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 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 25
... these Advantages , is calculated but for one Class of People : That I have accommodated my Precepts to the Rich alone , and neglected to fuit them to the Children of the Plebeian ? I hope my Difcourfe fhall not be a Sufferer by this ...
... these Advantages , is calculated but for one Class of People : That I have accommodated my Precepts to the Rich alone , and neglected to fuit them to the Children of the Plebeian ? I hope my Difcourfe fhall not be a Sufferer by this ...
Σελίδα 26
... These are Points independent on Afflu- ence or Straightness of Fortune ; and wherein Parents will affift themselves from their own Prudence , and Propenfity to Virtue : The Cafe differs as to that other Branch of Education , the giving ...
... These are Points independent on Afflu- ence or Straightness of Fortune ; and wherein Parents will affift themselves from their own Prudence , and Propenfity to Virtue : The Cafe differs as to that other Branch of Education , the giving ...
Σελίδα 38
... these are not useful to them , and lead them equally to the Depths of Learning , or the easier and more agreeable Parts of Knowledge . If this kind of Study , fo pain- ful and fo laborious , is put off ' till Men are fomewhat older ...
... these are not useful to them , and lead them equally to the Depths of Learning , or the easier and more agreeable Parts of Knowledge . If this kind of Study , fo pain- ful and fo laborious , is put off ' till Men are fomewhat older ...
Σελίδα 41
... These will not want Sentences to the Prejudice of Learning : They cry , with a contemptuous and magifterial Air , That it ufually does but improve what Nature endowed us with : That be who wants good Senfe , is unhappy in ba- ving it ...
... These will not want Sentences to the Prejudice of Learning : They cry , with a contemptuous and magifterial Air , That it ufually does but improve what Nature endowed us with : That be who wants good Senfe , is unhappy in ba- ving it ...
Σελίδα 44
... These Men read all Hiftorians , and know nothing of Hi- story ; run through all Books , but are not the wifer for any ; their Defect is a barren Ignorance of Things and Principles : But their best Collection , their greatest Riches ...
... These Men read all Hiftorians , and know nothing of Hi- story ; run through all Books , but are not the wifer for any ; their Defect is a barren Ignorance of Things and Principles : But their best Collection , their greatest Riches ...
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Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.