CharacterJ. Murray, 1876 - 388 էջ |
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... better understand and appreciate a man's real character by the manner in which he conducts himself towards those who are the most nearly related to him , and by his transaction of the seemingly commonplace details of daily duty , than ...
... better understand and appreciate a man's real character by the manner in which he conducts himself towards those who are the most nearly related to him , and by his transaction of the seemingly commonplace details of daily duty , than ...
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... better provision for the uses of either private or public life , than a fair share of ordinary good sense guided by rectitude . Good sense , disciplined by ex- perience and inspired by goodness , issues in practical wisdom . Indeed ...
... better provision for the uses of either private or public life , than a fair share of ordinary good sense guided by rectitude . Good sense , disciplined by ex- perience and inspired by goodness , issues in practical wisdom . Indeed ...
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... better or for worse- either being elevated on the one hand , or degraded on the other . " There is no fault nor folly of my life , " says Mr. Ruskin , " that does not rise up against me , and take away my joy , and shorten my power of ...
... better or for worse- either being elevated on the one hand , or degraded on the other . " There is no fault nor folly of my life , " says Mr. Ruskin , " that does not rise up against me , and take away my joy , and shorten my power of ...
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... better to revert to Homer's gods than be devoted to these ; for the heathen deities at least imaged human virtues , and were something to look up to . As for institutions , however good in themselves , they will avail but little in ...
... better to revert to Homer's gods than be devoted to these ; for the heathen deities at least imaged human virtues , and were something to look up to . As for institutions , however good in themselves , they will avail but little in ...
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... better be . " For a nation to be great , it need not necessarily be big , though bigness is often confounded with great- ness . A nation may be very big in point of terri- tory and population , and yet be devoid of true greatness . The ...
... better be . " For a nation to be great , it need not necessarily be big , though bigness is often confounded with great- ness . A nation may be very big in point of terri- tory and population , and yet be devoid of true greatness . The ...
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Էջ 185 - I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man - be virtuous - be religious - be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here.
Էջ 249 - Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee...
Էջ 327 - MORTON'S WIFE. He first deceased ; she for a little tried To live without him, liked it not, and died.
Էջ 171 - High-heartedness doth sometimes teach to bow. A noble heart doth teach a virtuous scorn, To scorn to owe a duty overlong ; To scorn to be for benefits forborne, To scorn to lie, to scorn to do a wrong. To scorn to bear an injury in mind, To scorn a free-born heart slave-like to bind.
Էջ 3 - He bade me act a manly part, though I had ne'er a farthing, O For without an honest manly heart, no man was worth regarding, O. Then out into the world my course I did determine, O Tho...
Էջ 297 - Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Էջ 187 - Owe no man anything, but to love one another : for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet ; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Էջ 250 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand.
Էջ 250 - tis true I have gone here and there, And made myself a motley to the view, Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear...