 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1829 - 718 pages
...thou deservest." It is pleasant to be virtuous and good; because that is to excel many others: it is pleasant to grow better; because that is to excel ourselves: it is pleasant to command our appetites and passions, and to keep them in due order, within the bounds of reason and... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 662 pages
...pleasant," says Dr. Tillotson, " to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others. It is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves. It is pleasant to mortify and subdue our appetites, because that is victory. It is pleasant to command our passions,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...it, Spectator. 6. It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because thai is to excel many others; it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves; it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory; it is pleasant to command our appetites and... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 400 pages
...thou deservest." It is pleasant to be virtuous and good; because that is to excel many others: it is pleasant to grow better; because that is to excel ourselves: it is pleasant to command our appetites and passions, and to keep them in doe order, within the bounds of reason and... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Recitations - 1830 - 720 pages
...creation. 25. It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others ;—it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves ;—it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory ;—it is pleasant to command our appetites... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 414 pages
...as it regards even this life, is incalculable. " It is pleasant," observes Archbishop Tillotson, " to command our appetites and passions, and to keep...order, within the bounds of reason and religion."—" Rightly to manage our appetites," says Dr. Beattie, " so as to keep them in a due subordination to... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1833 - 222 pages
...deservest." It i» pleasant to be virtuous anc' good; because that is to excel many others : It is pleasa it to grow better: because that is to excel ourselves : It is pleasant to command our appetites and passions, and to Keep them in due order, within the boundi of reason and... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1835 - 266 pages
...thou deservest." It is pleasant to be virtuous and good; because that is to excel many others : it is pleasant to grow better; because that is to excel ourselves: it is pleasant to command our appetitc.s and passions, and to keep them in due order, within the bounds of reason... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1836 - 350 pages
...about him. 25. It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others;—it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves ;—it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory ;—it is pleasant to command our appetites... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...about him. 25. It is pleasant to be virtuous and good, because that is to excel many others;—it is pleasant to grow better, because that is to excel ourselves ;—it is pleasant to mortify and subdue our lusts, because that is victory ;—it is pleasant to command our appetites... | |
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pleasant to grow better ; because that is to excel ourselves: it is pleasant even to mortify and subdue our lusts; because that is victory: it is pleasant to command our appetites and passions, and to keep them in due order, within the bounds of reason... 
