The king, who nods upon his rattle throne; INGRATITUDE. Ingratitude is monstrous: and for the multitude to be ingrateful were to make a monster of the multitude; of the which, we being members, should bring ourselves to be monstrous members. Coriolanus, Act II. Scene III.-SHAKSPERE. The principal causes of ingratitude are pride and self-conceit, avarice, envy, etc. It is a familiar exclamation, ""Tis true, he did this or that for me, but it came so late, and it was so little, I had e'en as good have been without it: If he had not given it to me, he must have given it to somebody else; it was nothing out of his own pocket." Nay, we are so ungrateful, that he that gives us all we have, if he leaves anything to himself, we reckon that he does us an injury. Seneca's Morals, translated by Sir ROGER L'ESTRANGE. INGRATITUDE. One species of An extraordinary haste to discharge an obligation is a sort of ingratitude. Maxims, CCXLVIII.-ROCHEFoucault. INNOCENCE. Asseveration of Make my breast Transparent as pure crystal, that the world, Philaster, Act III.-BEAUMONT and FLETCHER. INNOCENCE and GUILT. Innocence finds not near so much protection as guilt. Maxims, CCLIV.-ROCHEFOUCAULT. INSTINCT and REASON. But man's instincts are elevated and ennobled by the moral ends and purposes of his being. He is not destined to be the slave of blind impulses, a vessel purposeless, unmeant. He is constituted by his moral and intelligent will to be the first freed being, the masterwork and the end of nature; but this freedom and high office can only co-exist with fealty and devotion to the service of truth and virtue. INSTRUCTION. Vital Dynamics.-MATTHEW GREENE. Education, indeed, has made the fondness for fine things next to natural; the corals and bells teach infants on the breasts to be delighted with sound and glitter. The Fool of Quality, Chapter 11.-H. BROOKE. INTEREST. Interest speaks all languages, and acts all parts, even that of disinterestedness itself. INVISIBILITY. Maxims, CCLV.-ROCHEFOUCAULT. No Many things have been done in hugger-mugger in our age; profane persons conceited that their privacy protected them from divine inspection. Some say, with the wicked in the Psalm, Tush, shall the Lord see. Mixt Contemplations on these Times, XLVII. THOMAS FULLER. Fealousies in States. Nothing is more usual among states which have made some advances in commerce, than to look on the progress of their neighbours with a suspicious eye, to consider all trading states as their rivals, and to suppose that it is impossible for any of them to flourish, but at their expense. In opposition to this narrow and malignant opinion, I will venture to assert, that the increase of riches and commerce in any one nation, instead of hurting, commonly promotes the riches and commerce of all its neighbours; and that a state can scarcely carry its trade and industry very far, where all the surrounding states are buried in ignorance, sloth and barbarism. Essay on the Jealousy of Trade.-DAVID HUME. JEALOUSY. It is a monster, Begot upon itself, born on itself. JEALOUSY. Othello, Act III. Scene IV.-SHAKSPERE. Venom of The venom clamours of a jealous woman JEWS. JOY. The Amazing race! deprived of land and laws, Joy is the mainspring in the whole Of endless Nature's calm rotation; Joy beckons suns come forth from heaven; Joy rolls the spheres in realms afar, Ne'er to thy glass, dim Wisdom, given ! Hymn to Joy.-Schiller. Upon two stony tables, spread before her, Was never heart of mortal so untainted, But, when that scroll was read, with thousand terrors fainted. JUDGMENT. The Temptation and Victory of Christ. Description of the Day of Every man's fear shall be increased by his neighbour's shrieks; and the amazement that all the world shall be in, shall unite as the sparks of a raging furnace into a globe of fire, and roll upon its own principle, and increase by direct appearances and intolerable reflections. Course of Sermons for the Year.-JEREMY TAYLOR. He who the sword of heaven will bear Should be as holy as severe; Pattern in himself, to know, Grace to stand, and virtue go; More nor less to others paying, Than by self-offences weighing. Measure for Measure, Act III. Scene II. |