admin | October 31, 2010
As civilization proceeded, a further necessity arose, for the Monarch to convey his instructions, in a less formal manner, to his Representatives at Foreign Courts, and to his Lieutenants in the more distant parts of his own dominions. For this purpose, he had recourse to an officer, who, in England, as well as in most [...]
admin | October 28, 2010
But while admitting the natural yearning of the human mind for com¬panionship, some modern philosophers, especially those of a graver and more reflective character, have insisted on the importance of retirement and frequent solitude. Thus, Dr. Johnson, the great moralist of the last generation, observes: ” The love of retirement has in all ages adhered [...]
admin | October 27, 2010
Puffendort, considering this very question, after deciding that no rule of justice was infringed by the corn- merchant, absolves him also from any offense against the laws of benev¬olence and humanity. In this opinion his ingenious commentator, Bar- beyrac, fully agrees, and cites the opinion of a strict casuist, La Placette, to the same effect [...]
admin | October 26, 2010
Verecundia or pudor, therefore, is properly an inward abhorrence of wrong; that of moral susceptibility is to give no offense to mankind, and in this the force of the graceful is most percept¬ible. By these explanations I conceive that what we mean by the graceful and becoming may be understood. Now the duty resulting from [...]
admin | October 25, 2010
At another time he said, ” I was angry with Hurd about Cowley, for having published a se¬lection of his works; but upon better considera¬tion, I think there is no impropriety in a man’s publishing as much as he chooses of any author, if he does not put the rest out of the way. A [...]
admin | October 24, 2010
Large deep grates waste an immense quantity of coals, and economists often have recourse to false backs and jams, which tend greatly to carry oflfthe heat. Were good burning bricks substituted, the heat would be increased, as when they ara buried in the coal, they burn more intensely, from not wasting, than coals; to thai [...]
admin | October 22, 2010
These powders may be continued as long as the horse shows signs of strength and spirits; they are calculated to nauseate and debilitate, and no fear need be entertained from the horse showing but slight symptoms of debility or shortness of breath, which may follow their use. During the various stages of the disease, the [...]
admin | October 21, 2010
“I should perish—I should throw myself out of window—I should take poison—I should pine and die. I know I should,” Miss cried, who had nevertheless gone through one or two affairs of the heart without any idea of suicide.”And there are others,” Dobbin continued, “as true and as kind- hearted as yourself. I’m not speaking [...]
admin | October 5, 2010
Thanks be to thee for all thy loving-kindness unto man, by which thou didst think upon our souls, before we had a being, and didst labour for their good, by so many inward drawings of thy grace, and so many out¬ward means of grace, of which the present occasion is a proof. Thanks be to [...]
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