Miscellanies, Moral and Instructive, in Prose and VersePrinted: London, Reprinted by J. Phillips, 1787 - 198 pages |
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... WISE Heathen , with great juftice , compares profperity to the indulgence of a fond mother to her child , which often proves his ruin ; but the affection of the Divine Being to that of a wife father , who would have his fons exercised ...
... WISE Heathen , with great juftice , compares profperity to the indulgence of a fond mother to her child , which often proves his ruin ; but the affection of the Divine Being to that of a wife father , who would have his fons exercised ...
Page 47
... WISE man will defire no more , than what he may get justly , ufe foberly , diftribute chearfully , and leave contentedly .. EXPENSIVE drefs is not a crime , because there is any harm in good apparel , but because it fhews a de- pravity ...
... WISE man will defire no more , than what he may get justly , ufe foberly , diftribute chearfully , and leave contentedly .. EXPENSIVE drefs is not a crime , because there is any harm in good apparel , but because it fhews a de- pravity ...
Page 60
... WISE Heathen was of opinion , that if mankind , in general , had the power given them to change their ftation in life , and at the fame time were made acquaint- ed ed with the inconveniences attending every other state , as ( 60 )
... WISE Heathen was of opinion , that if mankind , in general , had the power given them to change their ftation in life , and at the fame time were made acquaint- ed ed with the inconveniences attending every other state , as ( 60 )
Page 72
... WISE and virtuous man can never be proud ; nor can he be exalted in his thoughts at any advantages he has above others ; because he is confcious of his own weakness and inability to become either wife or virtu- ous , by any thing he ...
... WISE and virtuous man can never be proud ; nor can he be exalted in his thoughts at any advantages he has above others ; because he is confcious of his own weakness and inability to become either wife or virtu- ous , by any thing he ...
Page 91
... WISE man endeavours to fhine in himself ; a fool to outfhine others . The firft is humbled by the fenfe of his own infirmities ; the laft is lifted up by the difcovery of those which he observes in others . The wife man confiders what ...
... WISE man endeavours to fhine in himself ; a fool to outfhine others . The firft is humbled by the fenfe of his own infirmities ; the laft is lifted up by the difcovery of those which he observes in others . The wife man confiders what ...
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Page 170 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate All but the page prescribed, their present 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 ? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 22 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.
Page 141 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n.
Page 169 - 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.
Page 51 - O thou bounteous giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.
Page 158 - Then see the sorrows of my heart, Ere yet it be too late ; And hear my Saviour's dying groans, To give those sorrows weight. VI. For never shall my soul despair Her pardon to procure, Who knows thine only Son has died To make her pardon sure.
Page 168 - If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies; And they are fools who roam : The world has nothing to bestow ; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.
Page 120 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Page 191 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
Page 157 - IT is of the last importance to season the passions of a child with devotion, which seldom dies in a mind that has received an early tincture of it. Though it may seem extinguished for a while by the cares of the world, the heats of youth, or the allurements of vice, it generally breaks out and discovers itself again as soon as discretion, consideration, age, or misfortunes have brought the man to himself. The fire may be covered and overlaid, but cannot be entirely quenched and smothered.