This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...of benevolence, small or great. 'Goodnature, ' on the other hand is limited to its lowest exercise, to kindness in trifles, and always to kindness springing from constitutional obligingness and amiability. A person who is kind from conscientiousness alone, is never called 'goodnatured.' The old original word was ' weZZ ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...of benevolence, small or great. 'Goodnature, ' on the other hand is limited to its lowest exercise, to kindness in trifles, and always to kindness springing from constitutional obligingness and amiability. A person who is kind from conscientiousness alone, is never called 'goodnatured.' The old original word was ' weZZ-natured, ' which is grammatically more correct than the modern word; for the adverb is properly used to qualify the adjective. We speak of 'well-born, ' 'well-bred, ' not of 'good-born, ' &c. A person of a good disposition is said to be iceZZ-disposed, not good-disposed. In old English, the word ' zceZZ-tempered' was used instead of 'good-tempered.' NEGLECTFUL, NEGLIGENT. 'Neglectful' has reference generally to our conduct towards persons; 'negligent' towards things. A person is said to be neglectful of his friends; negligent of his business. A negligent correspondent is one who is careless in writing, mislays letters, and forgets whether he has answered them or no; a neglectful correspondent is one who forgets his friends when away from them, aid acts on the maxim--' Out of sight, out of mind.' Hence, if we reproach a person with neglect ('he sub. stantives 'neglect' and 'negligence ' correspond with the adjectives), we are supposed to charge him with real unkindness or coldness; while only carelessness is implied il he is charged with negligence. TI13 verb ' to neglect' is a conjugate of both these adjectives and substantives. We might say, ' He did not use to neglect his business, but he has been very negligent of it lately;' 'I did not think he would neglect his friends, but he has been very neglectful of me.' ABSENT, ABSTRACTED. 'Absent' refers merely to the circumstance of the attention being withdrawn from outward objects; 'abstracted
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