 | Rapin de Thoyras (M., Paul) - 1899 - 524 lehte
...day. But fhe ufed to fay, " That fhe looked on idle nets as the great " corrupter of human nature : That, if the mind had no " employment given it, it would create fome of the worft " fort to itfelf." Her example foon wrought on, not only thofe, who belonged to her, but the whole... | |
 | Nicholas Tindal, Rapin de Thoyras (M., Paul) - 1761 - 558 lehte
...a day. But fhe ufed to fay, " That fhe looked on idlenefs as the great corruptcr of human nature ; That if the mind had no employment given it, it would create "fonts of the worft fort to itfelf." Her example foon wrought on, not only thofe, who belonged to her,... | |
 | 1793 - 548 lehte
...idlcncls as the great corrupter ot human nature, and belicvcd, that if the mind had no employ, mcnt given it, it would create fome of the worft to itfclf; and /he thought, that anv thing that might amule and divert, without leaving a dreg and imprcHion behind it, ought to nil... | |
 | William Seward - 1795 - 684 lehte
...fhe looked upon idlenefs as the grer.t cor;ruotor of human nature, and believed, that if the inind had no employment given it, it would create fome of the worft to itfelf ; and fhe thought, that anything that might amufe and divert, without Jeaving a dreg and impreffion... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 430 lehte
...of every female grace. He makes her fay, that fhe looked upon idlenefs as the great cor• iriptor of human nature, and believed, that if the mind had...employment given it, it would create fome of the worft to itfelf ; and fhe thought, that anything that might amufe and divert, without leaving ,a dreg and impreffion... | |
 | William Seward - 1796 - 418 lehte
...of every female virtue^ and of every feinak gr?ce. He makes her fay, . that fhe looked upop i4lenefs as the great corruptor of human nature, and believed,...the mind had no employment given it, it would create ibme of the worft to itfclf ; and fi*e thought, that anything that might amufe and divert, without... | |
 | William Seward - 1798 - 536 lehte
...contains a delineation of every female virtue, and of every female grace. He makes her fay, that fhe looked upon idlenefs as the great corruptor of human...employment given it, it would create fome of the worft to itfelf ; and fhe thought, that any thing which might amufe and divert, without leaving a dreg and impreffion... | |
 | William Seward - 1804 - 492 lehte
...contains a delineation of every female virtue, and of every female grace. He makes her fay, that fhe looked upon idlenefs as the great corruptor of human...no employment given it, it would create fome of the worfl to irfelf: and fhe thought, that any thing which might amufe and divert, without leaving a dreg... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1806 - 454 lehte
...virtue, and of every female grace. He makes her say, that she looked upon idleness as the great corrupter of human nature, and believed, that if the mind had no employment given it, it would create some of the worst to itself; and she thought that any thing which might amuse and divert, without leaving... | |
 | 1811 - 386 lehte
...day. But she used to say, 'that she looked upon idleness as the greatest corrupter of human nature; that if the mind had no employment given it, it would create some of the worst sort to itself.' Her example soon wrought on, not only those who belonged to her,... | |
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She looked on idleness as the great corrupter of human nature ; and believed that if the mind had no employment given it, it would create some of the worst sort to itself... 
