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... tempered by the precepts of age . Certainty , even on distressful occasions , is some- times more eligible than suspense . Still green with bays each ancient altar stands , Above the reach of sacrilegious hands . The most acceptable ...
... tempered by the precepts of age . Certainty , even on distressful occasions , is some- times more eligible than suspense . Still green with bays each ancient altar stands , Above the reach of sacrilegious hands . The most acceptable ...
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... temper are productive of much inward joy or bitterness . Whatever he undertakes , either his pride or his folly disgusts us . Every man and every woman was numbered . * Neither of those men seems to have any idea , that his opinions may ...
... temper are productive of much inward joy or bitterness . Whatever he undertakes , either his pride or his folly disgusts us . Every man and every woman was numbered . * Neither of those men seems to have any idea , that his opinions may ...
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... temper of him who is always in the bustle of the world , will often be ruffled and disturbed . We often commend , as well as censure impru- dently . How a seed grows up into a tree , and how the mind acts upon the body , are mysteries ...
... temper of him who is always in the bustle of the world , will often be ruffled and disturbed . We often commend , as well as censure impru- dently . How a seed grows up into a tree , and how the mind acts upon the body , are mysteries ...
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... temper , and which is , in common language , called discretion . Or - no talent so useful , & c . or which puts men so much out of the reach , & c . as that quality , & c . The first project was to shorten discourse , by re- ducing ...
... temper , and which is , in common language , called discretion . Or - no talent so useful , & c . or which puts men so much out of the reach , & c . as that quality , & c . The first project was to shorten discourse , by re- ducing ...
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... temper and affability of manners , is requisite to form a worthy man , or a true Christian . One of the first , and the most common extremes in moral conduct , is that of placing all virtue either in justice , on the one hand , or in ...
... temper and affability of manners , is requisite to form a worthy man , or a true Christian . One of the first , and the most common extremes in moral conduct , is that of placing all virtue either in justice , on the one hand , or in ...
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Page 18 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Page 110 - replies a pamper 'd goose : And just as short of reason he must fall, Who thinks all made for one, not one for all...
Page 111 - The first sure symptom of a mind in health Is rest of heart, and pleasure felt at home.
Page 112 - Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next, and next all human race...
Page 111 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Page 122 - But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. 57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
Page 113 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart That tastes those gifts with joy. Through ev'ry period of my life, Thy goodness I'll pursue ; ' And, after death, in distant worlds, The glorious theme renew.
Page 79 - I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Page 112 - Without satiety, though e'er so bless'd, And but more relish'd as the more distress'd : The broadest mirth unfeeling folly wears, Less pleasing far than virtue's very tears : Good from each object, from each place...
Page 136 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.