Winter Evenings: Or, Lucubrations on Life and Letters, Volume 2Garland Pub., 1788 |
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Pagina 31
... best characters , fills up both agrecably and usefully an hour or two every day ; but more especially when the weather is rainy , or in any respect inclement . Vifits , and cards in moderation , contribute to enliven his time in an ...
... best characters , fills up both agrecably and usefully an hour or two every day ; but more especially when the weather is rainy , or in any respect inclement . Vifits , and cards in moderation , contribute to enliven his time in an ...
Pagina 45
... best scholar in his class , and had already written one or two pretty copies of verses on the Spring . . As I am as fond of making experiments in morals as a natural philosopher is in pneumatics ; hydrostatics , or chemistry , I ...
... best scholar in his class , and had already written one or two pretty copies of verses on the Spring . . As I am as fond of making experiments in morals as a natural philosopher is in pneumatics ; hydrostatics , or chemistry , I ...
Pagina 52
... best parts who talk most . Excessive garrulity is certainly incompatible with solid thinking , and is the mark of that volatile and superficial turn , which , dwelling upon the surfaces of things , never penetrates deeply enough to make ...
... best parts who talk most . Excessive garrulity is certainly incompatible with solid thinking , and is the mark of that volatile and superficial turn , which , dwelling upon the surfaces of things , never penetrates deeply enough to make ...
Pagina 63
... best they can procure in the legal and regular course . 1 But if the care of a parish , and that a very Jarge one , be a most important charge , if the moral and spiritual safety of thousands may depend on the parson's exertions ...
... best they can procure in the legal and regular course . 1 But if the care of a parish , and that a very Jarge one , be a most important charge , if the moral and spiritual safety of thousands may depend on the parson's exertions ...
Pagina 70
... best of his children to the service of the God who gave them , and not impiously to consecrate to the service of the altar him whom , from want of parts , hc thinks incapable of any useful service . I suspect that man to be in sincere ...
... best of his children to the service of the God who gave them , and not impiously to consecrate to the service of the altar him whom , from want of parts , hc thinks incapable of any useful service . I suspect that man to be in sincere ...
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