XXXVII. Religion consists in right sentiments of God (Ellis Walker Poems)
In this the main Point of Religion lies,To have right Notions of the Deities;As that such Beings really are, that ...
In this the main Point of Religion lies,To have right Notions of the Deities;As that such Beings really are, that ...
Let not these thoughts torment you: I alas!In low ignoble poverty shall passMy wretched days, and unregarded lieBuried alive, in ...
Having consider'd thus what's to be done,The hazards, hardships, and the risque you run,Consider with what strength you are endow'd,What ...
With the same manners, which, when you're a guestYou use at some rich neighbour's sumptuous feast,Manage the rest of your ...
Let your respects and services agree,And be proportion'd to the qualityOf him, to whom these services you pay.Is he your ...
As no man sets up marks that he may miss, So no such real thing as ill there is:For should ...
There's no great need that you should oft appear At shews, or help to crowd the theatre.But if it be ...
Such, and so differing is the characterOf the plebeian and philosopher.Now the proficient, he that labours onTowards perfection, by these ...
When you see any one with tears bemoanThe loss of goods or absence of a son,Whom he perhaps thinks drown'd ...
When any man of greater pow'r you seeInvested with the robes of dignity,In honour's gaudiest, gayest liveryDreaded by all, whose ...
When women once their dear Fourteen attain,They first our love and admiration gain;They mistresses are call'd, and now they find,That ...
If then thou shouldst suppose those thing are free,Whose nature is condemn'd to slavery;Shouldst thou suppose, what is not thine, ...
If I should boast I wealthier am than you,It follows not that I am better too;If I should say, I'm ...
Think on this Saying of Euripides,He that submits to Destiny's Decrees,Is justly counted wise by Men, and knowsThe due Respects ...
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