The Adventurer, Volume 2John Hawkesworth J. Richardson, 1823 - English essays |
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... happiness , yet he pro- duced much more dreadful and extensive evil to society in the attempt . Bagshot killed two men ; and I have related the murder and its consequences , with such particulars as usually rouse that sensibi- lity ...
... happiness , yet he pro- duced much more dreadful and extensive evil to society in the attempt . Bagshot killed two men ; and I have related the murder and its consequences , with such particulars as usually rouse that sensibi- lity ...
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... happiness are lost by indiscretion , suffers his resentment to take away the rest . Among friends , sallies of quick resentment are ex- tremely frequent . Friendship is a constant recipro- cation of benefits , to which the sacrifice of ...
... happiness are lost by indiscretion , suffers his resentment to take away the rest . Among friends , sallies of quick resentment are ex- tremely frequent . Friendship is a constant recipro- cation of benefits , to which the sacrifice of ...
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... Happiness , " says he , " consists in the taste , and not in the things : and it is by enjoying what a man loves that he becomes happy ; not by having what others think desirable . " The obvious doctrine con- tained in this reflection ...
... Happiness , " says he , " consists in the taste , and not in the things : and it is by enjoying what a man loves that he becomes happy ; not by having what others think desirable . " The obvious doctrine con- tained in this reflection ...
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... happiness , during a series of external calamities that termi- nated in death ; and vice , by the success of her own projects , had been betrayed into shame , per- plexity , and confusion . These events were indeed natural ; and ...
... happiness , during a series of external calamities that termi- nated in death ; and vice , by the success of her own projects , had been betrayed into shame , per- plexity , and confusion . These events were indeed natural ; and ...
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... happiness , like virtue , consists not in rest , but in action ; it is found rather in the pursuit than the attainment of an end : for though the death of the stag is the purpose the chase , yet the moment this purpose is accom- plished ...
... happiness , like virtue , consists not in rest , but in action ; it is found rather in the pursuit than the attainment of an end : for though the death of the stag is the purpose the chase , yet the moment this purpose is accom- plished ...
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Page 26 - Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither shall I go then from thy presence ? If I climb up into heaven, thou art there ; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
Page 26 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 67 - Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Page 27 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Page 26 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 63 - When he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment. When he appointed the foundations of the earth., then I was by him, as one brought up with him, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.
Page 65 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Page 102 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 65 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 28 - The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.