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... happiness . In fair Columbia's realms , how changed the plan ; Where all things bloom , but , first of all things , man ! Lord of himself , the independent swain , Sees no superior stalk the happy plain : His house , his herd , his ...
... happiness . In fair Columbia's realms , how changed the plan ; Where all things bloom , but , first of all things , man ! Lord of himself , the independent swain , Sees no superior stalk the happy plain : His house , his herd , his ...
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... happiness , rather than happiness itself . Laws are chiefly employed in regulating property ; and it is remarkable that no complex system of legis- lation was ever invented , until they first began to sow and reap , to measure and till ...
... happiness , rather than happiness itself . Laws are chiefly employed in regulating property ; and it is remarkable that no complex system of legis- lation was ever invented , until they first began to sow and reap , to measure and till ...
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... happiness , that all laws regulating it must be equally coarse ; they must be far removed from the heart . Ascertaining a man's fe- licity by his property , is like measuring trees by their shadows ; and hence all legal operations ...
... happiness , that all laws regulating it must be equally coarse ; they must be far removed from the heart . Ascertaining a man's fe- licity by his property , is like measuring trees by their shadows ; and hence all legal operations ...
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... law and government . It spreads order through life , commu- nicates security and happiness ; every man sits under his own vine and fig tree , and there is none to molest or make him afraid . The poor man is as 50 THE PURITAN .
... law and government . It spreads order through life , commu- nicates security and happiness ; every man sits under his own vine and fig tree , and there is none to molest or make him afraid . The poor man is as 50 THE PURITAN .
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... happiness is bought at a cheaper price . Just so we shall find it with respect to the influence of the law of God . It commands us , not even to covet our neighbor's wealth . This , like the prohibi- tion of the garden of Eden , imposes ...
... happiness is bought at a cheaper price . Just so we shall find it with respect to the influence of the law of God . It commands us , not even to covet our neighbor's wealth . This , like the prohibi- tion of the garden of Eden , imposes ...
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Page 56 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, "Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment." But I say unto you that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, "Raca," shall be in danger of the council.
Page 212 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 25 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Page 51 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, 'With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come...
Page 104 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Page 208 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art; Spontaneous joys, where Nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested, unconfined.
Page 106 - The primal duties shine aloft, like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers...
Page 248 - To bring a lover, a lady, and a rival, into the fable ; to entangle them in contradictory obligations, perplex them with oppositions of interest, and harass them with violence of desires inconsistent with each other; to make them meet in rapture, and part in agony ; to fill their mouths with hyperbolical joy and outrageous sorrow...
Page 52 - We will proceed no further in this business. He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon.
Page 197 - He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Page 66 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink; lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.