Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few WordsPorter & Coates, 1871 - 504 sider |
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Side xv
... moral world , which is not very likely to be over- turned by any new discoveries . But principles , how- ever ... morals ; first , that self - interest is the mainspring of all our actions , and secondly , that utility is the test ...
... moral world , which is not very likely to be over- turned by any new discoveries . But principles , how- ever ... morals ; first , that self - interest is the mainspring of all our actions , and secondly , that utility is the test ...
Side xvi
... moral philosopher is determined to do all his work with the smallest possible quantity of tools , and would wish to cope with the natural philosopher , who has explained such wonders , from the two sim ple causes of impulse and of ...
... moral philosopher is determined to do all his work with the smallest possible quantity of tools , and would wish to cope with the natural philosopher , who has explained such wonders , from the two sim ple causes of impulse and of ...
Side 33
... moral history ; and then they are imperishable and indestructible , worthy of being resorted to as a tower of strength in the storm , and spreading their efful- gence over the tide of time , as a beacon in the night . Secrecy of design ...
... moral history ; and then they are imperishable and indestructible , worthy of being resorted to as a tower of strength in the storm , and spreading their efful- gence over the tide of time , as a beacon in the night . Secrecy of design ...
Side 47
... moral * Cromwell is thus described by his confidential physi- cian , George Bate : A perfect master of all the arts of simulation , and of dissimulation ; who , turning up the whites of his eyes , and seeking the Lord with pious ges ...
... moral * Cromwell is thus described by his confidential physi- cian , George Bate : A perfect master of all the arts of simulation , and of dissimulation ; who , turning up the whites of his eyes , and seeking the Lord with pious ges ...
Side 62
... moral world , as the Falls of Ni- agara , in the natural ; and , like that mighty cata- ract , doomed to display its grandeur , only where there are no eyes to appreciate its magnificence . Lady Mary Wortly Montague observed , that in ...
... moral world , as the Falls of Ni- agara , in the natural ; and , like that mighty cata- ract , doomed to display its grandeur , only where there are no eyes to appreciate its magnificence . Lady Mary Wortly Montague observed , that in ...
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