The Spectator, Volumes 3-4Dent, 1930 |
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Page 167
... Action , gives it its proper Force and Efficacy ; joined to an Evil Action , extenuates its Malignity , and in some cases may take it wholly away ; and joined to an Indifferent Action , turns it to a Virtue , and makes it meritorious ...
... Action , gives it its proper Force and Efficacy ; joined to an Evil Action , extenuates its Malignity , and in some cases may take it wholly away ; and joined to an Indifferent Action , turns it to a Virtue , and makes it meritorious ...
Page 168
... Action ; and leaves an In different Action in its natural state of Indifference , 1711 . It is therefore of unspeakable Advantage to possess our Minds with an habitual Good Intention , and to aim all our Thoughts , Words and Actions at ...
... Action ; and leaves an In different Action in its natural state of Indifference , 1711 . It is therefore of unspeakable Advantage to possess our Minds with an habitual Good Intention , and to aim all our Thoughts , Words and Actions at ...
Page 307
... action has no limits of time " ( ch . 5 ) ; and that " it should have for its subject a single action , whole and complete , with a beginning , a middle , and an end " ( ch . 23 ) . Le Bossu formulated this , as follows , - " L'action ...
... action has no limits of time " ( ch . 5 ) ; and that " it should have for its subject a single action , whole and complete , with a beginning , a middle , and an end " ( ch . 23 ) . Le Bossu formulated this , as follows , - " L'action ...
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