For, if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing, and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft - Stran 436avtor: Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1888Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| 1839 - 606 strani
...meditating ; I'set my face against it in (oto. For if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing ; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-bre»king, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once begin upon this downward path,... | |
| 1871 - 878 strani
...particular sentences ; such as the well-known remark that " if a man once indulges himself in murder, he comes to think little of robbing ; and from robbing...and from that to incivility and procrastination." One laughs at this whimsical inversion ; but I don't think one laughs very heartily ; and certainly... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 280 strani
...meditating — I set my face against it in toto. ^For if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing . and from robbing...Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.y Once begin upon this downward path, you never know where you are to stop. Many a... | |
| 1855 - 528 strani
...a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbery ; and from robbery he comes next to drinking and sabbath-breaking ; and from that to incivility and procrastination !" This volume contains also the wild romance of the " Revolt of the Tartars," for it has little historical... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 380 strani
...meditating — I set my face against it in toto. For, if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing ; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath -breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once begin upon this downward path,... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 382 strani
...meditating — I Bet my face against it in toto. For, if once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing ; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath -breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once begin upon this downward path,... | |
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