The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift...W. Durell & Company, 1812 |
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... follow the trade of seducing others , they presently conclude , that the trath of the whole Gospel must sink along with that one article . Which is just as wise , as if a man should say , because he dislikes one law of his country , he ...
... follow the trade of seducing others , they presently conclude , that the trath of the whole Gospel must sink along with that one article . Which is just as wise , as if a man should say , because he dislikes one law of his country , he ...
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... follow his advice . Therefore let no man think that he can lead as good a moral life without faith as with it ; for this reason , because he who hath no faith , cannot by the strength of his own reason or endeavours so easily resist ...
... follow his advice . Therefore let no man think that he can lead as good a moral life without faith as with it ; for this reason , because he who hath no faith , cannot by the strength of his own reason or endeavours so easily resist ...
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... , that they may lawfully follow the dictates of nature , wherever their safety , health , and fortune are not in- jured . So that upon the whole there is hardly one vice , which a mere moral man may not , upon some OF CONSCIENCE . 47.
... , that they may lawfully follow the dictates of nature , wherever their safety , health , and fortune are not in- jured . So that upon the whole there is hardly one vice , which a mere moral man may not , upon some OF CONSCIENCE . 47.
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... follow that advice . Great abi- lities , without the fear of God , are most dangerous in- struments , when they are trusted with power . laws of man have thought fit , that those who are called to any office of trust , should be bound ...
... follow that advice . Great abi- lities , without the fear of God , are most dangerous in- struments , when they are trusted with power . laws of man have thought fit , that those who are called to any office of trust , should be bound ...
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... follows : I. First , I will inquire into the causes of this great want of brotherly love among us . II . Secondly , I will lay open the sad effects and con- sequences , which our animosities and mutual hatred have produced . III ...
... follows : I. First , I will inquire into the causes of this great want of brotherly love among us . II . Secondly , I will lay open the sad effects and con- sequences , which our animosities and mutual hatred have produced . III ...
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Página 103 - But the wisdom that is from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Página 51 - Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Página 52 - And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Página 2 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Página 133 - When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
Página 20 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens...
Página 217 - She never had the least absence of mind in conversation, nor given to interruption, or appeared eager to put in her word, by waiting impatiently until another had done. She spoke in a most agreeable voice, in the plainest words, never hesitating, except out of modesty before new faces, where she was somewhat reserved ; nor, among her nearest friends, ever spoke much at a time. She was but little versed...
Página 4 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee : nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary...
Página 140 - ... learned or any man a lawyer. Kings are commonly said to have long hands ; I wish they had as long ears. Princes in their infancy, childhood, and youth are said to discover prodigious parts and wit, to speak things that surprise and astonish; strange so many hopeful princes and so many shameful kings. If they happen to die young, they would have been prodigies of wisdom and virtue ; if they live, they are often prodigies indeed, but of another sort.
Página 136 - The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.