 Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others, and think that their reputation obscures them, and their commendable qualities stand in their light ; and therefore they do what they can to cast a cloud over them, that the bright shining of...  Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres - Էջ 153Hugh Blair - 1807 - 384 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 436 էջ
...knows) does know the hearts of all. ths children of men. 4/Wy, Another caufe of evil-fpeaking, is envy. Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others, and think that their reputation obfcures them, and that their commendable qualities do ftand in their light ; and therefore they do... | |
 | Wellins Calcott - 1769 - 288 էջ
...tells us, that thejlanderer'j tongue isfet en fire of keU" " A fourth caufe of this vice is f»vy. Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others, and do what they can to difcredit their commendahle qualities ; thinking their own character leffened by... | |
 | Robert Lowth - 1774 - 168 էջ
...them : others have no influence at all on the Mode. • ~ . ' .' . i. . . " Men look wi. h an evil rye upon the good that is in others ; and think, that their reputation obfcuret ihem; and that tbt'tr commendable qualities flo ftahd in r/w/> ^iight : and therefore they... | |
 | Robert Lowth - 1791 - 192 էջ
...inelegant : as in the following examples. " Men rhem : others have no influence at all on the Mode. Hypo" Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others; and think, that their reputation obfcures them ; and that their commendable qualities do fland in their light \. and therefore they-... | |
 | William Hutchinson - 1795 - 386 էջ
...reputations of those by whom they think themselves injured. " A FOURTH cause of this vice is envy. Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others, and do what they can to discredit ttysir commendable qualities; thinking their own character lessened by... | |
 | Ellin Devis - 1801 - 156 էջ
...cured by fleepj nor indo,lence with idlenefs. . • One of the caufes of evrl-fpeaking, is envy— we look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others, and do what we can to difcredit their commendable qualities. Another caufe of evil.fpeaking, is impertinence... | |
 | David Irving - 1803 - 266 էջ
...compelled by the ir wants and by their fears to have rccourfe to their aid. Sebcrtson's Tiew of Sotitty. Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others 5 and think, that their reputation obfcures them ; and that their commendable qualities do (land in... | |
 | George Neville Ussher - 1803 - 102 էջ
...confufion arifing from than and their referring to different Antecedents, The phrafe is belter thus ; men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others,and think, that the reputation offuch as are good obfcures thtjr awn, ADJECTIVES. I. AN AdjecYive... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 348 էջ
...have occasion to refer to different perr.ons ; as in the following sentence of Tiilotson. ' ! Menlook with an evil eye upon the good that is in others,...qualities stand in their light ; and therefore they do wh'it they can to cast a cloud over tfn-m, that the bright shining cf their virtues may not obscure... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 էջ
...when we have occasion to refer to different persons ; as in the following sentence of Tillotson. " Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in...their reputation obscures them, and their commendable qiialities stand in their light; and therefore they do what they can to cast a cloud over them, that... | |
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