Introductio Ad Prudentiam: Or, Directions, Counsels, and Cautions, Tending to Prudent Management of Affairs in Common LifeW. Innys, 1731 - 217 Seiten |
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... Discourse with Variety of Expreffions ; becaufe the fame Images all along would tire the Mind of a Reader . 895 Ever aim at the pleafing of a few ; and be content to let the reft run aftray with Turks and Infidels , who make the greater ...
... Discourse with Variety of Expreffions ; becaufe the fame Images all along would tire the Mind of a Reader . 895 Ever aim at the pleafing of a few ; and be content to let the reft run aftray with Turks and Infidels , who make the greater ...
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... Discourse , nor loofe in Carriage ; for it lays a Man naked , and exposes him to the Contempt and Cenfure of fuch as are more compofed and recollected . 1147 Attempt only fuch things as thou mayft reasonably judge are within thy Power ...
... Discourse , nor loofe in Carriage ; for it lays a Man naked , and exposes him to the Contempt and Cenfure of fuch as are more compofed and recollected . 1147 Attempt only fuch things as thou mayft reasonably judge are within thy Power ...
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... Discourse . There is no want of Talkers for the most part , where there are People : But en- deavour to conceal thy Infirmity by Silence and Attention . 1310 Be not nafty in thy Cloaths , or about thy Body , in much sweating , belching ...
... Discourse . There is no want of Talkers for the most part , where there are People : But en- deavour to conceal thy Infirmity by Silence and Attention . 1310 Be not nafty in thy Cloaths , or about thy Body , in much sweating , belching ...
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... Discourse , or haft a little over - fhot thy felf , and canft not go on fmoothly , and with Pleasure , but haft fomething of an hard Task of it to hold up , then invent and cunningly find out fome Arti- fice to turn upon fome other ...
... Discourse , or haft a little over - fhot thy felf , and canft not go on fmoothly , and with Pleasure , but haft fomething of an hard Task of it to hold up , then invent and cunningly find out fome Arti- fice to turn upon fome other ...
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... Discourse , will prove more advantageous to thee than greater Virtues and Attainments ; for thefe are of daily Ufe , and fuitable to all Capacities .. 2593 A prudent and difcreet Silence will be fometimes more to thy Advantage , than ...
... Discourse , will prove more advantageous to thee than greater Virtues and Attainments ; for thefe are of daily Ufe , and fuitable to all Capacities .. 2593 A prudent and difcreet Silence will be fometimes more to thy Advantage , than ...
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Seite 237 - ... his reputation all at once, and ventured it at one throw : but if he be to continue in the world, and would have the advantage of...
Seite 235 - ... of which the crafty man is always in danger; and when he thinks he walks in the dark, all his pretences are so transparent that he that runs may read them...
Seite 234 - Particularly as to the affairs of this world, integrity hath many advantages over all the fine and artificial ways of dissimulation and deceit ; it is much the plainer and easier, much the safer and more secure way of dealing in the world : it has less of trouble and difficulty, of entanglement and perplexity, of danger and hazard in it...
Seite 235 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Seite 233 - Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is discovered to want it, and then all his pains and labour to seem to have it are lost.
Seite 234 - It is hard to personate and act a part long ; for where truth is not at the bottom, Nature will always be endeavouring to return, and will peep out and betray herself one time or other.
Seite 234 - ... way to our end, carrying us thither in a straight line, and will hold out and last longest. The arts of deceit and cunning...
Seite 235 - Whereas he that acts sincerely hath the easiest task in the world ; because he follows nature, and so is put to no trouble and care about his words and actions ; he needs not invent any pretences beforehand, nor make excuses afterwards, for anything he hath said or done. But insincerity is very troublesome to manage ; a hypocrite hath so many things to attend to, as make his life a very perplexed and intricate thing.
Seite 217 - The Christian Institutes; or, the Sincere Word of • God. Being a plain and impartial Account of the whole Faith and Duty of a Christian. Collected out of the Writings of the Old and New Testament: digested under proper Heads, and delivered in the Words of Scripture.
Seite 219 - Introductio ad Prudentiam; or, Directions, Counsels, and Cautions tending to prudent Management of Affairs in Common Life.