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... advantage ; and let him be a man of business , who is used to con- duct affairs with ability and expertness , to whom , therefore , the execution of the trust will not be burthensome . " No. X. SOCIETY . ROUSSEAU's treatise on the ...
... advantage ; and let him be a man of business , who is used to con- duct affairs with ability and expertness , to whom , therefore , the execution of the trust will not be burthensome . " No. X. SOCIETY . ROUSSEAU's treatise on the ...
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... advantages of fortune and rank were nothing to a wise man , who ought to value only merit . JOHNSON . " If man were a savage , living in woods by himself , this might be true ; but in civilized society we all de- pend upon each other ...
... advantages of fortune and rank were nothing to a wise man , who ought to value only merit . JOHNSON . " If man were a savage , living in woods by himself , this might be true ; but in civilized society we all de- pend upon each other ...
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... advantages . Money , to be sure , of itself is of no use ; for its only use is to part with it . Rousseau , and all those who deal in paradoxes , are led away by a childish desire of novelty . When I was a boy , I used always to choose ...
... advantages . Money , to be sure , of itself is of no use ; for its only use is to part with it . Rousseau , and all those who deal in paradoxes , are led away by a childish desire of novelty . When I was a boy , I used always to choose ...
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... advantages of poverty ; but I was , at the same time , very sorry to be poor . Sir , all the argu- ments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil , show it to be evidently a great evil . You never find people labouring to ...
... advantages of poverty ; but I was , at the same time , very sorry to be poor . Sir , all the argu- ments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil , show it to be evidently a great evil . You never find people labouring to ...
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... advantage ; for then that country would have as much money circulating in it as it is worth . But to be sure this would be counterbalanced by advantages attending a total change of proprietors . " BoswELL . " I think that the power of ...
... advantage ; for then that country would have as much money circulating in it as it is worth . But to be sure this would be counterbalanced by advantages attending a total change of proprietors . " BoswELL . " I think that the power of ...
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Страница 89 - No, sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Страница 40 - Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Smart showed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray that their understanding is not called in question.
Страница 7 - have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them leant, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped — and gets his task — and there's an end on't; whereas, by exciting emulation, and comparisons of superiority, you lay the foundation of lasting mischief : you make brothers and sisters hate each other.
Страница 6 - Johnson, upon all occasions, expressed his approbation of enforcing instruction by means of the rod: 'I would rather,' said he, 'have the rod to be the general terror to all, to make them learn, than tell a child, if you do thus, or thus, you will be more esteemed than your brothers or sisters. The rod produces an effect which terminates in itself. A child is afraid of being whipped, and gets his task, and...
Страница 162 - A man who has not been in Italy is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of traveling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.
Страница 104 - Why, sir, if the fellow does not think as he speaks, he is lying : and I see not what honour he can propose to himself from having the character of a liar. But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
Страница 80 - I believe, Sir, you have a great many. Norway, too, has noble wild prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high-road that leads him to England!
Страница 89 - ... Let there be ever so great plenty of good things, ever so much grandeur, ever so much elegance, ever so much desire that everybody should be easy ; in the nature of things it cannot be : there must always be some degree of care and anxiety. The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas, at a tavern, there...
Страница 135 - Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry'.
Страница 38 - Will you not allow, Sir, that he draws very natural pictures of human life ?" JOHNSON : " Why, Sir, it is of very low life. Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler.