The Gentleman's Library: Containing Rules for Conduct in All Parts of Life. The Fourth Edition. Corrected and Enlarged. Written by a GentlemanS. Birt; and D. Browne, 1744 - 440 pages |
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... fecure us from being infected by them in other Perfons : It will be a Di- rection in the Choice of our Acquaintance , and teach us to abandon the Commerce of thofe , who give themfelves a Loofe in fuch Liberties . There is no greater ...
... fecure us from being infected by them in other Perfons : It will be a Di- rection in the Choice of our Acquaintance , and teach us to abandon the Commerce of thofe , who give themfelves a Loofe in fuch Liberties . There is no greater ...
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... fecure a lafting Friendship and Acquaintance , muft firft deliberately judge , and thoroughly try its Worth , before he fettles it . It may be objected , That this Curiosity of Choice and Judgment is dependent on every cafual ...
... fecure a lafting Friendship and Acquaintance , muft firft deliberately judge , and thoroughly try its Worth , before he fettles it . It may be objected , That this Curiosity of Choice and Judgment is dependent on every cafual ...
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... farther than an Acquaintance ; but when we have once fixed on the Man in whom our Friendship may be fecure , it should be the Bufinefs , as well as the Pleasure of Our our Lives , to improve the Union , and never CHOICE of FRIENDS . 113.
... farther than an Acquaintance ; but when we have once fixed on the Man in whom our Friendship may be fecure , it should be the Bufinefs , as well as the Pleasure of Our our Lives , to improve the Union , and never CHOICE of FRIENDS . 113.
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... guard off Contempt , and fecure a moderate Repute to themselves . And thofe that are good for fomething themselves , will be contented that ethers fhould be fo too . To To conclude : Let us entertain fo vile Notions of 180 ENVY .
... guard off Contempt , and fecure a moderate Repute to themselves . And thofe that are good for fomething themselves , will be contented that ethers fhould be fo too . To To conclude : Let us entertain fo vile Notions of 180 ENVY .
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... with the Niceties of Mora- lity ; his Bufinefs is to fecure the End , not to diftinguish upon the Means . With him , as Juvenal has worded it ; Qua- Quærenda pecunia primum eft , Virtus poft nummos . A 198 COVETOUSNESS .
... with the Niceties of Mora- lity ; his Bufinefs is to fecure the End , not to diftinguish upon the Means . With him , as Juvenal has worded it ; Qua- Quærenda pecunia primum eft , Virtus poft nummos . A 198 COVETOUSNESS .
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Expressions et termes fréquents
Advantage Affectation againſt becauſe Befides beft beſt Bleffings Bufinefs Buſineſs Caufe Character Cicero Circumftances Confcience Confequences confider Confideration Converfation Curiofity Cuſtom Defign Defire Difcourfe difcover Difpofition eafy Efteem Exercife fafe faid falfe fame Faſhion fays fear fecure feem felf felves fhall fhew fhort fhould firft firſt Folly fome fomething fometimes Fortune fpeak Friend Friendship ftand fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fupport fure give greateſt Happineſs hath himſelf Honour human Humour impertinent Intereft itſelf juft Labour laft leaft Learning lefs live look Love Lying Meaſure ment miferable Mind Modefty moft moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary nefs never Number Obfervation Occafion ourſelves Paffion pafs Perfon pleaſe Pleaſure Plutarch Poffeffion prefent Pride Purpoſe Reafon Refpect Religion Senfe ſhall Soul ſpeak take fo Temper thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe Thoughts tion Truth Underſtanding uſe Vanity Vice Virtue whofe Wife worfe World
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Page 357 - And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 269 - But there, where I have garner'd up my heart, Where either I must live, or bear no life ; The fountain from the which my current runs, Or else dries up...
Page 9 - I CONSIDER a human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties; until the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot, and vein that runs through the body of it.
Page 214 - ... would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is discovered to want it, and then all his pains and labour to seem to have it are lost.
Page 166 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 10 - I do not doubt but it is, viz. that the difference to be found in the manners and abilities of men is owing more to their education than to any thing else...
Page 215 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Page 140 - ... this notion, that they place the. whole idea of honour in a kind of brutal courage ; by which means we have had many among us who have called themselves men of honour, that would have been a disgrace to a gibbet.
Page 134 - In the first place, true honour, though it be a different principle from religion, is that which produces the same effects. The lines of action, though drawn from different parts, terminate in the same point. Religion embraces virtue as it is enjoined by the laws of God; honour, as it is graceful and ornamental to human nature. The religious man fears, the man of honour scorns, to do an ill action. The...
Page 134 - The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in such as have been cultivated by great examples, or a refined education. This paper therefore is chiefly designed for those who by means of any of these advantages are, or ought to be actuated by this glorious principle.