| 1787 - 512 pages
...ftoic philofophf promulgated in India a thouiknd years before their introdu£tion into Greece. • « Let the motive be in the deed, and not in the event. Be not «ne whofe motive for aftion is the hope of reward. Let not thy life be fpent in inaftion. Depend upon... | |
| William Robertson - 1791 - 408 pages
...paffions, performeth " with his active faculties all the functions of life unconcerned " about the event k. Let the motive be in the deed, and not " in the event. Be not one whofe motive for action is the " hope of reward. Let not thy life be fpent in inaction. " Depend upon... | |
| 1792 - 822 pages
...paffions, performeth wi.h his active ¡acuities all the functions of life, unconcerned about the event. Let the motive be in the deed, and not in the event. Be not one whofe motive for action is the hope-of reward. Let not thy life be fpent in inaction. Depend upon application,... | |
| Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 518 pages
...passions, performeth with his active faculties all the functions of life, unconcerned about the issue. Let the motive be in the deed, and not in the event....application ; perform thy duty ; abandon all thought of the conseqrence, and make the event equal, whether it terminate ;n good or in evil. Seek an asylum then... | |
| William Robertson - 1804 - 422 pages
...paffions, performeth " with his a&ive faculties all the functions of life tc unconcerned about the event*. .Let the motive " be in the deed, and not in the event. Be not one " whofe motive for action is the hope ofTeward. " Let not thy life be fpent in inaction. Depend " upon... | |
| William Robertson - 1812 - 422 pages
...passions, performeth with his active faculties all the functions of life unconcerned about the event.* Let the motive be in the deed, and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for actions in the hope of reward. Let not thy life be spent in inaction. Depend upon application, perform... | |
| William Robertson - 1812 - 430 pages
...paffions, performeth with his " active faculties all the functions of life uncop" cerned about the event*. Let the motive be " in the deed, and not in the event. Be not one . " whofe motive for a£lion is the hope of reward. . " Let not thy life be fpent in inaction. Depend... | |
| William Robertson, Dugald Stewart - 1821 - 402 pages
...passions, performeth with his active faculties all " the functions of life, unconcerned about the " eventk. Let the motive be in the deed, and not " in the event. Be not one whose motive for ac • " tion is the hope of reward. Let not thy life be . " spent in inaction. Depend upon application,... | |
| William Robertson - 1828 - 746 pages
...passions, performed! with his active faculties all the functions of life, unconcerned about the event1. Let the motive be in the deed, and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope <>1 reward. Let not thy life be spent in inaction. Depend upon application, perform thy duty, abandon... | |
| William Robertson - 1835 - 750 pages
...Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope ot reward. Let not thy life be spent in inaction. Depend upon application, perform thv duty, abandon all thought of the consequence, and make the event equal, whether it terminate in... | |
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