Memoirs of the life and writings of ... Henry Home of Kames [by A.F. Tytler]. |
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Sayfa 225 - 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 in the morning, and go on thy way.
Sayfa 225 - 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?
Sayfa 210 - He therefore that is about children should well study their natures and aptitudes, and see by often trials what turn they easily take, and what becomes them...
Sayfa 115 - I'll make my men break ope his fences, Ride o'er his standing corn, and in the night Set fire on his barns, or break his cattle's legs : These trespasses draw on suits, and suits expenses, Which I can spare, but will soon beggar him.
Sayfa 82 - And yet there remains among that people so much respect, veneration, and affection for Britain, that, if cultivated prudently, with a kind usage and tenderness for their privileges, they might be easily governed still for ages, without force or any considerable expense. But I do not see here a sufficient quantity of the wisdom, that is necessary to produce such a conduct, and I lament the want of it...
Sayfa 119 - But that trade which, without force or constraint, is naturally and regularly carried on between any two places is always advantageous, though not always equally so, to both.
Sayfa 116 - I am now on my main work, with the Lord Lovell ; The gallant-minded, popular Lord Lovell, The minion of the people's love. I hear He's come into the country ; and my aims are To insinuate myself into his knowledge, And then invite him to my house. Mar.
Sayfa 123 - I was a scholar : seven useful springs Did I deflower in quotations Of cross'd opinions 'bout the soul of man ; The more I learnt, the more I learnt to doubt. Delight...
Sayfa 85 - Food is always necessary to all, and much the greatest part of the labor of mankind is employed in raising provisions for the mouth. Is not this kind of labor, then, the fittest to be the standard by which to measure the values of all other labor, and consequently of all other things whose value depends on the labor of making or procuring them?
Sayfa 210 - For in many cases, all that we can do, or should aim at, is, to make the best of what nature has given, to prevent the vices and faults to which such a constitution is most inclined, and give it all the advantages it is capable of. Every one's natural genius should be carried as far as it could ; but to attempt the putting another upon him, will be but labour in vain ; and what is so plastered on, will at best sit but untowardly, and have always hanging to it the ungracefulness of constraint and...