The Bible of Nature, and Substance of Virtue, Condensed from the Scriptures of Eminent Cosmians ...: Of Various Ages and ClimesC. Van Benthuysen, 1842 |
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... become exalted vice : What more advance can mortals make in sin So near perfection who with blood begin ? Deaf to the calf , that lies beneath the knife , Looks up , and from her butcher begs her life : Deaf to the harmless kid , that ...
... become exalted vice : What more advance can mortals make in sin So near perfection who with blood begin ? Deaf to the calf , that lies beneath the knife , Looks up , and from her butcher begs her life : Deaf to the harmless kid , that ...
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... become a fool ? Why cannot new - born colts perform the course With equal cunning as a full grown horse ? But that the souls are born , increase , and grow , And rise mature , as all their bodies do . Besides , come tell me why a soul ...
... become a fool ? Why cannot new - born colts perform the course With equal cunning as a full grown horse ? But that the souls are born , increase , and grow , And rise mature , as all their bodies do . Besides , come tell me why a soul ...
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... become their own . Lastly , look round , view that vast tract of sky , In whose embrace our earth and waters lie , Whence all things rise , to which they all return , As some discourse , the same both womb and urn ; " Tis surely mortal ...
... become their own . Lastly , look round , view that vast tract of sky , In whose embrace our earth and waters lie , Whence all things rise , to which they all return , As some discourse , the same both womb and urn ; " Tis surely mortal ...
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... become existing which could cause this alteration , and which had not existed previously ; that which is , would cease to be ; and that which was nothing would become something . The one infinite , eternal , and homogoneous Universe ...
... become existing which could cause this alteration , and which had not existed previously ; that which is , would cease to be ; and that which was nothing would become something . The one infinite , eternal , and homogoneous Universe ...
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... become the destroyer of man . Neither do the beasts break out in hostile rage for trifling causes ; but either when hunger drives them to madness , or when they find themselves attacked , or when they are alarmed for the safety of their ...
... become the destroyer of man . Neither do the beasts break out in hostile rage for trifling causes ; but either when hunger drives them to madness , or when they find themselves attacked , or when they are alarmed for the safety of their ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
action Agnes Inglis analogy animal Aristotle avarice become body brute called cause civil common constitution creatures dæmon death despotism destroy discover doctrine earth effect Empedocles England Epictetus equal error eternal evil exercise exis faculties fear force France give happiness heart Houyhnhnm human ideas identity ignorance individual integer intel intellectual existence interest judgment justice knowledge labor Lapland laws lence liberty live mankind marriage matter means ment mind misery mode motion Mussulmen nations Nature never object observation operation opinion organization pain passions pathy peace perfect perpetual philosophers physical Plato pleasure Plutarch political possess prejudice present principle probity procure produce Pythagoras racter reason relations religion rience sense sensibility sensitive slavery slaves society soul species superstition sympathy tence things thou thought tion truth tural ture tyrant universal vice violence virtue volition well-being whole wisdom
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 33 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Seite 5 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them. As the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast, for all is vanity. "All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Seite 92 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Seite 266 - Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor 'of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people — a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Seite 191 - Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one...
Seite 8 - A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way ; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.
Seite 34 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, T
Seite 31 - Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words — health, peace, and competence.
Seite 23 - 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.
Seite 127 - To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils, with infinite Manslaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory...