Letters on Education; with observations on religious and metaphysical subjects |
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abuſe affections againſt almoſt amuſement animal arife attend beauty becauſe benevolence beſt beſtow bleffings cauſe character Chriſtian circumftances conduct confequently conftitution courſe creatures defires Deity divine encreaſe enjoyment Epictetus eſtabliſhed evil exerciſe exiftence exiſtence faid fame fatire fatisfaction fays felf fenfe fentiment ferve fervice fhall fhould firſt fituation fociety fome fource fpecies ftate ftrength fubject fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport fyftem give habits happineſs himſelf Hortenfia human ideas impreffions inftruction intereft itſelf juſtice lefs LETTER LETTER lord Bolingbroke meaſure ment mind moft moral moſt muft muſt nature neceffarily neceffary neceffity never obfervations objects occafion opinion oppofite ourſelves paffions perfons philofopher Plato pleaſure pofitive prefent preferve principle puniſhment pupil purpoſes raiſe reaſon refpect render Rouffeau ſenſe ſome ſpeak ſpecies ſtate ſtudy ſuch ſyſtem taſk taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion truth tutor underſtanding univerfal uſeful vice virtue whilft whofe whoſe wiſdom