Moral & Political Truth: Or Reflections Suggested by Reading History and Biographyauthor, 1811 - Počet stran: 401 |
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... certainly act with propriety in every sphere in which he could be placed ; for whoever with virtuous firmness uniformly resists the stronger tempta- tions , would surely not yield to the weaker . You will observe , sir , that I do no ...
... certainly act with propriety in every sphere in which he could be placed ; for whoever with virtuous firmness uniformly resists the stronger tempta- tions , would surely not yield to the weaker . You will observe , sir , that I do no ...
Strana 17
... certainly not be rational , on that account to become the worst . If he cannot do the most good , let him ( for he will derive the benfit of it ) do as much as he possibly can . This is most rational , for every contribu- tion , however ...
... certainly not be rational , on that account to become the worst . If he cannot do the most good , let him ( for he will derive the benfit of it ) do as much as he possibly can . This is most rational , for every contribu- tion , however ...
Strana 18
... certainly existed in the world , and mankind have entertained different opinions respecting them . But all agree that they have the most important influence on society ; and that different kinds are widely different in their effects ...
... certainly existed in the world , and mankind have entertained different opinions respecting them . But all agree that they have the most important influence on society ; and that different kinds are widely different in their effects ...
Strana 132
... he who gives a thousand ; and yet he would not generally be considered so . But if he who possesses an hundred cents , give twenty , he is certainly more liberal than he 1 who possesses two hundred and gives thirty ; be- ( 132 )
... he who gives a thousand ; and yet he would not generally be considered so . But if he who possesses an hundred cents , give twenty , he is certainly more liberal than he 1 who possesses two hundred and gives thirty ; be- ( 132 )
Strana 134
... certainly are ; because they will not work for as small a reward . The degree of labour bestowed in charity , or for the benefit of others , is the true test of industry . By this test , we should frequently find , that they who boast ...
... certainly are ; because they will not work for as small a reward . The degree of labour bestowed in charity , or for the benefit of others , is the true test of industry . By this test , we should frequently find , that they who boast ...
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Strana 3 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Strana 311 - Cat/iolicce, and against Luther, who had just begun the Reformation in Germany, upon which the pope gave him the title of Defender of the Faith, a title still retained by the monarcbs of Great Britain: the bull conferring it bears date Oct.
Strana 194 - Turner called to the sheriff's men to bring Mr. Peters to see what was doing ; which being done, the executioner came to him, and rubbing his bloody hands together, asked him how he liked that work. He told him he was not at all terrified, and that he might do his worst, and when he was...
Strana 193 - King to the bar, it had been treason in them ; and as to the part he had in the action with which he was charged, he was so far from repenting what he had done, that he was most ready to seal it with his blood...
Strana 210 - On the twenty-eighth day of March he was conducted, amidst a vast concourse of the populace, to the Greve, the common place of execution, stripped naked, and fastened to the scaffold by iron gyves. One of his hands was then burnt in liquid flaming sulphur; his thighs, legs, and arms, were torn with...
Strana 273 - He applied the golden rule of " doing to others as he would that others should do unto him," which for the present put an end to the discussion.
Strana 245 - ... the Diversions of Purley," first published in octavo in 1786. The work was afterwards enlarged into two volumes quarto, but never completed. In the introduction, the author, with reference to his own political opinions, has humorously alluded to Purley having been once the seat of Bradshaw, President of the High Court of Justice at the trial of Charles I. Respecting the contents of this work, the critical " doctors " of the time did decidedly differ, and a tractable but weak-minded reader must...
Strana 193 - ... their detestation of such usage. At the place of execution, among other things, he declared that he had used the utmost of his endeavours that the practice of the law might be regulated, and that the...
Strana 188 - ... death, by refusing her sustenance, under pretence of its being prejudicial to her health. But he soon saw the futility of relying upon such vain prognostications ; for his soldiers, by their cruelty and rapine, having become insupportable to the inhabitants of Rome...