CharacterJ. Murray, 1876 - 388 էջ |
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... greatest motive powers in the world . In its noblest embodiments , it exemplifies human nature in its highest forms , for it exhibits man at his best . Men of genuine excellence in every station of life -men of industry , of integrity ...
... greatest motive powers in the world . In its noblest embodiments , it exemplifies human nature in its highest forms , for it exhibits man at his best . Men of genuine excellence in every station of life -men of industry , of integrity ...
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... greatest in worldly position , but in true honour ; not the most intellectual , but the most virtuous ; not the most powerful and influential , but the most truthful , upright , and honest . It was very characteristic of the late Prince ...
... greatest in worldly position , but in true honour ; not the most intellectual , but the most virtuous ; not the most powerful and influential , but the most truthful , upright , and honest . It was very characteristic of the late Prince ...
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... greatest scourges and devastators of the world those elect scoundrels whom Providence , in its inscrutable designs , permits to fulfil their mission of destruction upon earth.1 Very different is the man of energetic character inspired ...
... greatest scourges and devastators of the world those elect scoundrels whom Providence , in its inscrutable designs , permits to fulfil their mission of destruction upon earth.1 Very different is the man of energetic character inspired ...
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... greatest conquests have been achieved after they themselves were dead . " Never , " says Michelet , " was Cæsar more alive , more powerful , more terrible , than when his old and worn- out body , his withered corpse lay pierced with ...
... greatest conquests have been achieved after they themselves were dead . " Never , " says Michelet , " was Cæsar more alive , more powerful , more terrible , than when his old and worn- out body , his withered corpse lay pierced with ...
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... greatest treasures of his country , the example of a stainless life- of a great , honest , pure , and noble character -- a model for his nation to form themselves by in all time to come . And in the case of Washington , as in so many ...
... greatest treasures of his country , the example of a stainless life- of a great , honest , pure , and noble character -- a model for his nation to form themselves by in all time to come . And in the case of Washington , as in so many ...
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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...