Essays Upon Several Moral SubjectsD. Brown, 1713 - 442 strán (strany) |
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Strana vii
... great Re- " putation for his Eloquence , Since- " rity , ftrict Virtue , and learned " Works ; and was much lamented σε at his Death , which happen'd on " the " the 8th of May , in the Year " Life of the Author , & c . vij.
... great Re- " putation for his Eloquence , Since- " rity , ftrict Virtue , and learned " Works ; and was much lamented σε at his Death , which happen'd on " the " the 8th of May , in the Year " Life of the Author , & c . vij.
Strana 5
... Virtue and that the Best of Men ( fuch as the Adorers of a Deity ) were both the greate Cheats and Blockheads . All which are Abfu es to be hifs'd at by all who are Masters of the meanest portion of Human Reason . There lurketh much ...
... Virtue and that the Best of Men ( fuch as the Adorers of a Deity ) were both the greate Cheats and Blockheads . All which are Abfu es to be hifs'd at by all who are Masters of the meanest portion of Human Reason . There lurketh much ...
Strana 94
... Virtue ( who bath So few deferving Followers now , that it cannot but pile up Pyramids of Favours upon fuch as are ) will recommend you to fucceeding Ages , both to Let fee that she wants not her Trophies even in this Dotage of the ...
... Virtue ( who bath So few deferving Followers now , that it cannot but pile up Pyramids of Favours upon fuch as are ) will recommend you to fucceeding Ages , both to Let fee that she wants not her Trophies even in this Dotage of the ...
Strana 95
... Virtue , I hope your Retirement will be the shadowing of that noble Draught . $ " 1 T In the Confidence of this , I fend you this E- logy of Solitude ; notas Phyficians fend Pills , with Praises to their averfe Patients for , as it were ...
... Virtue , I hope your Retirement will be the shadowing of that noble Draught . $ " 1 T In the Confidence of this , I fend you this E- logy of Solitude ; notas Phyficians fend Pills , with Praises to their averfe Patients for , as it were ...
Strana 106
... Virtue , in being oppofite to what our Reason would ( if not over - power'd by Intereft or Fan- cy ) exact of us . And I fhould think , that the fame Impulse which hurries Men on to defire to be great that they may be Mafters , fhould ...
... Virtue , in being oppofite to what our Reason would ( if not over - power'd by Intereft or Fan- cy ) exact of us . And I fhould think , that the fame Impulse which hurries Men on to defire to be great that they may be Mafters , fhould ...
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admire Affiftance againſt albeit alfo amongst Anfwer Avarice becauſe beft beftow believe caufe Celador cheat Chriftian Church conclude Confcience confefs confider Creatures deferves defign defire Difcourfe Divine doth eafy Eftate Efteem elfe elſe endeavour Enemies faid fame fatisfy fave fear fecure feeing feems feen felf felves ferve fhall fhew fhould fince firft fome Frugality ftand ftill fuch fuffer fure Glory greateſt Happineſs hath Heaven himſelf Honour Humour Inftance Intereft juft Juftice Lacedemon laft leaft lefs likewife Luft Luxury Mafter Meaſures ment moft moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary Neceffities nefs noble Number obferved Occafion oft-times Paffion Pains Perfons perfuade Philofophers pleafe pleaſant pleaſe Pleaſure prefent Publick Employment Puniſhment raiſe Reafon refolved Refpect Revenge Riches ſeeing Senfe Solitude Soul thefe themſelves ther thereby theſe thing thofe thoſe thought Thouſands underſtand uſe Vice vicious Virtue virtuous whereas wherein whereof whilft whofe worfe World
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