The Works of Vicesimus Knox, D.D.: With a Biographical Preface, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1824 |
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... reason , as it proved in the result , that so laborious an undertaking would injuriously interfere with the literary career he had so successfully commenced . Mrs. Montague also , who then enjoyed high celebrity , and several other ...
... reason , as it proved in the result , that so laborious an undertaking would injuriously interfere with the literary career he had so successfully commenced . Mrs. Montague also , who then enjoyed high celebrity , and several other ...
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... reason to hope , which is reserved for those who have walked humbly and piously with their God , and enjoyed an unwearied delight in advancing the moral and intellec- , tual happiness of their species . To him who has been appointed to ...
... reason to hope , which is reserved for those who have walked humbly and piously with their God , and enjoyed an unwearied delight in advancing the moral and intellec- , tual happiness of their species . To him who has been appointed to ...
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... reason , and a love of order . Religion , added to the light of Nature and the experience of mankind , has concurred in establishing it as an unquestionable truth , that the 1 irregular or intemperate indulgence of the passions is ...
... reason , and a love of order . Religion , added to the light of Nature and the experience of mankind , has concurred in establishing it as an unquestionable truth , that the 1 irregular or intemperate indulgence of the passions is ...
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... reason ; and his happiness cer- tainly depends upon the involuntary use or abuse , the neglect or the exertion , of this noble faculty . It seems probable that many who urge the inefficacy of philosophical and moral precepts are only ...
... reason ; and his happiness cer- tainly depends upon the involuntary use or abuse , the neglect or the exertion , of this noble faculty . It seems probable that many who urge the inefficacy of philosophical and moral precepts are only ...
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... reason and divinity inform us we shall be at last greatly defective . Whither , then , shall we fly for succour ? whither shall we turn to find that which shall support our weakness , and supply our defects ? Philosophy is often vain ...
... reason and divinity inform us we shall be at last greatly defective . Whither , then , shall we fly for succour ? whither shall we turn to find that which shall support our weakness , and supply our defects ? Philosophy is often vain ...
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Page 152 - The general purpose of this Paper is to expose the false arts of life, to pull off the disguises of cunning, vanity, and affectation, and to recommend a general simplicity in our dress, our discourse, and our behaviour.
Page 450 - She decorates the floweret that springs beneath our feet in all the perfection of external beauty. She has clothed the garden with a constant succession of various hues. Even the leaves of the tree undergo a pleasing vicissitude. The fresh verdure...
Page 509 - Remember that thou art an actor in a play of such a kind as the teacher (author) may choose; if short, of a short one; if long, of a long one: if he wishes you to act the part of a poor man, see that you act the part naturally; if the part of a lame man, of a magistrate, of a private person, (do the same). For this is your duty, to act well the part that is given to you; but to select the part, belongs to another.
Page 509 - He is returned to us a philosopher all at once," and " Whence this supercilious look? " Now, for your part, do not have a supercilious look indeed ; but keep steadily to those things which appear best to you as one appointed by God to this station. For remember that, if you adhere to the same point, those very persons who at first ridiculed will afterwards admire you.
Page 38 - ... less than men, through the defect of manly virtues. The superintendence of a garden might of itself occupy a life elegantly and pleasurably. Nothing is better able to gratify the inherent love of novelty ; for Nature is always renewing her variegated appearance. She is infinite in her productions, and the life of man may come to its close before he has seen half the pictures which she is able to display. The taste for gardening in England is at present pure. Nature is restored to her throne,...
Page 481 - It is also worthy of notice, that while all his biographers send him to Italy to study its poetry, Mr. Warton finds nothing in bis works of that metaphysical cast which marks the Italian poets, his supposed masters, especially Petrarch. " Surrey's sentiments are for the most part natural and unaffected. arising from his own feelings, and dictated by the present circumstances : his poetry is alike unembarrassed by learned allusions, or elaborate conceits.
Page 36 - The earnest poetry was pastoral, and every juvenile poet of the present day delights to indulge in the luxuriance of a rural description. A taste for these pleasures will render the morning walk at least as delightful as the evening assembly.
Page 377 - When the important day arrives, the two doughty disputants go into a large dusty room full of dirt and cobwebs, with walls and wainscot decorated with the names of former disputants, who, to divert the tedious hours, cut out their names with their pen-knives, or wrote verses with a pencil. Here they sit in mean desks, opposite to each other, from one o'clock till three.
Page 216 - Natural stupidity, natural ill-temper, acquired ill-habits, want of education, illiberal manners, and a neglect of the common rules of discretion, will render every species of intercourse disagreeable. When those are united by connubial ties, who were separated by natural and inherent diversity, no wonder if that degree of happiness, which can only result from a proper union, is unknown. In the forced alliance, which the poet of Venusium mentions, of the serpent with the dove, of the tyger with the...
Page 510 - ... which are the usual subjects; and especially not about men, as blaming them or praising them, or comparing them. If then you are able, bring over by your conversation the conversation of your associates to that which is proper; but if you should happen to be confined to the company of strangers, be silent. Let not your laughter be much, nor on many occasions, nor excessive.