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Jeremy Collier, an English writer and critic, was born on September 23, 1650, and died on April 26, 1726. He held a significant position in the field of literary criticism in 18th-century British literature with his critical analysis of the works of his time.

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“Temperance keeps the senses clear and unembarrassed, and makes them seize the object with more keenness and satisfaction. It appears with life in the face, and decorum in the person; it gives you the command of your head, and secures your health, and preserves you in a condition for business.”

Giving Persons Faces Clear Conditions Objects Satisfaction Senses Command Preserves Sobriety Temperance Decorum Keenness

Book:Pearls of Great Price: or, Maxims, reflections, characters and thoughts, on miscellaneous subjects ... Selected from the works of the Rev. Jeremy Collier by the editor of

Source: Pearls of Great Price: or, Maxims, reflections, characters and thoughts, on miscellaneous subjects ... Selected from the works of the Rev. Jeremy Collier by the editor of

“A man by tumbling his thoughts, and forming them into expressions, gives them a new fermentation, which works them into a finer body.”

Men Giving Body Expression Tumbling Fermentation

Book:Essays upon several moral subjects

Source: Essays upon several moral subjects

“Hope is a vigorous principle; it is furnished with light and heat to advise and execute; it sets the head and heart to work, and animates a man to do his utmost. And thus, by perpetually pushing and assurance, it puts a difficulty out of countenance, and makes a seeming impossibility give way.”

Men Way Giving Heart Light Hope Principles Difficulty Heat Pushing Assurance Impossibility Advise Vigorous Seeming Countenance Head And Heart

Book:Essays upon several moral subjects

Source: Essays upon several moral subjects

“Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature; which one would think, might dispose us to modesty.”

Thinking Giving Might Conviction Imperfection Modesty

Book:Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects: In Two Parts. ...

Source: Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects: In Two Parts. ...

“Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way.”

Way Giving Difficulty Pushing Perpetual Assurance Seeming Countenance

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