 | Henry Fielding - 1766 - Počet stránok 390
...is, as you fay, a difpofition,— ' and does not fo much confift in the aft as 'ili't&e ' difpofition to do it; but alas, Mr. Adams, who are • meant by the diftreffed ? Believe me, the 'diftrefles • of mankind are moftly imaginary, and it would 'be ' rather... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1773 - Počet stránok 314
...• you fay, a difpofition—and does not fo • much confift in the act as in the difpofition • to do it; but alas ! Mr Adams, who are ' meant by the diftreffed ? Believe me, the. « diftreffes of mankind are moftly imaginary, J aod it would be^ rather... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1783 - Počet stránok 398
...as you fay, a difpofition, — • and does not lo much ccnfift in the art as in the • difpofition to do it; but alas, Mr. Adams, who are ' meant by the diftrefled ? Believe me, the dUtrefles • of mankind are moitly imaginary, and it would be ' rather... | |
 | 1856 - Počet stránok 634
...something ' in that definition,' answered Mr. Peter Pounce, ' which I like • well enough ; it is, as you say, a disposition, and does not so ' much consist in the act as in the disposition to do it.' There are plenty of Peter Pounces in our society. What we want are the Allworthys, or the worldly philosophers,... | |
 | Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - Počet stránok 444
...in that definition,' answered Peter, ' which I like well enough; it is, as you say, a dis* position, and does not so much consist in the act * as in the...it would be rather folly than goodness to relieve rthem.' — 'Sure, sir,' replied Adams, ' hunger and ' thirst, cold and nakedness, and other distresses... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1821 - Počet stránok 846
...There is something in that definition," answered Peter, " which I like well enough ; it is, as you say, a disposition, — and does not so much consist in the act, as in the disposition to do it ; hut alas, Mr Adams, who are meant by the distressed ? Believe me, the distresses of mankind are mostly... | |
 | James Mill - 1835 - Počet stránok 466
...distressed. There is something in that definition, answered Peter, which I like well enough ; it is, as you say, a disposition ; and does not so much consist in the act as in the disposition to do it." There are two things, then, the " delight," and " the virtue," which Sir James says it is difficult... | |
 | James Mill - 1835 - Počet stránok 448
...distressed. There is something in that definition, answered Peter, which I like well enough ; it is, as you say, a disposition ; and does not so much consist in the act as in the disposition "to do it." There are two things, then, the " delight," and " the virtue," which Sir James says it is difficult... | |
 | 1836 - Počet stránok 526
...•' There is something in that definition," answered Peter, " which I like well enough. It is, as you say, a disposition — and does not so much consist in the act as in the disposition to do it." A friend of ours is at present engaged in a dramatic scene on the plan of the third scene in the fifth... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1852 - Počet stránok 460
..." There is something in that definition," answered Peter, " which I like well enough; it is, as you say, a disposition— and does not so much consist...the act as in the disposition to do it; but, alas 1 Mr. Adams, who are meant by the distressed ? believe me, the distresses of mankind are mostly imaginary,... | |
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my definition of charity ' is, a generous disposition to relieve the distressed.' — ' There is something in that definition,' answered Peter, ' which I like well enough ; it is, as you say, a disposition, ' and does not so much consist in the act as... 
