The Counsels of a Father, in Four Letters of Sir Matthew Hale to His Children. To which is Added, The Practical Life of a True Christian ... With a New Memoir of the Author's Life ... Second EditionTaylor and Hessey, 1817 - 207 من الصفحات |
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... prudence , it might have cost him his life . Dilemmas like these it is better to avoid , when the object for which they are encoun- tered is no more than an innocent custom ; and that Mr. Hale himself thought so after- wards , may be ...
... prudence , it might have cost him his life . Dilemmas like these it is better to avoid , when the object for which they are encoun- tered is no more than an innocent custom ; and that Mr. Hale himself thought so after- wards , may be ...
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Matthew Hale. Pomponius Atticus , by closely adhering to these two maxims of prudence , had safely , and with the esteem of all parties , passed through the most hazardous times of the Roman republic ; and he thought it an ex- periment ...
Matthew Hale. Pomponius Atticus , by closely adhering to these two maxims of prudence , had safely , and with the esteem of all parties , passed through the most hazardous times of the Roman republic ; and he thought it an ex- periment ...
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... prudence and penetration , in which the best of men are frequently de- ficient still less , that the magnitude or splendour of the gift declares the charity of the donor ; for riches are not the lot of all ; : and we know that a man may ...
... prudence and penetration , in which the best of men are frequently de- ficient still less , that the magnitude or splendour of the gift declares the charity of the donor ; for riches are not the lot of all ; : and we know that a man may ...
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... moment to you ; and by your due observance of these directions , I shall have a good character , both of your dutifulness to God , your obedience to your Father , and also of your discretion and prudence 38 LETTER I.
... moment to you ; and by your due observance of these directions , I shall have a good character , both of your dutifulness to God , your obedience to your Father , and also of your discretion and prudence 38 LETTER I.
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Matthew Hale. your Father , and also of your discretion and prudence ; for it is most certain , that as Re- ligion is the best means to advance and certify human nature , so no man shall be either truly wise or truly happy without it ...
Matthew Hale. your Father , and also of your discretion and prudence ; for it is most certain , that as Re- ligion is the best means to advance and certify human nature , so no man shall be either truly wise or truly happy without it ...
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الصفحة 168 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
الصفحة 83 - ... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
الصفحة 83 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day ; And call the sabbath a delight, The holy of the Lord, honourable; And shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, Nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
الصفحة 24 - Not to be solicitous what men will say or think, so long as I keep myself exactly according to the rules of justice. " XIII. If in criminals it be a measuring cast, to incline to mercy and acquittal.
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الصفحة 50 - If any person, that you do not very well know to be a person of truth, sobriety and weight, relate strange stories, be not too ready or easy to believe them, nor report them after him. And yet, unless he be one of your familiar acquaintance, be not too forward to contradict him ; or, if the necessity of the occasion...
الصفحة 205 - We are happy to announce another publication of this judicious and useful writer, particularly as we think that the present •will be found among the most valuable of Mrs Taylor's productions The...
الصفحة 107 - Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
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