Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Moralityauthor., 1797 - 271 pagina's |
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Pagina 7
... religion , and confequently to the happiness of mankind . GREEN PEAS . N the beginning of the year 1776 , a young IN gentleman of great fortune being defirous of prefenting fomething rare to his mistress , enquired in the fuburbs of ...
... religion , and confequently to the happiness of mankind . GREEN PEAS . N the beginning of the year 1776 , a young IN gentleman of great fortune being defirous of prefenting fomething rare to his mistress , enquired in the fuburbs of ...
Pagina 32
... RELIGION . RELIGION is a thing much talked of but lit- tle understood ; much pretended to , but very little practifed ; and the reason why it is fo ill practifed , is , because it is fo little understood ; knowledge , therefore , muft ...
... RELIGION . RELIGION is a thing much talked of but lit- tle understood ; much pretended to , but very little practifed ; and the reason why it is fo ill practifed , is , because it is fo little understood ; knowledge , therefore , muft ...
Pagina 33
... religion as they do their beft cloaths , only wear it to church , and on funday to appear fine , and make a fhow , and with them , as foon as they come home again , lay it afide carefully , for fear of wearing it out : That religion is ...
... religion as they do their beft cloaths , only wear it to church , and on funday to appear fine , and make a fhow , and with them , as foon as they come home again , lay it afide carefully , for fear of wearing it out : That religion is ...
Pagina 34
... religion confift in difmal looks and four faces , which only fhows , that it is very unpa- latable to those who make them ; and it feems as if they were swallowing of fomething that went griev- oufly against their ftomachs . ' Tis ...
... religion confift in difmal looks and four faces , which only fhows , that it is very unpa- latable to those who make them ; and it feems as if they were swallowing of fomething that went griev- oufly against their ftomachs . ' Tis ...
Pagina 35
... religion , the voluptuous man would there feek his pleafure , the covetous man his wealth , and the ambitious man his glory . Men who are deftitute of religion are fo far from being learned philofophers , that they ought not to be ...
... religion , the voluptuous man would there feek his pleafure , the covetous man his wealth , and the ambitious man his glory . Men who are deftitute of religion are fo far from being learned philofophers , that they ought not to be ...
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accompliſhments affiftance afked againſt alſo ANEC ANECDOTE anfwered aſked beauty becauſe bleffings bofom cauſe confequence converfation daughter defire difcovered eyes fafe faid fame father fays feemed feen fenfe fenfible fent fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fituation fome fometimes foon forrow fortune foul fpirits friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fupport fure gentleman greateſt happineſs happy heart heaven herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe huſband intereft itſelf juft lady laft lefs Leocadia loft Lord Matilda ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion Orafmin paffed paffion Palemon perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect ſhe Sir THOMAS PRENDERGAST tafte thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion uſe vifit virtue vizier whofe whoſe wifdom wife wifh young yourſelf
Populaire passages
Pagina 99 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Pagina 59 - Why, why was I born a man and yet see the sufferings of wretches I cannot relieve! Poor houseless creatures! the world will give you reproaches but will not give you relief.
Pagina 296 - If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from man to his Maker ? The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us those bounties, which proceed more immediately from his hand, but even those benefits which are conveyed to us by others. Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of good, and Father of mercies.
Pagina 195 - ... with his views of an hereafter. In a word, his hopes are full of immortality, his schemes are large...
Pagina 93 - Whatever we enjoy is purely a free gift from our Creator ; but that we enjoy no more can never sure be deemed an injury, or a just reason to question his infinite benevolence. All our happiness is owing to his goodness; but that it is no greater is owing only to ourselves, that is, to our not having any inherent right to any happiness, or even to any existence at all.
Pagina 196 - He supersedes every little prospect of gain and advantage which offers itself here, if he does not find it consistent with his views of an hereafter. In a word, his hopes are full of immortality, his schemes...
Pagina 269 - The seas that roll unnumber'd waves; The wood that spreads its shady leaves ; The field whose ears conceal the grain, The yellow treasure of the plain ; All of these, and all I see...
Pagina 194 - Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life : Cunning is a kind of instinct, that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare.
Pagina 36 - Were they to give us in their catalogue of such worthies as are now living, how different would it be from that which any of our own species would draw up ! We are dazzled with the splendour of titles, the ostentation of learning, the noise of victories...
Pagina 301 - tis eafy to defcry She wants affiftance more than I ; Yet Teems to feel my pains alone, And is a Stoic in her own. When, among fcholars, can we find So foft and yet fo firm a mind...