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Pagina 14
... young men , the slaves of passion and fancy , they might operate in the same manner , as novels and romances have been observed to do , in firing the pas- sions and misleading the imagination . But was Caligu- la's motive for their ...
... young men , the slaves of passion and fancy , they might operate in the same manner , as novels and romances have been observed to do , in firing the pas- sions and misleading the imagination . But was Caligu- la's motive for their ...
Pagina 16
... young men enter the marriage state . The affections of many are in vain solicited by any charms besides those of lucre . The times seem to be past , when , in the prime of life virtu ous love led young men to select a companion , for ...
... young men enter the marriage state . The affections of many are in vain solicited by any charms besides those of lucre . The times seem to be past , when , in the prime of life virtu ous love led young men to select a companion , for ...
Pagina 18
... young letter - writer with matter for his compositions , yet I can- not but think that he spoke his honest sentiments , be- cause he spoke with warmth , and , I believe , meant ob liquely to censure those unnatural institutions of the ...
... young letter - writer with matter for his compositions , yet I can- not but think that he spoke his honest sentiments , be- cause he spoke with warmth , and , I believe , meant ob liquely to censure those unnatural institutions of the ...
Pagina 19
... young men of fortune to enter into the state , arises not from any settled conviction of the unreasonableness of the in- stitution , but from profligacy , thoughtlessness , false ideas of pleasure , and a want of rational ideas of human ...
... young men of fortune to enter into the state , arises not from any settled conviction of the unreasonableness of the in- stitution , but from profligacy , thoughtlessness , false ideas of pleasure , and a want of rational ideas of human ...
Pagina 27
... young man a degree of confi- dence , which no learning or virtue which he possessed , could ever have supplied . A hat , a coat , a shoe , or a shoe - string , of a shape , or size , or color , exceeding the ordinary mode , have fixed ...
... young man a degree of confi- dence , which no learning or virtue which he possessed , could ever have supplied . A hat , a coat , a shoe , or a shoe - string , of a shape , or size , or color , exceeding the ordinary mode , have fixed ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 128 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them : for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Pagina 209 - I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Pagina 209 - And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Pagina 208 - And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom : but they could not. Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel : and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
Pagina 28 - They will either teach you so to regulate your conduct as to be able to set the most malicious inquiries at defiance ; or, if that be a lost hope, they will teach you prudence enough not to attract the public attention to a character which will only pass without censure when it passes without observation.
Pagina 131 - All the Books of the Bible are either already most admirable, and exalted pieces of Poesie, or are the best Materials in the world for it. Yet, though they be in themselves so proper to be made use of for this purpose ; None but a good Artist will know how to do it : neither must we think to cut and polish Diamonds with so little pains and skill as we do Marble. For if any man design to compose a Sacred Poem, by only turning a story of the Scripture, like Mr. Quarles's, or some other godly matter,...
Pagina 84 - Gramineae" — the last of the natural orders elaborated for the "Genera Plantarum": — " Much has been done, however, for the elucidation of the order in local Floras. Already at the close of the last century and the commencement of the present...
Pagina 273 - For pride is the beginning of sin, and he that hath it shall pour out abomination: and therefore the Lord brought upon them strange calamities, and overthrew them utterly.
Pagina 128 - A man that useth much swearing shall be filled with iniquity, And the plague shall never depart from his house...
Pagina 132 - The paucity of its topics enforces perpetual repetition ; and the sanctity of the matter rejects the ornaments of figurative diction. It is sufficient for Watts to have done better than others what no man has done well.