Hidden fields
Books Books
" And many do please to make themselves extremely miserable; ie they do what they know beforehand will render them so. They follow those ways, the fruit of which they know, by instruction, example, experience, will be disgrace, and poverty, and sickness,... "
The Constitution of Man Considered in Relation to the Natural Laws - Page 123
by George Combe - 1851 - 129 pages
Full view - About this book

The Works of Joseph Butler ...: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author ...

Joseph Butler - Sermons, English - 1813 - 496 pages
...purselves as miserable as ever we please. And many do please to make themselves extremely miserable, ie to do what they know beforehand will render them so....fruit of which they know, by instruction, example, exper rience, will be disgrace, and poverty, and sickness, and untimely death. This every one observes...
Full view - About this book

The analogy of religion, natural and revealed, to the constitution and ...

Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1819 - 362 pages
...ourselves as miserable as ever we please. And many do please to make themselves extremely miserable, ic to do what they know beforehand will render them so~...instruction, example, experience, will be disgrace, und poverty, and sickness, and untimely death. This every one observes to be the general course of...
Full view - About this book

The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and ...

Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - Analogy (Religion) - 1819 - 256 pages
...many do please to make themselves extremely miserable, ie todo what they know before-hand will rentier them so. They follow those ways, the fruit of which they know !iy instruction, example, experience, will be disgrace, and poverty, and sickness, and untimely death....
Full view - About this book

The Constitution of Man Considered in Relation to External Objects

George Combe - Human beings - 1829 - 326 pages
...ungoverned passion, wilfulness, or even by negligence, make ourselves as miserable as ever we please. And many do please to make themselves extremely miserable ; ie they do what they knew beforehand will render them so. They follow those ways, the fruit of which they knew, by instruction,...
Full view - About this book

The Journal of Health, Volume 1

Hygiene - 1830 - 410 pages
...rashness, ungoverned passion, wilfulness, or even by negligence, make ourselves as miserable as we please. And many do please to make themselves extremely miserable...disgrace and poverty, and sickness and untimely death." THE celebrated bishop Butler, so amiable for his piety, and estimable for his learning, holds the following...
Full view - About this book

The Cottager's monthly visitor, Volume 13

1833 - 444 pages
...miserable as ever we please. And many do please to make themselves extremely miserable, — that is, to do what they know beforehand will render them so....example, experience, will be disgrace and poverty, and untimely death. This everyone observes to be the general course of things; though it is to be allowed,...
Full view - About this book

The Constitution of Man Considered in Relation to External Objects

George Combe - Human beings - 1835 - 422 pages
...ungoverncd passion, wilfulness, or even by negligence, make ourselves as miserabJe as ever we please. And many do please to make themselves extremely miserable;...render them so. They follow those ways, the fruit 6f which they know, by instruction, example, experience, will be disgrace, and poverty, and sickness,...
Full view - About this book

The Constitution of Man Considered in Relation to External Objects

George Combe - Human beings - 1837 - 474 pages
...ungoverned piission, wilfulness, or even by negligence, make ourselves as miserable as ever we please. And many do please to make themselves extremely miserable;...and poverty, and sickness, and untimely death This everyone observes to be the general course of things; though it is to be allowed, we cannot find by...
Full view - About this book

The Harmony of Phrenology with Scripture: Shewn in a Refutation of the ...

William Scott - Phrenology - 1837 - 382 pages
...ungoverned passion, wilfulness, or even by negligence, make ourselves as miserable as ever we please. And many do please to make themselves extremely miserable...example, experience, will be DISGRACE, and POVERTY, and UNTIMELY DEATH. THIS, EVERY ONE OBSERVES TO BE THE GENERAL COURSE OF THINGS," &C. In the above passage,...
Full view - About this book

The whole works of Joseph Butler

Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1838 - 616 pages
...ourselves as miserable as ever we please. And many do please to make themselves extremely miserable, ie to do what they know beforehand will render them so. They follow those ways, the fruit of which theykneftv, by instruction, example, experience, will be disgrace, and poverty, and sickness, and untimely...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF