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 ...
'Tis the part of a wise Man to examine the means of attaining the end, that he be not foiled ...
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 ...
For meat, drink, cloaths, house, servants, and the rest,Which chiefly are the body's interest,Take this prescription: you may safely useSuch ...
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 ...
Before you're married, strive to live as freeAs possibly you can from venery;Though 'tis a lust of a rebellious kind,That ...
You would be wise, I'll teach you if you please,Withdraw you mind from such wild thoughts as theseIf I my ...
Wisdom, you say, is what you must desire,The only charming blessing you admire,Therefore be bold and fit yourself to bearMany ...
There's no great need that you should oft appear At shews, or help to crowd the theatre.But if it be ...
Avoid, if possible, th' impertinenceOf those who prostitute their eloquence:Who with a long harangue from desk or stageBoth the rich ...
In ev'ry thing that happens search you mindAnd try what force, what faculties you findFor the encounter of the object ...
Such, and so differing is the characterOf the plebeian and philosopher.Now the proficient, he that labours onTowards perfection, by these ...
Be not transported with too great a senseOf any outward object's excellence;For should the pamper'd courser which you feed,Of swiftest ...
When men of shallow heads themselves advanceAbove their usual pitch of ignorance,To talk of maxims and of rules; forbearTo interpose ...
The same Reflections we make upon the Accidents that befall our Neighbours, to be applied to our selves in the ...
When you see any one with tears bemoanThe loss of goods or absence of a son,Whom he perhaps thinks drown'd ...
If any strive to injure, or defameYour honour, filching from you your good name;Consider, he believes this blame your due,That ...
Philosophy's most useful part is this,Which shews us what a wise man's duty is,Which teacheth what we should pursue or ...
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 ...
In things that charm the soul, which love incite,By nature's force, use, profit, or delight.Beginning from the meanest things, that ...
If with civility you can, declineAll public feasts, and learn at home to dineWith sober food, at your own charge ...
Wish not that things, not in your pow'r, may runAs you would have them; wish them as they're done;Wish them ...
'Tis but a sorry sort of praise to beA droll, the jester of each company,A raiser of loud laughter, a ...
Therefore be sure that thy aversion fallOnly on things which thou thy own may'st call,But for the present all desires ...
If you have learn'd to live on homely food,To feed on roots, and lupines, be not proud,Since ev'ry beggar may ...
If then thou shouldst suppose those thing are free,Whose nature is condemn'd to slavery;Shouldst thou suppose, what is not thine, ...
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