Sketches of the History of Man, Volume 4W. Creech, 1788 |
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Pagina 33
... enemy who threatens death . But it is his duty as a fellow - creature to affift me in diftrefs ; and when there is no time for delay , I may lawfully ufe what he ought to offer were he prefent , and what I may prefume he would offer ...
... enemy who threatens death . But it is his duty as a fellow - creature to affift me in diftrefs ; and when there is no time for delay , I may lawfully ufe what he ought to offer were he prefent , and what I may prefume he would offer ...
Pagina 59
... enemies . Death , which with intre- pidity he had braved in the field , was now timorously apprehended from affaffins . With a piercing and anxious eye he fur- veyed every new face . He wore armour under his cloaths , and never moved a ...
... enemies . Death , which with intre- pidity he had braved in the field , was now timorously apprehended from affaffins . With a piercing and anxious eye he fur- veyed every new face . He wore armour under his cloaths , and never moved a ...
Pagina 79
... enemies reviling - it would be in vain to diffemble - my fpirits fink - the tempta- tion vanishes . 2dly , Praife and blame , especially from those we regard , are strong incentives to virtue : but if we were not accountable for our ...
... enemies reviling - it would be in vain to diffemble - my fpirits fink - the tempta- tion vanishes . 2dly , Praife and blame , especially from those we regard , are strong incentives to virtue : but if we were not accountable for our ...
Pagina 112
... enemy : my foot flipping , I fall headlong upon him , and by that ac- cident the fword is push'd into his body . The external act was not the effect of Will , but of accident : but my intention was to commit murder , and I am guilty ...
... enemy : my foot flipping , I fall headlong upon him , and by that ac- cident the fword is push'd into his body . The external act was not the effect of Will , but of accident : but my intention was to commit murder , and I am guilty ...
Pagina 128
... enemy in cold blood : bloody fcenes are familiar to him , and his moral fenfe is not fufficiently vigorous to give him compunction . The action ap- pears in a different light to a perfon of de- licate feelings ; and accordingly , the ...
... enemy in cold blood : bloody fcenes are familiar to him , and his moral fenfe is not fufficiently vigorous to give him compunction . The action ap- pears in a different light to a perfon of de- licate feelings ; and accordingly , the ...
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Pagina 345 - ... kneeled, as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they too retired with the same ceremonies performed by the first. At last came an unmarried lady (we...
Pagina 404 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Pagina 428 - And Abraham answered and said, Lord, he would not worship thee, neither would he call upon thy Name; therefore have I driven him out from before my Face into the Wilderness.
Pagina 304 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Pagina 428 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, creator of heaven and earth ? 7.
Pagina 429 - For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
Pagina 384 - The lord then answered him, and said Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him away to watering?
Pagina 430 - Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
Pagina 404 - Behold ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
Pagina 427 - And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night, and thou shalt arise early on the morrow, and go on thy way.