The Fable of the Bees; Or, Private Vices, Public Benefits: With, An Essay on Charity and Charity-schools; and A Search Into the Nature of Society, Volumen 1J. Tolson, 1728 |
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... fure . These vile grov'ling Wretches , they said , were the Dross of their Kind , and having only the Shape of Men , differ'd from Brutes in no- thing but their outward Figure . But the other Class was made up of lofty high - spirited ...
... fure . These vile grov'ling Wretches , they said , were the Dross of their Kind , and having only the Shape of Men , differ'd from Brutes in no- thing but their outward Figure . But the other Class was made up of lofty high - spirited ...
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... fure neither of them would have defired to be done by , as they did to each other . ( C. ) The Soldiers that were forc'd to fight , If they furviv'd , got Honour by't . Page 6. Line 11 . be thought O unaccountable is the Defire to So ...
... fure neither of them would have defired to be done by , as they did to each other . ( C. ) The Soldiers that were forc'd to fight , If they furviv'd , got Honour by't . Page 6. Line 11 . be thought O unaccountable is the Defire to So ...
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... fure that she is undiscover'd , and she will hear , if not hearken to it , without blushing at all , because then she looks upon herself as no Party concern'd ; and if the Discourse should stain her Cheeks with red , whatever her ...
... fure that she is undiscover'd , and she will hear , if not hearken to it , without blushing at all , because then she looks upon herself as no Party concern'd ; and if the Discourse should stain her Cheeks with red , whatever her ...
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... fure that the meanness of their Condition , if it is known , must sink ' em very low in your Opinion , they hug themselves in their disguize , and take all imaginable Pre- caution not to forfeit by a useless discovery the Esteem which ...
... fure that the meanness of their Condition , if it is known , must sink ' em very low in your Opinion , they hug themselves in their disguize , and take all imaginable Pre- caution not to forfeit by a useless discovery the Esteem which ...
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... fure and avoid Pain if he could , so Self - love bids us look on every Creature that seems sa- tisfied , as a Rival in Happiness ; and the Satisfaction we have in seeing that Felicity di- sturb'd , without any advantage to our selves ...
... fure and avoid Pain if he could , so Self - love bids us look on every Creature that seems sa- tisfied , as a Rival in Happiness ; and the Satisfaction we have in seeing that Felicity di- sturb'd , without any advantage to our selves ...
Términos y frases comunes
againſt almoſt anſwer Appetites Aſſiſtance Averſion becauſe beſt body Buſineſs call'd Catiline Cauſe Charity-Schools Children Circumſtances Cloaths confiderable conſequently Coſt Country courſe Creatures Cuſtom defire demonſtrate Deſign diſcover elſe employ'd encreaſe endeavour Envy eſpecially Eſteem faid fame Faſhion Fear felf firſt fome foon forc'd Frugality fuch fuffer himſelf Honour Horſes Houſes Induſtry Intereſt Labour laſt leaſt leſs likewife live loſe Love Luxury Maſters Miſchief Money moſt muſt Nation Nature Neceffity neceſſary neſs never Numbers obſerve occafion Paffion Paſſion Perſon Pity pleaſe Pleaſure Poor poſſible Praiſes preſent preſerve Pride Publick raiſe Reaſon refuſe Religion Reſolution reſt ſaid ſame ſave ſay ſecond ſee ſeem ſeen ſelf ſelves Senſe ſerve ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhould ſmall Society ſome ſomething ſpare ſpeak ſpend ſtand ſtill ſtrong ſuch themſelves ther theſe thing thoſe thought thouſand Trade underſtand Univerſities unleſs uſe vaſt Vice Virtue whilst whoſe wiſh World
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Página 459 - THIS BOOK. FORMS PART OF THE ORIGINAL LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BOUGHT IN EUROPE 1838 TO 1839 BY ASA CRAY a, >^ ^f-, LITERARY REMAINS OF TUB LATE WILLIAM HAZLITT.
Página 37 - ... the nearer we search into human nature, the more we shall be convinced, that the moral virtues are the political offspring which flattery begot upon pride.
Página 162 - Hay; after that he falls upon the Beef with a voracious Appetite, and crams himself up to his Throat. Is it not provoking to hear John cry every Day that Pudding is all his Delight, and that he don't value the Beef of a Farthing?
Página 28 - The chief thing therefore, which lawgivers and other wise men, that have laboured for the establishment of society, have endeavoured, has been to make the people they were to govern believe, that it was more beneficial for every body to conquer than indulge his appetites, and much better to mind the public than what seemed his private interest.
Página 200 - Maxims are observ'd, must always be throng'd and can never want People, as long as there is any in the World. Would you have them Bold and Warlike, turn to Military Discipline, make good use of their Fear, and flatter their Vanity with Art and Assiduity: But would you moreover render them an opulent, knowing and polite Nation, teach 'em Commerce with Foreign Countries, and if possible get into the Sea, which to compass spare no Labour nor Industry, and let no...
Página 406 - ... what we call evil in this world, moral as well as natural, is the grand principle that makes us sociable creatures, the solid basis, the life and support of all trades and employments without exception: that there we must look for the true origin of all arts and sciences, and that the moment evil ceases, the society must be spoiled, if not totally dissolved.
Página 30 - To introduce moreover an emulation amongst men, they divided the whole species into two classes, vastly differing from one another. The one consisted of abject, low-minded people, that always hunting after immediate enjoyment, were wholly incapable of self-denial, and without regard to the good of others, had no higher aim than their private advantage...
Página 34 - It being the interest then of the very worst of them, more than any, to preach up public-spiritedness, that they might reap the fruits of the labour and self-denial of others...
Página 357 - In the East formerly sisters married brothers, and it was meritorious for a man to marry his mother. Such alliances are abominable; but it is certain that, whatever horror we conceive at the thoughts of them, there is nothing in Nature repugnant against them but what is built upon mode and custom.
Página 34 - VICE if in that action there could be observed the least prospect that it might either be injurious to any of the society, or ever render himself less serviceable to others; and to give the name of VIRTUE to every performance by which man, contrary to the impulse of nature, should endeavour the benefit of others, or the conquest of his own passions out of a rational ambition of being good.