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accompliſhed admiration afferted againſt alfo almoſt alſo ancient Athens becauſe beſt bleffing cafe caufe cauſe CHAP character Chriſtianity circumftances confequences conftitution corrupt defign defire divine effential eſpecially eſtabliſhed exerciſe fafe faid fame fatire fays fecured feem fenfe ferve fhall fhort fhould firft firſt fociety fome fource fovereign fpirit ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuccefs fuch fuperiority fupport fure furniſh fyftem greatneſs happineſs heart hiftorians higheſt himſelf hiſtory human illuftrated inftance inftruction intereſts itſelf juft juftice juſt king laws learned lefs leſs Livy meaſure ment mind minifters moft monarch moral moſt muft muſt nations nature neceffary obferved occafion oppofite paffions perfon philofophers Plutarch poffefs poffible political Polybius prefent prince principles puniſhment purpoſe racter reaſon refpect religion Roman Rome royal pupil Scripture ſeem ſenſe ſhe ſtate ſtill ſtudy taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion truth underſtand uſeful vices virtue whofe whoſe wiſdom
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Page 252 - true, whatfoever things are honeft, what" foever things are juft, whatfoever things " are pure, whatfoever things are lovely, *' whatfoever things are of good report— " If there be any virtue, if there be any " praife, think on thefe things.
Page 330 - not ceafe to be; if he will not let go the reins; if his word cannot deceive; if the wifeft men are not infatuated; if the common fenfe of mankind is not extravagant; if the main props of life, if the great pillars of Society do not fail;-—he that walketh uprightly, doth proceed on
Page 217 - forfook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king, for he endured as feeing him who is
Page 239 - there hath been. any fuch thing as " this great thing is, or hath been heard
Page 273 - into her apartment, like an enraptured man, who had forgotten his reverence in his admiration. It was a curious combat in the great mind of Elizabeth, between the offended pride of the queen, and the gratified vanity of the woman; but Melvil knew his trade, in knowing human nature;—he calculated
Page 303 - extreme importance. The political value of religion never can be too firmly believed, or too carefully kept in view, in the government of nations. May it be deeply rooted in the mind of every prince, as a fundamental principle! Let it be confirmed by all the various proofs and examples, by which its truth can be
Page 195 - and habits of mind which we derive from them; if we do not open our eyes to the agency of Providence in the varying fortunes of nations, and in the talents, characters, and fates of the chief actors in the great drama of life. Do we read in the prophetic page the
Page 212 - to temptation, yet, acting under its authority and influence, evince, by the general tenor of their conduct, that they really embraced religion as a governing principle of the heart, and as the motive to all virtue in the life. In forming the mind of the royal pupil, an early introduction to
Page 27 - important to know every thing, as to know the exact value of every thing, to appreciate what we learn, and to arrange what we know. Books alone will never form the character. Mere reading would rather tend to make a pedantic, than an
Page 267 - There will be more danger of a modern courtier imitating the delicacy of the ancient painter, who, being ordered to draw the portrait of a prince who had but one eye, adopted the conciliating expedient of painting him in profile. But if the modern flatterer be