Extracts from various authors; and fragments of table-talk [ed. by E.L. Hussey].E. Pickard Hall, and J.H. Stacy, printers to the University, 1883 - 217 pages |
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... rule of telling the truth , but that he should on all occasions desire to learn the truth , and do this to the best of his ability , not con- sidering whether the result will be agreeable and convenient , Education . Studies . 7.
... rule of telling the truth , but that he should on all occasions desire to learn the truth , and do this to the best of his ability , not con- sidering whether the result will be agreeable and convenient , Education . Studies . 7.
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... rules of legal exposition , — rules which are the product of great acuteness , and of wide experience in the business of interpretation ; but with the nature and effect of which non- professional minds seldom have an exact ac ...
... rules of legal exposition , — rules which are the product of great acuteness , and of wide experience in the business of interpretation ; but with the nature and effect of which non- professional minds seldom have an exact ac ...
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... rule with such men , under all circumstances to execute business with prompt and decisive action , — and by a wise and econo- mical application of time and means amassing money ; and in a few years of wholesome thrift we find them ...
... rule with such men , under all circumstances to execute business with prompt and decisive action , — and by a wise and econo- mical application of time and means amassing money ; and in a few years of wholesome thrift we find them ...
Page 69
... principle but the principle that there are many people always ready to be deceived by a boldly- sustained imposture , and which has no rule of practice really adhered to by its disciples , is not Medicine , as a Profession . 69.
... principle but the principle that there are many people always ready to be deceived by a boldly- sustained imposture , and which has no rule of practice really adhered to by its disciples , is not Medicine , as a Profession . 69.
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... rule , what puts you to non - plus , and baffles your Art ? for petticoat practice has now got the start . In physics , as well as in fashions , we find the newest has always the run with mankind ; forgot is the bustle ' bout Taylor and ...
... rule , what puts you to non - plus , and baffles your Art ? for petticoat practice has now got the start . In physics , as well as in fashions , we find the newest has always the run with mankind ; forgot is the bustle ' bout Taylor and ...
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Page 169 - All things are full of labour ; man cannot utter it : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Page 133 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 96 - Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd, comrade.
Page 97 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all : to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Page 97 - Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in, Bear it, that the opposer may beware of thee. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice: Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Page 105 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart ; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected ; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself seconded by the applauses of the public.
Page 192 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.