 | English literature - 1791 - 814 pages
...fpiiits," lays be, '• that bodies fhould be lent us while they can afford us p'.eufure, •ffill us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow-creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God. When they bc-.'iune unfit for thefc purpoics, and afford us pain inllcad of plralurc ; inliead of an aid tliev... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1790 - 564 pages
...can afford us pleaiure, .ЛIJft us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow-creature«, ig a kind and benevolent act of God. When they become unfit for thefe purpofes, and afford us pain initead of pleafurc, inftead of an aid they become an encumbrance,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1793 - 324 pages
...fociety ? We are fpirits. That bodies fhould be lent us, while they can afford us pleafure, affift us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellowcreatures, is a kind and benevolent act of Got'. When they become unfit for thefe purpofes, and afford us pain inftead of pleafure, inftead of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1793 - 282 pages
...can afford us plcafure, affift us in acquiring knowledge, or of doing good to our fellow- creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God. When they become unfit for thefe purpofes, and afford us pain inftead of pleafure, inftead of an aid become an incumbrance, and... | |
 | William Smith - Sermons, American - 1803 - 528 pages
...immortals, a new member added to their happy society? " We are spirits! — That bodies should be lent while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God. When they become unfit for these purposes, and... | |
 | William Smith - Sermons - 1803 - 492 pages
...immortals, a new member added to their happy society? " We are spirits! — That bodies should be lent while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God. When they become unfit for these purposes, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 310 pages
...we grieve that a new child is born among th» immortals, a new member added to their happy society I We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford ui. pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow-creatures, is a kind and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1810 - 292 pages
...should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals, a new member added to their society ? We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while...knowledge, or doing good to our fellowcreatures, is a Uind and benevolent act of God.— When they become unfit for these purposes, and afford us pain instead... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 474 pages
...Among the finest views that hare been given of this, the following by Dr. Franklin, deserves, perhaiis, to be ranked : — " WE are SPIRITS ;— 'that bodies...fellow-creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God ; when thej become unfit for these purposes, and afford us pain instead of pleasure, instead of an aid, become... | |
 | 1812 - 314 pages
...Miss Hubbard, on the death of her father-in-law, and his brother John Franklin, in -which he says, " We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while...purposes, and afford us pain instead of pleasure, they become an in. cumbrance, and answer none of the intentions for -which they were given ; it is... | |
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We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God. 
