Materials for Thinking, Volumen1E. Wilson, 1820 |
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... knowledge of what is called the world ; that is to say , an acquaintance with a certain rank of people , and the places of a fashionable resort ; and this contempt for the vulgar , as they are called , is now considered as the test of ...
... knowledge of what is called the world ; that is to say , an acquaintance with a certain rank of people , and the places of a fashionable resort ; and this contempt for the vulgar , as they are called , is now considered as the test of ...
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... knowledge ; it is natural that those who have in general fewer opportunities of comparing their talents and acquirements with the rest of mankind than others have , should be apt to estimate them at bo great a price , and depre- ciate ...
... knowledge ; it is natural that those who have in general fewer opportunities of comparing their talents and acquirements with the rest of mankind than others have , should be apt to estimate them at bo great a price , and depre- ciate ...
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... knowledge- lege The is of all others most difficult to be practised , mort hard for every man , in estimating his own character , to acquice is so apt to be blinded by passion , partiality , and prejudice , that he rarely discovers ...
... knowledge- lege The is of all others most difficult to be practised , mort hard for every man , in estimating his own character , to acquice is so apt to be blinded by passion , partiality , and prejudice , that he rarely discovers ...
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... knowledge , and so little consistency is there in actions which are the result of cus- tom rather than of reflection . Inconsistency Another striking inconsistency , of consider- & the able moment , deserves also to be noticed , it is ...
... knowledge , and so little consistency is there in actions which are the result of cus- tom rather than of reflection . Inconsistency Another striking inconsistency , of consider- & the able moment , deserves also to be noticed , it is ...
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... knowledge of mankind , for when once the worst of our passions and foibles have become familiar to us , we lose all idea of their deformity , consider them only as an indispensible part of our character , and as natural to us as the ...
... knowledge of mankind , for when once the worst of our passions and foibles have become familiar to us , we lose all idea of their deformity , consider them only as an indispensible part of our character , and as natural to us as the ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 347 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years...
Página 359 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Página 110 - And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard ; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger : I am the Lord your God.
Página 397 - My Godfathers and Godmothers, in my Baptism, wherein I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.
Página 167 - For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us : for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you ; neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day that we might not be chargeable to any of you ; not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
Página 352 - When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Página 168 - For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort, by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Página 165 - Take no thought for your life, take no thought what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, or wherewithal ye shall be clothed...
Página 398 - To love, honour, and succour my father and mother: To honour and obey the King, and all that are put in authority under him: To submit myself to all my governors, teachers, spiritual pastors, and masters: To order myself lowly and reverently to all my betters...
Página 167 - If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?