 ... Kindnefs of their Acquaintance. Solitude is a great Relief in fuch Circumftances : They are glad to get clear of the Crowd for Air and Breathing, and to have their Motion a little better at liberty. To withdraw upon the Score of Religion, is a Reafon...  Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects ... - Page 264by Jeremy Collier - 1705Full view - About this book
 | Jeremy Collier - 1720 - 404 pages
...withdraw upon the Score of Religion, is a Reafbn ftill higher than the reft. To flint up the Proipe<5t of this World, that we may take the better view of...fometimes to retreat from Company, and bar the Door upon Bufmels and Diverfion: And when we are thus difengaged, to infpedl our Practice, to ftate our Accounts,... | |
 | Gentleman - Conduct of life - 1744 - 488 pages
...all Vice. We cannot have a nobler Motive to Retirement, than upon the Score of Religion : To flint up the Profpeft of this World, that we may take the...better View of the other, is a prudent Precaution. 'Tis certainly good to retreat from Company, and bar the Door upon Bufinefs and Diverfion ; and when we... | |
 | Bernard Burke - Family - 1860 - 486 pages
...comparable to that which you will enjoy in secret by thus retiring ; which is indeed to shut up the prospect of this world, that we may take the better view of the other, by a prudent precaution, to untwist our affections, and slide off from the world before the world slips... | |
 | Bernard Burke - Families - 1869 - 434 pages
...comparable to that which you will enjoy in secret by thus retiring ; which is indeed to shut up the prospect of this world, that we may take the better view of the other, by a prudent precaution, to untwist our affections, and slide off from the world before the world slips... | |
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