We were told, that universal benevolence was what first cemented society ; we were taught to consider all the wants of mankind as our own ; to regard ' the human face divine' with affection and esteem; he wound us up to be mere machines of pity, and rendered... The Eclectic Review - Page 563edited by - 1859Full view - About this book
| 1872 - 660 pages
...mankind as our own ; to regard the human face divine with affection and esteem. He wound us up to be mere machines of pity, and rendered us incapable of...of giving away thousands before we were taught the necessary qualifications of getting a farthing." In " The Deserted Village " we have another picture... | |
| John Forster - 1873 - 806 pages
...mankind as our own; to re"gard the human face divine with "affection and esteem; he wound "us up to be mere machines of "pity, and rendered us incapable...were perfectly instructed in "the art of giving away thou" sands, before we were taught "the more necessary qualifica"tions of getting a farthing."*' Acquisitions... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...mankind as our own; to regard 'the human face divine' with affection and esteem ; he wound us up to be mere machines of pity, and rendered us incapable of...more necessary qualifications of getting a farthing. " I cannot avoid imagining, that thus refined by his lessons out of all my suspicion, and divested... | |
| Benjamin Bausman - 1875 - 494 pages
...he wound us up to Ije mere machines of pity, and rendered us incapable of withstanding the slightet impulse made either by real or fictitious distress....giving away thousands before we •were taught the necessary qualifications of getting a farthing." Of his brother Charles he says : " At church, with... | |
| John Forster - 1877 - 528 pages
...all the " wants of mankind as our own ; to regard the human face divine " with affection and esteem ; he wound us up to bo mere machines '' of pity, and...we were taught the more necessary qualifications of gutting "a farthing." Acquisitions highly primitive, and supporting what seems to have been the common... | |
| John Forster - 1877 - 468 pages
...and esteem; he wound us up " to be mere machines of pity, and rendered us incapable of with" standing the slightest impulse made either by real or fictitious...instructed in the art of " giving away thousands, before wo were taught the more neces" sary qualifications of getting a farthing."* Acquisitions highly primitive,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1881 - 780 pages
...mankind as our own ; to regard the human face divine with affection and esteem ; he .wound us up to be mere machines of pity, and rendered us incapable of...were perfectly instructed in the "art of giving away thousands,before we were taught the more necessary qualifications of getting a farthing. " I cannot... | |
| Washington Irving - 1881 - 952 pages
...mankind as our own ; to regard the human face divine with anection and esteem ; he wound us up to be mere machines of pity, and rendered us incapable of withstanding the slightest impulse made cither by real or fictitious distress. In a word, we were perfectly instructed in the art of giving... | |
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