The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 10J. Johnson, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, Otridge and Son, J. Sewell, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, R. Faulder, G. and J. Robinson, R. Lea, J. Nunn, W. Cuthell, T. Egerton, ... [and 12 others], 1801 |
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... rich man , with his bounty and charity ; and a poor man , with his labour ; are perfect nuisances in a common- wealth . Neither is any condition of life more ho- nourable in the sight of God than another ; otherwise he would be a ...
... rich man , with his bounty and charity ; and a poor man , with his labour ; are perfect nuisances in a common- wealth . Neither is any condition of life more ho- nourable in the sight of God than another ; otherwise he would be a ...
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... rich : which clearly shows , that God never intended such possessions for the sake and service of those to whom he lends them ; but because he hath assigned every man his particular station to be useful in life , and this for the reason ...
... rich : which clearly shows , that God never intended such possessions for the sake and service of those to whom he lends them ; but because he hath assigned every man his particular station to be useful in life , and this for the reason ...
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... rich man ; who is guilty of fraud , injustice , and oppression , if he does not afford relief according to his abilities . But this subjection we all owe one another , is no where more necessary than in the common conversa- tions of ...
... rich man ; who is guilty of fraud , injustice , and oppression , if he does not afford relief according to his abilities . But this subjection we all owe one another , is no where more necessary than in the common conversa- tions of ...
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... rich disposed to supply their wants ; if the ignorant found the wise ready to instruct and direct them ; or if the weak might always find protection from the mighty ; they could none of them , with the least pretence of justice , lament ...
... rich disposed to supply their wants ; if the ignorant found the wise ready to instruct and direct them ; or if the weak might always find protection from the mighty ; they could none of them , with the least pretence of justice , lament ...
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... rich or the poor are the least miserable of the two ? It is certain that no rich man ever desired to be poor , and that most , VOL . X. H if if not all poor men , desire to be rich [ 97 ] On the poor Man's Contentment.
... rich or the poor are the least miserable of the two ? It is certain that no rich man ever desired to be poor , and that most , VOL . X. H if if not all poor men , desire to be rich [ 97 ] On the poor Man's Contentment.
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Page 104 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 52 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens...
Page 37 - Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 214 - GOOD manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy is the best bred in the company.
Page 85 - Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Page 87 - And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, and set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law : for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
Page 165 - Thou hast promised that where two or three are gathered together in Thy name Thou wilt be in the midst of them...
Page 245 - Do not we see how easily we pardon our own actions and passions, and the very infirmities of our bodies : why should it be wonderful to find us pardon our own dulness...
Page 35 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Page 67 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.