After we have practised good actions a while, they become easy; and when they are easy, we begin to take pleasure in them ; and when they please us, we do them frequently ; and by frequency of acts, a thing grows into a habit ; and... A Grammar of the Tamil Language: With an Appendix - Page 173by Charles Theophilus Ewald Rhenius - 1846 - 298 pagesFull view - About this book
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 434 pages
...take pleafure in them ; and when they pleafe us, we do them frequently ; and by frequency of aits, a thing grows into a habit ; and confirmed habit is a kind of fécond nature; and fo far as any thing is natural, fo far it is neceiTary ; and we can hardly do otherwife... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1810 - 352 pages
...we have practised good actions a while, they become easy ; and when they arc easy, we beg-in to take pleasure in them ; and when they please us, we do them frequently ; and by frequency of acts, a thing grows into a habit ; and confirmed habit is a kind of second nature ; and so far as... | |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...to take pleafure in them ; End when they pleafe us, we do them frequently ; and byfrequency of adb, a thing grows into a habit ; and confirmed habit is a kind of fécond nature ; and fo far аз Climax. Middle of Clim. Longpft Day. Latit. Middle о Clim. Lcn-eft... | |
| Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 222 pages
...we have practised good actions a while, they become easy ; and when they are easy, we begin to take pleas*ure in them ; and when they please us, we do them frequently, and by frequency of action, a thing grows into a habit ; and a confirmed habit is a second kind of nature ; and so far... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...we have practised good actions awhile, they. become easy ; and when they are easy, we begin to take pleasure in them ; and when they please us we do them frequently ; rj>d by frequency of acts, a thing grows into a habit ; and a confirmed habit is a second kind of... | |
| John Ryley, John Gawthorp, John Whitley - Mathematics - 1815 - 308 pages
...awhile," says the venerable Tillotson, "they become easy; and when they are easy, we begin to take pleasure in them: and when they please us, we do them frequently; and by the frequency of acts, a thing grows into a habit; and a confirmed habit is a second kind of-nature;... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1815 - 382 pages
...After we have practised good actions awhile, they become easy; and when they are easy, we begin to take pleasure in them ; and when they please us, we do them frequently ; and byfrequency of acts, a thing grows -into a habu ; and confirmed habit is a kind of second nature ;... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1819 - 718 pages
...take pleasure in them ; and when they please us, we do them frequently ; and by frequency of acts, a thing grows into a habit ; and confirmed habit is...nature ; and so far as any thing is natural, so far it isnecessary ; and we can hardly do otherwise ; nay, we do it many times when we do not think of it."... | |
| John Mason Good - 1819 - 694 pages
...ire hire practised good actions a while they bwome easy ; and when they ate easy, we bejin to take pleasure in them ; and when they please us, we do them frequently ; and by frequency of acts, a thing grows into a habit : and confirmed habit is a second kind of nature ; and R> far as... | |
| Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...practised good actions a while, they become easy ; and when they are easy, we begin to take pleasureiln them ; and when they please us, we do them frequently ; and, by frequency of acts, a thing grows into a habit ; and a confirmed habit is a second kind of nature ; and, so far... | |
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