Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10 |
From inside the book
Results 1-4 of 4
Page
... knowledge : " and again , " Not to oversee workmen , is to leave them your purse open . " Trusting too much to oth- ers ' care is the ruin of many ; for , " In the affairs of this world , men are saved , not by faith , but by the want ...
... knowledge : " and again , " Not to oversee workmen , is to leave them your purse open . " Trusting too much to oth- ers ' care is the ruin of many ; for , " In the affairs of this world , men are saved , not by faith , but by the want ...
Page
... knowledge only contribute to sour our dispositions . My present enjoyments may be more refined , but they are infinitely less pleasing . The pleasure the best actor gives , can no way com- pare to that I have received from a country wag ...
... knowledge only contribute to sour our dispositions . My present enjoyments may be more refined , but they are infinitely less pleasing . The pleasure the best actor gives , can no way com- pare to that I have received from a country wag ...
Page
... knowledge , so worthy of our curiosity , and so necessary to the uses of life ; but not in such a degree as to throw you into absence : -endeavour to be always recollected , whatever are your studies . If I was young , and had leisure ...
... knowledge , so worthy of our curiosity , and so necessary to the uses of life ; but not in such a degree as to throw you into absence : -endeavour to be always recollected , whatever are your studies . If I was young , and had leisure ...
Page
... knowledge of the sciences a Philosopher . But we live in an age where great words impose , and where men think themselves to be eminent geniuses , if they only con- trive a set of singular opinions . Distrust those writ- ers who employ ...
... knowledge of the sciences a Philosopher . But we live in an age where great words impose , and where men think themselves to be eminent geniuses , if they only con- trive a set of singular opinions . Distrust those writ- ers who employ ...
Other editions - View all
Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10 Hugh Blair,Rollin,Thomas Percival No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
Almanack animal without feathers animating some happier ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD appears ard says aspiring disposition auction beauteous feathers burst the prison callow infancy Chinvang creditor diligence disposition and unbounded distress dress EDWARD PERCIVAL ENDEARED BY AGE ENJOYMENTS OF EARLY EPITAPH Father Abraham fledged pinions folly fool FRENCH OF GANGANELLI friends frugality GOLDSMITH grated prison happier form happy Elysium harmonious sorrow hath health to enjoy heap of beauteous heard to petition hope for retribution hope of animating humour idle indignant soul burst innocence can hope keep left a lifeless legged animal lifeless heap live Mathematician Mathematics mour ness never oft-removed person of unblemished philosophy pitiless hands pleasure Poor Dick Poor Rich Poor Richard says pride purse RICHARD ACANTHUS RICHARD SAUNDERS rough and pitiless run in debt Sloth sure thee thing thou tired with fruitless unalienable rights undoubted charter view those fields violent clamours WEALTH