Memoirs of the Forty-five First Years of the Life of James Lackington ...Author, 1794 - 328 sider |
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... observed , benevolence is but a pallive virtue , and his charity was no more than bribery ; he knew no other use of money but to give it away , and he found out that an hundred pounds would go farther in half - crowns than in pounds ...
... observed , benevolence is but a pallive virtue , and his charity was no more than bribery ; he knew no other use of money but to give it away , and he found out that an hundred pounds would go farther in half - crowns than in pounds ...
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... . fert one thing at night and another in the morning , On which he observed , that as he was not provided with a hop , he must take fome time to look for one I told him that he might take as long a 208 LIFE OF J. LACKINGTON .
... . fert one thing at night and another in the morning , On which he observed , that as he was not provided with a hop , he must take fome time to look for one I told him that he might take as long a 208 LIFE OF J. LACKINGTON .
Side 268
... observe , that I have as just a reason to complain of them for giving credit , as they can have for my felling cheap and giving no credit ; as it is well known that there are many thousands of people every where to be found who will ...
... observe , that I have as just a reason to complain of them for giving credit , as they can have for my felling cheap and giving no credit ; as it is well known that there are many thousands of people every where to be found who will ...
Side 310
... observations which have occurred to me on the fubject . I cannot enter . tain a doubt but that many by this practice have been highly benefited ; but at the fame time I muft ob- ferve that fuch relief is only to be reasonably expect- ed ...
... observations which have occurred to me on the fubject . I cannot enter . tain a doubt but that many by this practice have been highly benefited ; but at the fame time I muft ob- ferve that fuch relief is only to be reasonably expect- ed ...
Side 309
... observed the remains of a large camp near the fpot . Camden has taken notice of a large camp at Roach Caftle , three or four miles from hence ; it is ftrange that neither he nor Gough fhould take any notice of fo fingular a Barrow as ...
... observed the remains of a large camp near the fpot . Camden has taken notice of a large camp at Roach Caftle , three or four miles from hence ; it is ftrange that neither he nor Gough fhould take any notice of fo fingular a Barrow as ...
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Side 159 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Side 110 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Side 85 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Side 247 - Be even cautious in displaying your good sense. It will be thought you assume a superiority over the rest of the company.— But if you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret, especially from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts and a cultivated understanding.
Side 151 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Side 169 - To Banbury came I; O prophane one ! Where I saw a puritane one, Hanging of his cat on Monday, For killing of a mouse on Sunday.
Side 163 - This I take to be properly enthusiasm, which, though founded neither on reason nor divine revelation, but rising from the conceits of a warmed or overweening brain, works yet, where it once gets footing, more powerfully on the persuasions and actions of men than either of those two, or both together...
Side 81 - ... state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?
Side 163 - God, I own, cannot be denied to be able to enlighten the understanding, by a ray darted into the mind immediately from the fountain of light...
Side 238 - The best time for bookselling, is when there is no kind of news stirring ; then many of those who for months would have done nothing but talk of war or peace, revolutions, and counter-revolutions, &c.