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... laws formed by Lycurgus ; their good effects enumerated ; and moral reflections deduced , as an incitement to youth to pursue what is laudable and worthy of imitation Page 142 158 DIALOGUE IX . On the Sciences , with an Exhortation to ...
... laws formed by Lycurgus ; their good effects enumerated ; and moral reflections deduced , as an incitement to youth to pursue what is laudable and worthy of imitation Page 142 158 DIALOGUE IX . On the Sciences , with an Exhortation to ...
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... her excellent parent , and yields implicit obedience to her laws . Lady L. If I could not possess both these virtues , which ought I to choose ? B 5 Ment . Ment . They are bound by such strong ties , and Sincerity . 9.
... her excellent parent , and yields implicit obedience to her laws . Lady L. If I could not possess both these virtues , which ought I to choose ? B 5 Ment . Ment . They are bound by such strong ties , and Sincerity . 9.
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... laws are specified different kinds of trespasses , and punishments annexed , proportionate to the offence committed . Thus many persons , who would shudder at the thought of being guilty of any violent assault on the lives and ...
... laws are specified different kinds of trespasses , and punishments annexed , proportionate to the offence committed . Thus many persons , who would shudder at the thought of being guilty of any violent assault on the lives and ...
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... laws . Lady M. I am certain , my dear Madam , what you have said will prevent my ever tell- ing stories . Ment . I shall now proceed to point out the advantages which arise from SINCERITY . The practice of truth advan- 12 On Industry ...
... laws . Lady M. I am certain , my dear Madam , what you have said will prevent my ever tell- ing stories . Ment . I shall now proceed to point out the advantages which arise from SINCERITY . The practice of truth advan- 12 On Industry ...
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... thou chance to stray , Her voice recalls , and clears the doubtful way . Directed thus by her unerring laws , Trace all thy blessings to their first great Cause . The The great Creator wisely does dispense , To all his and Sincerity . 17.
... thou chance to stray , Her voice recalls , and clears the doubtful way . Directed thus by her unerring laws , Trace all thy blessings to their first great Cause . The The great Creator wisely does dispense , To all his and Sincerity . 17.
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Page 154 - And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing, shall surely die. And he shall restore the Lamb four-fold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
Page 151 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 151 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him ; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 47 - And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharged...
Page 226 - O'er other creatures. Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best.
Page 215 - It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad : for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; was lost, and is found.
Page 143 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Page 153 - Nathan came and said unto him, " There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor — the rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds...
Page 141 - Saint of England, St. Andrew of Scotland, St. Patrick of Ireland, St. David of Wales, St.
Page 164 - ... it was ordained that the ceilings of their houses should only be wrought by the axe, and their gates and doors smoothed only by the saw. Epaminondas's famous dictum about his own table, that " Treason and a dinner like this do not keep company together," may be said to have been anticipated by Lycurgus.