The Citizen of the World, Or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher Residing in London, to His Friends in the East, Volume 2Wm. Otridge and Son, John Walker, James Scatchard, Vernor & Hood, D. Ogilvy and Son, and Darton & Harvey, 1800 |
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Pagina 5
... most important services ; and it is very fortunate for kings that their sub- jects are fatisfied with fuch trifling rewards . Should a nobleman happen to lose his leg in a battle , the king pre- sents him with two yards of ribbon , and ...
... most important services ; and it is very fortunate for kings that their sub- jects are fatisfied with fuch trifling rewards . Should a nobleman happen to lose his leg in a battle , the king pre- sents him with two yards of ribbon , and ...
Pagina 6
... most indolent refinement as well ; and those who have twenty , may be faid to keep one for their own pleasure , and the other nineteen merely for ours . So true is the obfervation of Confucius , that we take greater pains to perfuade ...
... most indolent refinement as well ; and those who have twenty , may be faid to keep one for their own pleasure , and the other nineteen merely for ours . So true is the obfervation of Confucius , that we take greater pains to perfuade ...
Pagina 12
... found to fubmit to frequent mortifications of this kind , proclaiming what obligations they owe , merely be- cause they think it in some measure cancels the debt . Thus love is the most easy and agreeable , and 12 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
... found to fubmit to frequent mortifications of this kind , proclaiming what obligations they owe , merely be- cause they think it in some measure cancels the debt . Thus love is the most easy and agreeable , and 12 CITIZEN OF THE WORLD .
Pagina 13
Oliver Goldsmith. Thus love is the most easy and agreeable , and gratitude the moft humiliating , affection of the mind ; we never reflect on the man we love , without exulting in our choice ; while he who has bound us to him by benefits ...
Oliver Goldsmith. Thus love is the most easy and agreeable , and gratitude the moft humiliating , affection of the mind ; we never reflect on the man we love , without exulting in our choice ; while he who has bound us to him by benefits ...
Pagina 15
... most ignorant , and the youngest of your dif- ciples . Indeed , my fon , it is better to have friends in our paf- fage through life , than grateful dependents ; and love is a more willing , fo it is a more lafting , tribute , than ex ...
... most ignorant , and the youngest of your dif- ciples . Indeed , my fon , it is better to have friends in our paf- fage through life , than grateful dependents ; and love is a more willing , fo it is a more lafting , tribute , than ex ...
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