Sketches of the History of Man: In Two Volumes, Band 2W. Creech, 1774 - 519 Seiten |
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... hand , what resource for the inhabitants of Rome , had they been fubdued ? They must have perifhed by hunger ; for they could . not work . In a word , ancient Rome resembles a gamester who ventures all upon one decifive throw : if he ...
... hand , what resource for the inhabitants of Rome , had they been fubdued ? They must have perifhed by hunger ; for they could . not work . In a word , ancient Rome resembles a gamester who ventures all upon one decifive throw : if he ...
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... hand , ( Madame Pompadour ) ;. and if it have any refemblance , it fets our plan in a confpicuous light . The French nobleffe , fays that lady , fpending their lives in diffipation and idleness , know as little of politics as of economy ...
... hand , ( Madame Pompadour ) ;. and if it have any refemblance , it fets our plan in a confpicuous light . The French nobleffe , fays that lady , fpending their lives in diffipation and idleness , know as little of politics as of economy ...
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... hand , a nation in which every fubject is a foldier , must not indulge any hopes of becoming powerful by manufac- tures and commerce : it is indeed vigorously defended , but is fcarce worthy of being defended . The golden mean of ...
... hand , a nation in which every fubject is a foldier , must not indulge any hopes of becoming powerful by manufac- tures and commerce : it is indeed vigorously defended , but is fcarce worthy of being defended . The golden mean of ...
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... hand , weans them from their duty to him . And thus , affection between parent and child , which is the corner - stone of fociety , is in a great measure obliterated among the labouring poor . In a plan published by the Earl of ...
... hand , weans them from their duty to him . And thus , affection between parent and child , which is the corner - stone of fociety , is in a great measure obliterated among the labouring poor . In a plan published by the Earl of ...
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... hand eradicates . the virtue of charity , and on the other is a violent temptation to idleness . Wonderfully ill contrived must the English charity- laws be , when their confequences are to fap the foundation of vo- luntary charity ; to ...
... hand eradicates . the virtue of charity , and on the other is a violent temptation to idleness . Wonderfully ill contrived must the English charity- laws be , when their confequences are to fap the foundation of vo- luntary charity ; to ...
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Seite 474 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Seite 155 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Seite 460 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Seite 472 - And when Abraham saw that the Man blessed not God, he said unto him, Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, Creator of Heaven and Earth?
Seite 473 - Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not ; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth : for God hath received him.
Seite 407 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Seite 436 - Verily I say unto you, in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Seite 449 - And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said unto the people. There are six days in which men ought to work in them therefore come and be healed; and not on the Sabbath day...
Seite 407 - Lord be pleafed with thoufands of rams, or with ten thou" fands of rivers of oil ? fhall I give my firft-born for my tranfgref" fion, the fruit of my body for the fin of my foul ? He hath " fhewed thee, O man, what is good : and what doth the Lord " require of thee, but to do juftly, to love mercy, and to walk "humbly with thy God?
Seite 255 - ... and what we ought to do and what we ought not to do, whoever came into the world without having an innate idea of them?