comprehends the practice of every virtue which reason prescribes or society should expect.  The Bee: And Other Essays - Pagina 62door Oliver Goldsmith - 1903 - 281 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 436 pagina’s
...nnited. Jnstice may be defined, that virtne which impels ns to give to every person what is his dne. In this extended sense of the word, it comprehends the practice of every virtne which reason prescribes, or society shonld expect. Oar dnty to onr Maker, to each other, and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1818 - 294 pagina’s
...still more extensive and which can be shown to embrace al! the virtues united. Justice may he defined, that virtue which impels us to give to every person...comprehends the practice of every virtue which reason prescrihes, or society should expect. Our duty to our Maker, to each other, and to ourselves, are fully... | |
 | Thomas Greer (Jr.) - 1821 - 84 pagina’s
...— " Justice may " be defined, that virtue which impels to give every "person what is his due, and comprehends the " practice of every virtue which reason...duty to our " Maker, to each other, and to ourselves, is fully " answered, if we give them what we owe them." IV AN ADDRESS, To the Members of the Society... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1821 - 236 pagina’s
...still more extensive, and which can be shown to embrace all the virtues united Justice may be defined, that virtue which impels us to give to every person what is bis due. In this extended sense of the word, it comprehends the practise of every virtue which reason... | |
 | 1832 - 240 pagina’s
...supported The Child of the Harp, whom the Muses all courted. JUSTICE DEFINED. Justice may be defined, that virtue which impels us to give to every person...which reason prescribes, or society should expect. The qualities of candour, fortitude, charity, and generosity, for instance, are not in their own nature... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1833 - 404 pagina’s
...encounter the prospect of ill, or renders us serene and invincible under its immediate pressure. Justice is that virtue which impels us to give to every person what is his due. Now, it could easily be shown, that love is the impelling principle which excites to the exercise of... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pagina’s
...more extensive, and which can be shown to embrace all the virtues united. Justice maybe defined to be that virtue which impels us to give to every person what is his due. In this extended sense ofthe word, it comprehends the practice of every virtue which reason prescribes, or society should... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1836 - 682 pagina’s
...encounter the prospect of ill, or renders us serene and invincible un.kr its immediate pressure. Justice is that virtue which impels us to give to every person what is hi.-s due. Now, it could easily be shown, (hat luve is the impelling principle which excites In thy exercise of... | |
 | 1837 - 352 pagina’s
...performance of those duties to which the laws of society can oblige us : but justice may be defined, that virtue which impels us to give to every person...duty to our Maker, to each other, and to ourselves, is fully answered if we give them what we owe them. This, properly speaking, is the only virtue ; and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 614 pagina’s
...to every person what is his due. In this extended sense of the word, it comprehends the practiceof every virtue which reason prescribes, or society should...other, and to ourselves, are fully answered, if we giv them what we owe them. Thus justice, properly speaking, i the only virtue, and all the rest have... | |
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