The Counsels of a Father, in Four Letters of Sir Matthew Hale to His Children. To which is Added, The Practical Life of a True Christian ... With a New Memoir of the Author's Life ... Second EditionTaylor and Hessey, 1817 - 207 páginas |
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... caused his loyalty to be sus- pected , during the civil wars in the reign of Charles the First ; and , but for uncommon prudence , it might have cost him his life . Dilemmas like these it is better to avoid , when the object for which ...
... caused his loyalty to be sus- pected , during the civil wars in the reign of Charles the First ; and , but for uncommon prudence , it might have cost him his life . Dilemmas like these it is better to avoid , when the object for which ...
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... discussion . It was a rule with him , never to interrupt another in his speech ; and this forbearance caused others to lis- If ten to him with equal patience ; by which 14 them the best plans for study, and answering ...
... discussion . It was a rule with him , never to interrupt another in his speech ; and this forbearance caused others to lis- If ten to him with equal patience ; by which 14 them the best plans for study, and answering ...
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... caused Mr. Richard Baxter , the great theo- logian , to say of him , " I never more per- ceived in any man , how much great know- ledge and wisdom facilitate addition , and the reception of any thing not before known . Such a one ...
... caused Mr. Richard Baxter , the great theo- logian , to say of him , " I never more per- ceived in any man , how much great know- ledge and wisdom facilitate addition , and the reception of any thing not before known . Such a one ...
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... ill treated . The only time he was ever known to be thoroughly angry was , when one of his servants suffered a little bird , that was kept in the house , to die for want of food . Even in the best cause , he did not suffer 17.
... ill treated . The only time he was ever known to be thoroughly angry was , when one of his servants suffered a little bird , that was kept in the house , to die for want of food . Even in the best cause , he did not suffer 17.
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Matthew Hale. Even in the best cause , he did not suffer his feelings to get the victory over reason . His son died under circumstances peculiarly distressing . To so kind - hearted a man , and so affectionate a father , this must have ...
Matthew Hale. Even in the best cause , he did not suffer his feelings to get the victory over reason . His son died under circumstances peculiarly distressing . To so kind - hearted a man , and so affectionate a father , this must have ...
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Página 83 - ... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Página 168 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Página 83 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day ; And call the sabbath a delight, The holy of the Lord, honourable; And shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, Nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Página 28 - Let him that will, ascend the tottering seat Of courtly grandeur, and become as great As are his mounting wishes : as for me, Let sweet repose and rest my portion be ; Give me some mean, obscure recess, a sphere Out of the road of business, or the fear Of falling lower ; where I sweetly may Myself and dear retirement still enjoy : Let not my life or name be known unto The grandees of the time...
Página 23 - Not to be solicitous what men will say or think, so long as I keep myself exactly according to the rule of justice. 13. If in criminals it be a measuring cast, to incline to mercy and acquittal.
Página 50 - If any person, that you do not very well know to be a person of truth, sobriety and weight, relate strange stories, be not too ready or easy to believe them, nor report them after him. And yet, unless he be one of your familiar acquaintance, be not too forward to contradict him ; or, if the necessity of the occasion...
Página 107 - Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Página 70 - I have found by a strict and diligent observation that a due observance of the duty of this day hath ever had joined to it a blessing upon the rest of my time, and the week that hath been so begun hath been blessed and prosperous to me...