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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... lose his Customer , he drops the Discourse they were upon , and putting on a Jovial Humour , commends the Agree- ableness of the Weather , from whence fall- ing upon the Delight he took in his Gardens , invites Decio to go along with ...
... lose his Customer , he drops the Discourse they were upon , and putting on a Jovial Humour , commends the Agree- ableness of the Weather , from whence fall- ing upon the Delight he took in his Gardens , invites Decio to go along with ...
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... lose their meaning ; a Person may be Wicked , but he cannot be Immodest whilst he is alone , and no Thought can be Impudent that never was communicated to another . A Man of Exalted Pride may so hide it , that noọ Fody shall be able to ...
... lose their meaning ; a Person may be Wicked , but he cannot be Immodest whilst he is alone , and no Thought can be Impudent that never was communicated to another . A Man of Exalted Pride may so hide it , that noọ Fody shall be able to ...
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... losing ; and as we love the Esteem of every body , we are a- fraid of forfeiting theirs by being the Cause of their Loss . Lastly , we apprehend their Envy , and so Self - Preservation makes that we strive to extenuate first the ...
... losing ; and as we love the Esteem of every body , we are a- fraid of forfeiting theirs by being the Cause of their Loss . Lastly , we apprehend their Envy , and so Self - Preservation makes that we strive to extenuate first the ...
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... lose to , and Envy we always dread when we think our selves happier than others : From whence it follows , that when the Winner en- deavours to conceal his Gains , his design is to avert the Mischiefs he apprehends , and this is Self ...
... lose to , and Envy we always dread when we think our selves happier than others : From whence it follows , that when the Winner en- deavours to conceal his Gains , his design is to avert the Mischiefs he apprehends , and this is Self ...
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... lose what they value : And e- ven here I know it will be objected by many , that tho ' they have been guilty of concealing their Gains , yet they never observ'd those Passions which I alledge as the Causes of that Frailty ; which is no ...
... lose what they value : And e- ven here I know it will be objected by many , that tho ' they have been guilty of concealing their Gains , yet they never observ'd those Passions which I alledge as the Causes of that Frailty ; which is no ...
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.