 Yielding to immoral pleasure corrupts the mind, living to animal and trifling ones debases it ; both in their degree disqualify it for its genuine good, and consign it over to wretchedness. Whoever would be really happy, must make the diligent and regular...  Select British Classics - Page 2821803Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 538 pages
...the languor of indolence, or the flutter of light amusements. Yielding tn immoral pleasure corrupts the mind, living to animal and trifling Ones debases...attention, adoring the perfections of his maker, expressing good-will to his fellow-creatures, cultivating inward rectitude. To his lower faculties he must allow... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...languor of indulgence, or the flutter of light amusements. Yielding to immoral pleasures, corrupts the mind : living to animal and trifling ones, debases...: adoring the perfections of his Maker, expressing good-will to his fellow-creatures, and cultivating inward rectitude. To his lower faculties he must... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 526 pages
...the flutter of light amusements. Yielding .to immoral pleasure corrupts the mind, living to auimal and trifling ones debases it ; both in their degree...attention, adoring the perfections of his Maker, expressing good-will to his fellow-creatures, cultivating inward rectitude. To his lower faculties he must allow... | |
 | Robert Smith - 1829 - 432 pages
...or the flutter of light amusements. Yielding to immoral pleasure corrupts the mind, living to animal trifling ones debases it; both in their degree disqualify...fellow creatures, cultivating inward rectitude. To bis lower faculties he must allow such gratification as will, by refreshing him, invigorate his nobler... | |
 | 1830 - 614 pages
...immoral pleasures corrupts the mind ; living to animal and trifling ones, debases it : and both, in Iheir degree, disqualify it for its genuine good, and consign it over to wretchedness. Where the peoples' affection is secured, the traitor's purpose is prevented. Beauty is the true glass... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...hilrhret order, c hx -,iuLvii!'-ly. nir.'ly- completely. e Vo'-t;i-ries, persons ttevoleJ by vow to trifling ones debases it: both, in their degree, disqualify...perfections of his Maker, expressing good will to his fellow-creatures, and cultivating inward rectitude." 13. " To his corporeal1' faculties he must allow... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1833 - 304 pages
...Rx'quls-tte-ly, nlrtly, completely. c Vo'-t:i-rir-s, persons dcvgu\l by vuw to trifling ones debuses it : both, in their degree, disqualify it for its...perfections of his Maker, expressing good will to his fellow-creatures, and cultivating inward rectitude.* 13. "To his corporeal1' faculties he must allow... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1835 - 314 pages
.../Lux-u'-ri-ous, voluptuous, softonlnft trifling ones debases it : both, in their degree, disqualify it for us genuine good, and consign it over to wretchedness....would be really happy, must make the diligent and egular exercise of his superior powers his ehief attention; — , adoring the perfections of his ''-laker,-... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 334 pages
...the languor of indolence, or the flutter of light amusements. Yielding to immoral pleasure corrupts the mind, living to animal and trifling ones debases...attention, adoring the perfections of his Maker, expressing good-will to his fellow-creatures, cultivating inward rectitude. To his lower faculties he must allow... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 pages
...Yielding to immoral pleasure corrupts the mind* living to animal and tri:ling ones debases it: both ill their degree disqualify it for its genuine good, and consign it over to wrctt ¡lednoss. Whoever would be really happy, muet make the diligent and regular exercise of his... | |
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