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Pagina 3
... vice render incompatible with the true happiness of the individual , and of each other . As there is not , perhaps , upon earth , any couple , whose natural dispositions and relish of life are so per- fectly similar , as that their ...
... vice render incompatible with the true happiness of the individual , and of each other . As there is not , perhaps , upon earth , any couple , whose natural dispositions and relish of life are so per- fectly similar , as that their ...
Pagina 26
... vice , had long busied and perplexed his understanding : he could not discover , why a being to whom all things are possible , should leave moral agents exposed to accidental happiness and misery ; why a child often languishes under ...
... vice , had long busied and perplexed his understanding : he could not discover , why a being to whom all things are possible , should leave moral agents exposed to accidental happiness and misery ; why a child often languishes under ...
Pagina 28
... vice itself is only a deep " shadow that gives strength and elegance to other " figures in the moral picture ; happiness does , in- " deed in some degree depend upon externals ; but even external advantages are the appendages of ...
... vice itself is only a deep " shadow that gives strength and elegance to other " figures in the moral picture ; happiness does , in- " deed in some degree depend upon externals ; but even external advantages are the appendages of ...
Pagina 29
... vice ; and , therefore , that to alleviate the misery , or increase the happiness , is to destroy the equipoise of the balance , and to counterwork the designs of Heaven ? " I felt the force of this reproof ; and turning my eyes from an ...
... vice ; and , therefore , that to alleviate the misery , or increase the happiness , is to destroy the equipoise of the balance , and to counterwork the designs of Heaven ? " I felt the force of this reproof ; and turning my eyes from an ...
Pagina 30
... vice and virtue is kept open , and the mite of human be- nevolence may be accepted for either ; as the balance is deferred till hereafter , and will at last be stated ith the utmost precision and impartiality . If these beings are ...
... vice and virtue is kept open , and the mite of human be- nevolence may be accepted for either ; as the balance is deferred till hereafter , and will at last be stated ith the utmost precision and impartiality . If these beings are ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 160 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Pagina 86 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Pagina 87 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Pagina 123 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Pagina 86 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Pagina 121 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
Pagina 123 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Pagina 122 - O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Pagina 159 - Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law, ' Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And show'da Newton as we show an ape.
Pagina 86 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.