The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces. in Prose and Verse for the Instruction and Entertainment of YouthH. H. Holle, 1775 - 376 pages |
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... fomething wonderfully agreeable to that ambition which is na- tural to the mind of man . Nay it must be a profpect pleafing to God himself , to fee his creation for ever beautifying in his eyes , and drawing nearer to him , by greater ...
... fomething wonderfully agreeable to that ambition which is na- tural to the mind of man . Nay it must be a profpect pleafing to God himself , to fee his creation for ever beautifying in his eyes , and drawing nearer to him , by greater ...
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... fomething more wonderful and surprising in contemplations on the world of life , by which I mean all those animals with which every part of the universe is furnished . The material world is only the shell of the universe : the world of ...
... fomething more wonderful and surprising in contemplations on the world of life , by which I mean all those animals with which every part of the universe is furnished . The material world is only the shell of the universe : the world of ...
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... fomething fo particularly gloomy and offensive to human nature in the prospect of non - existence , that I cannot but wonder , with many excellent writers , how it is poffible for a man to outlive the expectation of it . For my own part ...
... fomething fo particularly gloomy and offensive to human nature in the prospect of non - existence , that I cannot but wonder , with many excellent writers , how it is poffible for a man to outlive the expectation of it . For my own part ...
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... fomething more may ftill be effected : the paf- fion itself in fome degree is in our power ; we may rise to a yet nearer emulation of divine forgiveness , we may think as well as act with kindness , and be sanctified as well in heart as ...
... fomething more may ftill be effected : the paf- fion itself in fome degree is in our power ; we may rise to a yet nearer emulation of divine forgiveness , we may think as well as act with kindness , and be sanctified as well in heart as ...
Page 80
... fomething which can never be learnt but in the company of the polite . The virtues of men are catching as well as their vices , and your own obferva tions added to thefe , will foon discover what it is that commands attention in one man ...
... fomething which can never be learnt but in the company of the polite . The virtues of men are catching as well as their vices , and your own obferva tions added to thefe , will foon discover what it is that commands attention in one man ...
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Common terms and phrases
actions againſt Ants beauty becauſe beſt chearful confequences confider confideration converfation corn creatures defign defire delight difcovered earth endeavour eyes faid fame fatire fatisfaction fays fecret fecure feem feen feldom felves fenfe fenfible feveral fhade fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fortune foul fpecies ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fure greateſt happineſs happy heart herſelf himſelf honour houſe human impoffible induſtry itſelf juft kind labour laft lefs live loft look mankind mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neft never obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffion pain perfon philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffible praiſe prefent preferve purfuit purpoſe racter raiſed reafon reft rife ſhe ſmall Spect ſtate thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding univerfally uſe Virgil's tomb virtue whofe whoſe