The Gentleman's Library: Containing Rules for Conduct in All Parts of Life. The Fourth Edition. Corrected and Enlarged. Written by a GentlemanS. Birt; and D. Browne, 1744 - 440 páginas |
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... alone confult that Part of Decency in my Reasons for this Preface , but penned it , with regard that I thought fome- thing ought to be faid on the Work in general . The A 3 The kind Entertainment the Town gave to the Lady's Libra-
... alone confult that Part of Decency in my Reasons for this Preface , but penned it , with regard that I thought fome- thing ought to be faid on the Work in general . The A 3 The kind Entertainment the Town gave to the Lady's Libra-
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... kind Entertainment the Town gave to the Lady's Libra- ry , the Succefs it met with , and the great Call there was for it , even from the most diftant Coun- ties , though it was fwell'd out into three Volumes , and fold at a pretty ...
... kind Entertainment the Town gave to the Lady's Libra- ry , the Succefs it met with , and the great Call there was for it , even from the most diftant Coun- ties , though it was fwell'd out into three Volumes , and fold at a pretty ...
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... kind of a Man fuch an one is like to prove , is easy to foresee . But could we admit , that this happy Change might be effected at approaching Maturity , fhall we dare to promise ourselves Life to that Day , and that Heaven will fpare ...
... kind of a Man fuch an one is like to prove , is easy to foresee . But could we admit , that this happy Change might be effected at approaching Maturity , fhall we dare to promise ourselves Life to that Day , and that Heaven will fpare ...
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... kind of Study , fo pain- ful and fo laborious , is put off ' till Men are fomewhat older , and come to that Age , stiled by the Name of Youth , either they cannot make it the Object of their Choice , or if they do , they find it ...
... kind of Study , fo pain- ful and fo laborious , is put off ' till Men are fomewhat older , and come to that Age , stiled by the Name of Youth , either they cannot make it the Object of their Choice , or if they do , they find it ...
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... kind , than that indifcreet Value which Men of Letters oftentimes put upon the moft trifling Parts of Knowledge ; that μικροφιλοτιμία in the Way of Scholarfhip , of which Theophrastus has given us a Cha- racter , as it relates to human ...
... kind , than that indifcreet Value which Men of Letters oftentimes put upon the moft trifling Parts of Knowledge ; that μικροφιλοτιμία in the Way of Scholarfhip , of which Theophrastus has given us a Cha- racter , as it relates to human ...
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Página 357 - And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Página 269 - But there, where I have garner'd up my heart, Where either I must live, or bear no life ; The fountain from the which my current runs, Or else dries up...
Página 9 - I CONSIDER a human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties; until the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, and vein that runs through the body of it.
Página 214 - ... would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is discovered to want it, and then all his pains and labour to seem to have it are lost.
Página 166 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Página 10 - I do not doubt but it is, viz. that the difference to be found in the manners and abilities of men is owing more to their education than to any thing else...
Página 215 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Página 140 - ... this notion, that they place the. whole idea of honour in a kind of brutal courage ; by which means we have had many among us who have called themselves men of honour, that would have been a disgrace to a gibbet.
Página 134 - In the first place, true honour, though it be a different principle from religion, is that which produces the same effects. The lines of action, though drawn from different parts, terminate in the same point. Religion embraces virtue as it is enjoined by the laws of God; honour, as it is graceful and ornamental to human nature. The religious man fears, the man of honour scorns, to do an ill action. The...
Página 134 - The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in such as have been cultivated by great examples, or a refined education. This paper therefore is chiefly designed for those who by means of any of these advantages are, or ought to be actuated by this glorious principle.