The Scots Magazine, Band 12Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1750 |
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... common water at the touch ; and their phantom of perfection has vanished , when they wished to prefs it to their bofom . They have loft the pleasure of imagining how far hu- manity may be exalted ; and perhaps find themselves lefs ...
... common water at the touch ; and their phantom of perfection has vanished , when they wished to prefs it to their bofom . They have loft the pleasure of imagining how far hu- manity may be exalted ; and perhaps find themselves lefs ...
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... common , than to charge a : man with hypocrify that expreffes zeal for those virtues which he neglects to practife ; fince he may be fincerely convinced of the advantages of a conquering his paffions , without having yet obtained the ...
... common , than to charge a : man with hypocrify that expreffes zeal for those virtues which he neglects to practife ; fince he may be fincerely convinced of the advantages of a conquering his paffions , without having yet obtained the ...
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lar attainments ; or they may be fo much unfurnished with matter on common fubjects , that difcourfe not profeffedly literary , glides over them as heterogeneous bodies , without admitting their conceptions to mix in the circulation . A ...
lar attainments ; or they may be fo much unfurnished with matter on common fubjects , that difcourfe not profeffedly literary , glides over them as heterogeneous bodies , without admitting their conceptions to mix in the circulation . A ...
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... common tribe of weekly and " monthly pamphleteers , as to produce fome prejudice in our favour . For " our fcheme comprifes all that engages the attention of the world . " . Grandly expreffed by the fpirited author , but it feemeth that ...
... common tribe of weekly and " monthly pamphleteers , as to produce fome prejudice in our favour . For " our fcheme comprifes all that engages the attention of the world . " . Grandly expreffed by the fpirited author , but it feemeth that ...
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2 forbear declaring , that if any attempt fhould be made , as common fame related , for changing , either by force or artifice , the prefent form of government in that kingdom , he would find himself indispen- fably obliged , as well ...
2 forbear declaring , that if any attempt fhould be made , as common fame related , for changing , either by force or artifice , the prefent form of government in that kingdom , he would find himself indispen- fably obliged , as well ...
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Seite 164 - In narratives, where historical veracity has no place* I cannot discover, why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate ; but the highest and purest that humanity can reach...
Seite 164 - ... the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which, exercised in such trials as the various revolutions of things shall bring upon it, may, by conquering some calamities and enduring others, teach us what we may hope and what we can perform.
Seite 580 - Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him whom he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
Seite 364 - In the regions inhabited by angelic natures, unmingled felicity for ever blooms, joy flows there with a perpetual and abundant stream, nor needs there any mound to check its course.
Seite 162 - In the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment was so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was in very little danger of making any applications to himself...
Seite 162 - ... together with that learning which is to be gained from books, that experience which can never be attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse, and accurate observation of the living world.
Seite 507 - ... ever unassisted ; that the wanderer may at length return after all his errors ; and that he who implores strength and courage from above, shall find danger and difficulty give way before him. Go now, my son, to thy repose ; commit thyself to the care of Omnipotence ; and when the morning calls again to toil, begin anew thy journey and thy life.
Seite 364 - numerable objects of delight, but that all might " rejoice in the privilege of exiftence, and be filled " with gratitude to the beneficent author of it ? Thus " to enjoy the bleffings he has fent, is virtue and
Seite 198 - Colonies in America, and to prevent the Erection of any Mill or other Engine for slitting or rolling of Iron, or any plating Forge to work with a Tilt Hammer, or any Furnace for making Steel...
Seite 137 - Second was exposed, and from which he was surprisingly and miraculously delivered, neither Lord Clarendon, nor any other author I have met with, takes the least notice of one of a very extraordinary nature, which happened to him...