The SavageT.S. Manning, 1810 - 312 pages |
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... respect . He wishes for pleasure : he wishes for a distinguished situation among his species : and in order to obtain things so desirable , he immedi- ately sets about the business of accumulation . If he be able to subdue his love of ...
... respect . He wishes for pleasure : he wishes for a distinguished situation among his species : and in order to obtain things so desirable , he immedi- ately sets about the business of accumulation . If he be able to subdue his love of ...
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... respect for himself will be careless in the performance of duties that have no immediate connexion with his interest . From such considerations as the foregoing we deduce the conclusion , that the progress of civilization is unfa ...
... respect for himself will be careless in the performance of duties that have no immediate connexion with his interest . From such considerations as the foregoing we deduce the conclusion , that the progress of civilization is unfa ...
Page 83
... respect , under the idea that the time may come when , his enemy's interest and his own being the same , they may act together as friends . He must practise every vice , and descend to every spe- cies of meanness , that he may find ...
... respect , under the idea that the time may come when , his enemy's interest and his own being the same , they may act together as friends . He must practise every vice , and descend to every spe- cies of meanness , that he may find ...
Page 98
... respect simi- lar : and if it be wrong to acquire a kingdom , it is wrong to accumulate money : the object in both cases being precisely the same - power . The man who aspires to empire removes the obstacles that stand in his way ; the ...
... respect simi- lar : and if it be wrong to acquire a kingdom , it is wrong to accumulate money : the object in both cases being precisely the same - power . The man who aspires to empire removes the obstacles that stand in his way ; the ...
Page 100
... respect , and adoration of the world ! When he dies , his obsequies are celebrated with pomp ; and his name is immortalized by sculptors and poets . But the daring ambition of C was not content with the acquisition of power by the ...
... respect , and adoration of the world ! When he dies , his obsequies are celebrated with pomp ; and his name is immortalized by sculptors and poets . But the daring ambition of C was not content with the acquisition of power by the ...
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Page 289 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 78 - There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men that were of old, men of renown.
Page 10 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 156 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Page 202 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Page 225 - The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent armed With mortal sting.
Page 301 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep: All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Beth day and night.
Page 217 - For pronunciation the best general rule is, to consider those as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words.