 | Uzal Ogden - 1795 - 366 pages
...your friends, and your country ; fo Jhall ye be refpeftable while ye live, and honored when ye die. The language of the chriftian lawgiver is different....not worthy of the ambition of an immortal being. Its honors and pleafures have a tendency to debafe1 th» minds, and diiqualify it for future happinefs.... | |
 | Champions - 1800 - 462 pages
...more than this : Be ufeful to yourfelves, your friends, and your country ; fo fhall ye be refpeclable while ye live, and honoured when ye die ; and it is...be hoped ye may receive reward in another life. The Ian* guage of the Chriftian lawgiver is different. The world is not worthy of the ambition of an immortal... | |
 | James Beattie, Thomas Gray - English literature - 1809 - 408 pages
...your friends, and your country ; so shall ye be respectable while ye live, and honoured when ye dic^ and it is to be hoped ye may receive reward in another life. The language of the Christian lawgiver is different. The world is not worthy of the ambition of an immortal being. Its... | |
 | James Beattie, Thomas Gray - English literature - 1809 - 414 pages
...more than this '. Be useful to yourselves, your friends, and your country ; so shall ye be respectable while ye live, and honoured when ye die ; and it is to fee hoped ye may receive reward in another life. The language of the Christian* lawgiver is different.... | |
 | Paul Wright - 1810 - 508 pages
...more than this : Be useful to yourselves, your friends, and your country : so shall ye be respectable while ye live, and honoured when ye die ; and it is to hoped ye may receive reward in another life. The language of the Christian lawgiver is different. The... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...more than this : Be useful to yourselves, your friends, and your country ; so shall ye be respectable while ye live, and honoured when ye die ; and it is...receive reward in another life. The language of the Christian lawgiver is different. The world is not worthy of the ambition of an immortal being. Its... | |
 | David Holt - Educational literature - 1839 - 304 pages
...than this : — Be useful to yourselves, your friends, and your country, so shall ye be respectable while ye live, and honoured when ye die ; and it is to be hoped ye may receive reward in another and better life. The language of the Christian lawgiver is different. The world is not worthy of the... | |
 | 822 pages
...more than this : Be useful to yourselves, your friends, and your country ; so shall ye be respectable while ye live, and honoured when ye die, and it is to be hope 1 ye may receive reward in another and better life. The language of the Christian lawgiver is... | |
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In a word, the heathen morality, even in its best form, that is, as two or three of their best philosophers taught it, amounts to little more than this : Be useful to yourselves, your friends, and your country ; so shall ye be respectable while ye live,... 