The Young Man's Own BookKey & Biddle, 1833 - 320 páginas |
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... PROMISES 274 · 276 · 281 284 TEMPTATIONS ARISING FROM THE INDUL- GENCE OF SOCIAL PLEASURES TEMPTATIONS OF A CITY LIFE . · 296 · . . 300 ON THE PLEASURES OF THE UNDERSTAND- ING 304 JUSTICE 309 ON REVERENCING THE DEITY • 311 CONCLUSION ...
... PROMISES 274 · 276 · 281 284 TEMPTATIONS ARISING FROM THE INDUL- GENCE OF SOCIAL PLEASURES TEMPTATIONS OF A CITY LIFE . · 296 · . . 300 ON THE PLEASURES OF THE UNDERSTAND- ING 304 JUSTICE 309 ON REVERENCING THE DEITY • 311 CONCLUSION ...
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... promises , or to ruin your own peace , and the hap- piness of your partner , by fulfilling vows which time and better experience show ought never to have been made . The liberty to fall in love , does not include a permission to go a ...
... promises , or to ruin your own peace , and the hap- piness of your partner , by fulfilling vows which time and better experience show ought never to have been made . The liberty to fall in love , does not include a permission to go a ...
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... promises of others ; for , if we meet with disappointments instead of services , we sink as much in our reputations , as if they were owing to our own bad conduct ; and it is well we are not derided for our credulity , into the bargain ...
... promises of others ; for , if we meet with disappointments instead of services , we sink as much in our reputations , as if they were owing to our own bad conduct ; and it is well we are not derided for our credulity , into the bargain ...
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... promises himself success without endeavors , or despairs at the sight of difficulties , is always disappointed ; but , on the contrary , he that is indefatigable , succeeds even beyond his expecta- tions . There is not a more certain ...
... promises himself success without endeavors , or despairs at the sight of difficulties , is always disappointed ; but , on the contrary , he that is indefatigable , succeeds even beyond his expecta- tions . There is not a more certain ...
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... promise nothing but what you are sure to perform , and give no hopes but such as are just and reasonable . 14. A few more articles of general advice , and we have done : the first is on the subject of vanity ; which is the common ...
... promise nothing but what you are sure to perform , and give no hopes but such as are just and reasonable . 14. A few more articles of general advice , and we have done : the first is on the subject of vanity ; which is the common ...
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acquaintance advantage affected agreeable ance appear attention avoid awkward bad company become behavior better breeding called cation character Cicero circumstances conduct contempt conversation danger daugh discourse dress elegance endeavor eral esteem evil expressions fashion favor fortune frequently gentleman give habit hand happiness HARVARD COLLEGE heart honor horse-leeches improvement indolence judgment keep knowledge labor laugh lect live man's mankind manner marriage Mary of England matter means meditation ment mind moral nature never obligation observation occasion offence opinion ourselves passions perhaps person pleasing pleasure polite portunity principles promise proper Quarter days reading reason render respect ridiculous rude rule Sebastia seldom sense sentiments sions sometimes speak spectful spirit spleen superior suppose talk tattler temper temptation thing thought tion tivated trifling truth unclean hands vulgar well-bred whole words write young youth
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Página 278 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the Church : but if he neglect to hear the Church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a Publican.
Página 312 - I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Página 278 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Página 277 - And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. "So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Página 279 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
Página 277 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering ; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any : even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Página 314 - Whilst the infidel mocks at the superstitions of the vulgar, insults over their credulous fears, their childish errors, or fantastic rites, it does not occur to him to observe, that the most preposterous device by which the weakest devotee ever believed he was securing the happiness of a future life, is more rational than unconcern about it. Upon this subject, nothing is so absurd as indifference ; — no folly so contemptible, as thoughtlessness and levity.
Página 286 - Temures promised the garrison of Sebastia, that, if they would surrender, no blood should be shed. The garrison surrendered ; and Temures buried them all alive. Now Temures fulfilled the promise in one sense, and in the sense too in which he intended it at the time; but not in the sense in which the garrison of Sebastia actually received it, nor in the sense in which Temures himself knew that the garrison received it : which last sense, according to our rale, was the, sense in which he was in conscience...
Página 262 - All that can be said is, that there remains a presumption in favour of those conditions of life, in which men generally appear most cheerful and contented. For though the apparent happiness of mankind be not always a true measure of their real happiness, it is the best measure we have.
Página 257 - These pleasures, by repetition, lose their relish. It is a property of the machine, for which we know no remedy, that the organs by which we perceive pleasure are blunted and benumbed by being frequently exercised in the same way. There is hardly any one who has not found the difference between a gratification, when new, and when familiar; or any pleasure which does not become indifferent as it grows habitual.