 I believe them true : They argue no corrupted mind In him : the fault is in mankind. This maxim, more than all the rest, Is thought too base for human breast : " In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our private ends ; While nature, kindly...  The Congregationalist - Sayfa 610editör: - 1873Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1854 - 556 sayfa
...nous trouvons toujonrs quelque chos qui ne nous dvplnit pas." — Jlochefoucmdt. " In all distreases of our friends, We first consult our private ends ; While nature, kindly bent to ease us, Pointe out some cireumstance to please us. " But though grief be a very slight affair here, the mourning,... | |
 | George Wood - 1855 - 412 sayfa
...something which does not displease us." — La Rochefoucauld's Maxims, p. 356. Or, as Dean Swift says : " To all my foes, dear Fortune, send Thy gifts, but never to my friend ; I tamely can endure the first, But this with envy makes me burst.' ' . Versos on his Own... | |
 | George Wood - 1855 - 408 sayfa
...something which does not displease us." — La Rochefoucauld's Maxims, p. 356. Or, as Dean Swift says : " To all my foes, dear Fortune, send Thy gifts, but never to my friend ; I tamely can endure the first, But this with envy makes me burst." Verses on his Own Death.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 580 sayfa
...amis, nous trouvona toujours quechose qui ne nous d£plait pas." — Rochefoucault. " In all distrtWM of our friends, We first consult our private ends ; While nature, kindly bent to can us, Poinu out tome circumilance to please m."— Svi/t.] ryof quclmy countenance. Instead of that,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 sayfa
...the fault is in mankind. This maxim, more than all the rest, Is thought too base for human breast : " In all distresses of our friends We first consult...your patience move, Let reason and experience prove. We all behold with envious eyes Our equals rais'd above our size. Who would not at a crowded show Stand... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 360 sayfa
...the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast : ' In all distresses of our friends, We first consult...your patience move, Let reason and experience prove. We all behold with envious eyes Our equals raised above our size. Who would not at a crowded show Stand... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 362 sayfa
...me throw my pen aside; If with such talents Heaven hath blest 'em, Have I not reason to detest 'em 1 To all my foes, dear Fortune, send Thy gifts; but never to my friend: I tamely can endure the first; But this with envy makes me burst. Thus much may serve by... | |
 | Jacob Lowres - 1863 - 338 sayfa
...cases the rhyme is called ' treble.' The terminations are always unaccented. EXAMPLES. Double rhymes While nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please as. Aura, whose tongue you hear a mile hence, Talks half a day in praise of silence. Treble rhymes... | |
 | François duc de La Rochefoucauld - 1868 - 194 sayfa
...the fault is in mankind. This maxim, more than all the rest, Is thought too base for human breast : ' In all distresses of our friends, We first consult...ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.' " See also Lord Chesterfield's defence of this maxim, Letter 129. CLIV. We often imagine that we love... | |
 | François duc de La Rochefoucauld, John William Willis Bund, James Hain Friswell - 1871 - 156 sayfa
...follow these lines : — "This maxim more than all the rest, Is thought too base for human breast ; In all distresses of our friends, We first consult...ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us." See also Chesterfield's defence of this in his I2gth letter ; ' ' they who know the deception and wickedness... | |
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