A Socratic discourse on truth and faithfulness; the sequel to A father's instructions [by T. Percival].1781 - 79 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 17
עמוד xii
... by combining example with precept , it enlivens dull leffons of morality ; " brings them home to men's business and bofoms ; " and gives to the impreffions which which they make , additional permanency and vigour . The xii PREFACE .
... by combining example with precept , it enlivens dull leffons of morality ; " brings them home to men's business and bofoms ; " and gives to the impreffions which which they make , additional permanency and vigour . The xii PREFACE .
עמוד 11
... give encourage- ment to vice , if an innocent perfon , perhaps tired of life , or influenced by enthusiastic notions of honour , friendship , or love , might fuffer for another who is guilty . The certainty of punishment , even in ...
... give encourage- ment to vice , if an innocent perfon , perhaps tired of life , or influenced by enthusiastic notions of honour , friendship , or love , might fuffer for another who is guilty . The certainty of punishment , even in ...
עמוד 12
... give up that of others . " 86 The conduct of the negro , faid Sophron , however erroneous it might be in point of wisdom , or unjusti- fiable with refpect to its morality , was perfectly ge- nerous and difinterested . But the fame ...
... give up that of others . " 86 The conduct of the negro , faid Sophron , however erroneous it might be in point of wisdom , or unjusti- fiable with refpect to its morality , was perfectly ge- nerous and difinterested . But the fame ...
עמוד 16
... give rife , a man owes to his own honour and peace of mind , except on very extraordinary occafions , the ftrict performance of his promife . And this opinion feems to have influenced the conduct of the great Viscount Turenne , and of ...
... give rife , a man owes to his own honour and peace of mind , except on very extraordinary occafions , the ftrict performance of his promife . And this opinion feems to have influenced the conduct of the great Viscount Turenne , and of ...
עמוד 17
... give , " that he had ufed his utmost endeavour to fulfil his " promife . " The king , finding himself fo much urged , pardoned the captain , but bestowed on Sir Richard Herbert no other reward for his fervice . * * See the Life of Lord ...
... give , " that he had ufed his utmost endeavour to fulfil his " promife . " The king , finding himself fo much urged , pardoned the captain , but bestowed on Sir Richard Herbert no other reward for his fervice . * * See the Life of Lord ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
addrefs affume againſt alfo alſo amongſt anſwered becauſe cafe Chriftian Cicero circumftances conceal conduct confiftent converfation deceive defign defired difcourfe diffimulation difplay eſcape eſtabliſhed Euphronius exerciſe expreffed expreffions facrifice faid Philocles faid unto faith falfe falfhood falſe fame fatisfied favour fays feems fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhould fign fimilar fincerity firft firſt fociety folemn fome fometimes foon fpecies ftate ftranger fubject fucceeding fuch fuffered fufficient fupport furniſhed Gil Blas heart Heaven Hift himſelf hiſtory honour houſe human impreffions inftance inftantly intereft itſelf Jefus juft juftice king king of Navarre lefs lord Herbert lord Peterborough Louis XIV maſter moral moſt muſt myſelf nature neceffary obferved occafion Oufan-quey ourſelves paffed paffions Parè perfons philofopher Plato pleafure Plin preſent profeffion promife reaſon ſaid ſerious Simon Peter Sir Richard Herbert Socrates ſtate thefe themſelves thofe thoſe thou Thucydid tion truth Turenne underſtanding univerfal uſe violation virtue whilft whoſe wiſh
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 74 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
עמוד 60 - For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles : but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
עמוד 61 - Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
עמוד 20 - Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt Thou rear it up in three days ? But He spake of the temple of His body.
עמוד 21 - Christ was the word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what the word did make it, That I believe, and take it.
עמוד 79 - But the taste for natural beauty is subservient to higher purposes than those which have been enumerated ; and the cultivation of it not only refines and humanizes, but dignifies and exalts the affections. It elevates them to the admiration and love of that Being who is the Author of all that is fair, sublime, and good in the creation.
עמוד 36 - Spanish merchants, with sentiments suitable to their usual integrity, sustained the whole loss, and indemnified the foreigners by whom they were employed. The fraud was detected, and the treasurer of the revenue in Peru, the author of it, was publicly burnt.
עמוד 60 - But when I saw that they walked not uprightly, according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews...
עמוד 41 - True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to HIM who made us, and to the common nature of which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants; and from just views of the condition, and the duty of man.
עמוד 38 - AND the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day ; and he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground...