 | Nathaniel Wanley - 1806 - 450 páginas
...and derision : and indeed the deformity of immodesty well considered is instruction enough, from the same reason, that the sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that Ti'cft, than the best that was ever preached upon the subject. 1. In anno 163Q, there was a great Lord... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 páginas
...prevent your resemblance to it. The deformity of it, well considered, is instruction enough : from the same reason, that the sight of a drunkard is a better...the best that was ever preached upon that subject. LORD HALIFAX. ON FAMILY MANAGEMENT. thing may be expected in exchange for them. And, upon this principle,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 páginas
...flatter, and applaud all you say, be it true or false, right or wrong, indifferently.—Charron. DXLIX. The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against...the best that was ever preached upon that subject— Saeille. DL. Love, fair maid, is an extreme desire, That's not to be examin'd, but fulfill'd: To ask... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 páginas
...flatter, and applaud all you say, be it true or false, right or wrong, indifferently. — Charron. The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against...the best that was ever preached upon that subject. — Saville. DL. Iiove, fair maid, is an extreme desire, That's not to be examin'd, but fulfill'd:... | |
 | 1829 - 392 páginas
...darkest texture united them into a focus of sorrow and regret. (To be continued,') SELECT SENTENCES. The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against...the best that was ever preached upon that subject. To be often in love shews levity of mind ; but to be never so, stupidity. THE TERKIBLE WARNING ; OB,... | |
 | 1910 - 848 páginas
...prevent your resemblance to it; the deformity of It, well-cousidered, is instruction enough; from the same reason that the sight of a drunkard is a better...that was ever preached upon that subject." Pride, he saye, is a different thing to Vanity, and a word of various meauiugs. "A woman is not to be proud... | |
 | 1910 - 862 páginas
...resemblance to it; the deformity of it, well-considered, is instruction enough; from the same reason tMnt the sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against...that was ever preached upon that subject." Pride, he saye, is a different thing to Vanity, and a word of various meanings. "A woman is not to be proud... | |
 | 1850 - 642 páginas
...my all." She then closed her eyes, and quitted the body without a sigh or a groan. A Sermon. ТПЕ sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice, than the best that was ever preached upon it. — Sqville. An Exception. 0.4 a certain occasion several gentlemen were conversing together in... | |
 | 1873 - 590 páginas
...causing them to shoot up faster than ordinary. I steal turnips, your worship ! I'd scorn the idea!" The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice, than the best that ever wag preached upon that subject. THE PHANTOM OP THE CAMP. BY JW JANVRIN. CHAPTER I. THE PHANTOM.... | |
 | Literary curiosities - 1876 - 386 páginas
...have limits. — Burke. A man's wisdom is his best friend ; folly his worst enemy. — Sir W. Temple. The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against...the best that was ever preached upon, that subject. — Saville. He travels safe, and not unpleasantly, who is guarded by poverty and guided by love. —... | |
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Let this picture supply the place of any other rules which might be given to prevent your resemblance to it. The deformity of it, well considered, is instruction enough, from the very same reason that the sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against... 
