Christian ethics and wise sayings, by a presbyter of the Church of EnglandJ. Nisbet & Company, 1883 - 277 pages |
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... human life , without being crushed by the one or duped by the other . Advice is often seen By blunting us , to make our wits more keen . It is expedient to have an acquaintance with those who have looked into the world ; who know men ...
... human life , without being crushed by the one or duped by the other . Advice is often seen By blunting us , to make our wits more keen . It is expedient to have an acquaintance with those who have looked into the world ; who know men ...
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... human mind , that even those who are least likely to abuse this power , wish for a control over their equals . Themistocles was roused up with the glory of Miltiades , and the trophies of Achilles moved Alexander . When Darius offered ...
... human mind , that even those who are least likely to abuse this power , wish for a control over their equals . Themistocles was roused up with the glory of Miltiades , and the trophies of Achilles moved Alexander . When Darius offered ...
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... human herd , Hard - travelled from the cradle to the grave , How low the wretches stoop ! I will not seat myself higher than my place , lest I should be disgraced by a humiliation ; but if I place myself lower than my seat , I may be ...
... human herd , Hard - travelled from the cradle to the grave , How low the wretches stoop ! I will not seat myself higher than my place , lest I should be disgraced by a humiliation ; but if I place myself lower than my seat , I may be ...
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... humanity , and which , by expanding the capacities of the soul , gives expansion and symmetry to the body which contains it . The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth . For all beauty is truth . True features make ...
... humanity , and which , by expanding the capacities of the soul , gives expansion and symmetry to the body which contains it . The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth . For all beauty is truth . True features make ...
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... human race , To whom their God has given grace To read , to fear , to hope , to pray , To lift the latch , to force the way ; But better had they ne'er been born , Who read to doubt or read to scorn . - Sir W. Scott . The Bible has God ...
... human race , To whom their God has given grace To read , to fear , to hope , to pray , To lift the latch , to force the way ; But better had they ne'er been born , Who read to doubt or read to scorn . - Sir W. Scott . The Bible has God ...
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Page 190 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace.
Page 234 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 111 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, Where man, creation's tyrant, casts aside His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, While, in his softened looks, benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend.
Page 142 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 49 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome: Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking.
Page 147 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good ? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good, seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 269 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 43 - Much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 144 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and Men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all, with uniform consent, admiring her as the Mother of their peace and joy.
Page 98 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow, The rest is all but leather or prunella.