The Dignity of Human Nature: Or, A Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for Attaining the True End of Our Existence. In Four Books ..., Volumen1J. Johnson and J. Payne, 1767 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Dignity of Human Nature: Or, a Brief Account of the Certain and ... Sin vista previa disponible - 2020 |
The Dignity Of Human Nature: Or, A Brief Account Of The Certain And ... James Burgh Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
The Dignity of Human Nature: Or, a Brief Account of the Certain and ... James Burgh Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
Términos y frases comunes
abfolutely accompliſhment advantage againſt almoſt amuſements antient becauſe Befides beft behaviour beſt bufinefs buſineſs character circumftances confequence confider confiderable confifts converfation courſe defign defire difpute Divine eafy entertaining eſpecially fafely faid fame fatirical feem felf fenfe ferve fett fhall fhew fhould firſt fome ftate ftudy fubject fuch fufficient fuperior fure furniſhed give greateſt happineſs hiftory himſelf human improvement inftruction intereft itſelf knowledge laft learning leaſt lefs mafter mankind manner means ment mind moft moral moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nefs never obferve occafion paffion parents perfon pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent proper prudence purpoſe racter raiſe reaſon refpect religion ſcheme ſcience SECT ſeems ſpeaking ſtate ſtudy ſuch temper thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion truth underſtanding univerfal uſeful utmoſt virtue weakneſs whofe wholly whoſe wiſdom young perfon yourſelf youth
Pasajes populares
Página 267 - Unfpeakable, who fitft above thefe heavens To us invifible, or dimly feen In thefe thy loweft works; yet thefe declare Thy goodnefs beyond thought, and pow'r divine. Speak ye who beft can tell, ye fons of light...
Página 37 - ... freely, because they had a great deal to say, and delighted in communicating for their own advantage and that of the company ; and I have known others, who commonly sat dumb, because they could find nothing to say. In England, we blame every one who talks freely, let his conversation be ever so entertaining and improving. In France, they look upon every man as a gloomy mortal, whose tongue does not make an uninterrupted noise. Both these judgments are unjust. — Ibid. Times and Opportunities....
Página 79 - The lazy will not take the trouble to serve you. The busy have not time to think of you. The overgrown rich man is above minding any one who needs his assistance. The poor and unhappy, has neither spirit nor ability.
Página 138 - ... who have capacity enough to put two thoughts together. A creature who spends its whole time in dressing, gaming, prating, and gadding, is a being originally indeed of the rational make ; but, who has sunk itself beneath its rank, and is to be considered, at present, as nearly on a level with the monkey species.
Página 244 - ... to infamy. And how can we more effectually, or in a more entertaining manner, learn the important lesson, what we ought to pursue, and what to avoid?— Burgh's Dignity of Human Nature, Mil.
Página 35 - There is hardly any bodily blemifh, which a winning behaviour will not conceal, or make tolerable ; and there is no external grace, which ill-nature or affectation will not deform. If you mean to make your...
Página 23 - Nothing shows a greater abjectness of spirit, than an overbearing temper, appearing in a person's behaviour to inferiors. To insult or abuse those who dare not answer again, is as sure a mark of cowardice, as it would be to attack with a drawn sword a woman or a child. And wherever you see a person given to insult his inferiors, you may assure yourself he will creep to his superiors ; for the same baseness of mind will lead him to act the part of a bully to those who cannot resist, and of a coward...
Página 29 - Whether is the laugher or the morose the most disagreeable companion ? Reproof is a medicine like mercury or opium; if it be improperly administered it will do harm instead of good. Nothing is more unmannerly than to reflect on any man's profession, sect, or natural infirmity.
Página 243 - To find that great lengths have actually been gone in learning and virtue — that high degrees of perfection have actually been attained by men like ourselves, entangled among the infirmities, the temptations, the...
Página 23 - ... sword a woman or a child. And wherever you see a person given to insult his inferiors you may assure yourself he will creep to his superiors; for the same baseness of mind will lead him to act the part of a bully to those who cannot resist, and of a coward to those who can. But though servants and other dependents may not have it in their power to retort, in the same taste, the injurious usage they receive from their superiors, they are sure to be even with 'them by the contempt they themselves...