 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Europe - 1752 - 500 pages
...induftry of our jninds ; but me never intended it mould be made made the principal, much lefs the folc, object of their application. The true and proper object of this application is a conftant improvement in private and in public virtue. An application to any ftudy, that tends neither... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1768 - 376 pages
...induftry of our minds ; but fhe never intended it fllould be made the principal, much lefs the fole, object of their application. The true and proper object of this application is a conftant improvement in private and in public virtue. An application to any ftudy, that tends neither... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...induftry of our minds ; but (he never intended it to be made the principal, much lefs the fole, objeft of their application. The true and proper object of this application, is a conitant improvement in private ..-j in public virtue. An application to :ay llujy, that tends neither... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1809 - 486 pages
...history. Nature gave us curiosity to excite the industry of our minds; but she never intended it should be made the principal, much less the sole object of...application is a constant improvement in private and in publick virtue. An application to any study that tends neither directly nor indirectly to make us better... | |
 | Andrew Burnaby (rector of Ashfordby) - 1823 - 214 pages
...definition of the single word JUSTICK ; and, those duties are paramount in importance to all others. An application to any study that tends neither directly nor indirectly to inculcate -and promote the practice of this comprehensive virtue, merits no praise in itself, nor is... | |
 | Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...the induftry of our minds ; but ihe never intended it to be made the principal, much lefs the fole, object of their application. The true and proper object of this application, is a conftant improve. ment in private and in public virtue. An application to any ftudy, that tends neither... | |
 | Katherine Augusta Ware - 1828 - 848 pages
...trials, or inspire active benevolence. To both of these classes I must apply the same censure — " An application to any study, that tends neither directly nor indirectly to make us better, is at best but a specious and ingenious sort of idleness ; and the knowledge we acquire by it is a... | |
 | Walter Wilson - Authors, English - 1830 - 556 pages
...Bolingbroke, " gave us curiosity to excite the industry of our minds, but she never intended it should be the principal, much less the sole object of their...virtue. An application to any study that tends neither directlynor indirectly to make us better men and better citizens, is at best but a specious and ingenious... | |
 | Walter Wilson - Authors, English - 1830 - 562 pages
...Bolingbroke, "gave us curiosity to excite the industry of our minds, but she' never intended it should be the principal, much less the sole object of their...virtue. An application to any study that tends neither dircctlynor indirectly to make us better men and better citizens, is at best but a specious and ingenious... | |
 | 1830 - 570 pages
...what she has made the most agreeable, reason can make the most useful application of to our minds. The true and proper object of this application, is a constant improvement in private and public virtue. An attention to any study that tends neither directly nor indirectly to make us better... | |
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Nature gave us curiosity to excite the industry of our minds ; but she never intended it should be made the principal, much less the sole, object of their application. The true and proper object of this application is a constant improvement in private... 
