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... divine right of the church to them , and con- sequently gave great offence to the clergy , and incurred the displeasure of king James . He was admitted , at the intercession of his friend Ben Jonson , to explain himself to the king in ...
... divine right of the church to them , and con- sequently gave great offence to the clergy , and incurred the displeasure of king James . He was admitted , at the intercession of his friend Ben Jonson , to explain himself to the king in ...
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... .. Marriage ...... of Cousin - germans Measure of things Difference of Men Minister Divine .. Money Moral Honesty . 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 100 101 Page Mortgage ... 102 Number ib . Oaths ........ Oracles CONTENTS . xxxiii.
... .. Marriage ...... of Cousin - germans Measure of things Difference of Men Minister Divine .. Money Moral Honesty . 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 100 101 Page Mortgage ... 102 Number ib . Oaths ........ Oracles CONTENTS . xxxiii.
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... divine will deny , but the king may give them to whom he please . If a parliament make a law con- cerning leather , or any other commodity , you and I for example are parliament men , per- haps in respect to our own private interests ...
... divine will deny , but the king may give them to whom he please . If a parliament make a law con- cerning leather , or any other commodity , you and I for example are parliament men , per- haps in respect to our own private interests ...
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... divine that cannot sever the good from the bad . 5. It is good to have translations , because they serve as a comment , so far as the judgment of the man goes . 6. In answering a book , it is best to be short , otherwise he that I write ...
... divine that cannot sever the good from the bad . 5. It is good to have translations , because they serve as a comment , so far as the judgment of the man goes . 6. In answering a book , it is best to be short , otherwise he that I write ...
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... divine goes , but how to make our contracts is left to ourselves ; and as we agree upon the convey- ing of this house , or that land , so it must be . If you offer me a hundred pounds for my glove - I tell you what my glove is , a plain ...
... divine goes , but how to make our contracts is left to ourselves ; and as we agree upon the convey- ing of this house , or that land , so it must be . If you offer me a hundred pounds for my glove - I tell you what my glove is , a plain ...
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Page 180 - And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou me?
Page 59 - Sir, it is owing to their expressing themselves in a plain and familiar manner, which is the only way to do good to the common people, and which clergymen of genius and learning ought to do from a principle of duty, when it is suited to their congregations ; a practice for which they will be praised by men of sense.
Page 93 - Why, sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying : and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
Page 66 - I hate by-roads in education. Education is as well known, and has long been as well known as ever it can be. Endeavouring to make children prematurely wise is useless labour. Suppose they have more knowledge at five or six years old than other children, what use can be made of it ? It will be lost before it is wanted, and the waste of so much time and labour of the teacher can never be repaid. Too much is expected from precocity, and too little performed. Miss (') was an instance of early cultivation,...
Page 106 - talk no more of that. You are, perhaps, the worst — eh, eh ! " — Goldsmith was eagerly attempting to interrupt him, when Garrick went on, laughing ironically, " Nay, you will always look like a gentleman ; but I am talking of being well or ill drest."
Page 26 - But is not the fear of death natural to man?" JOHNSON. " So much so, sir, that the whole of life is but keeping away the thoughts of it.
Page 22 - You never open your mouth but with intention to give pain ; and you have often given me pain, not from the power of what you said, but from seeing your intention.
Page 146 - It is rarely well executed. They only who live with a man can write his life with any genuine exactness and discrimination ; and few people who have lived with a man know what to remark about him.
Page 150 - Sir, you do not know it to be good or bad till the Judge determines it. I have said that you are to state facts fairly ; so that your thinking, or what you call knowing, a cause to be bad, must be from reasoning ; must be from your supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive.
Page 95 - I have often blamed myself, Sir, for not feeling for others, as sensibly as many say they do." JOHNSON. "Sir, don't be duped by them any more. You will find these very feeling people are not very ready to do you good. They pay you by feeling.