 | Gems - 1851 - 206 pages
...and Peace, they are but one, He speaks—the echo of His voice is Peace. EMMA TATHAM. SENSIBILITY. Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half...Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save, or serve, but all may please—• Oh ! let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small... | |
 | 1859 - 748 pages
...by classing himself in the number : " Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart." ' — Ibid. ' Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half...misery from our foibles springs; Since life's best joys consists in peace and ease, And few can save or serve, but all may please, — 0 let the ungentle spirit... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...though I sometimes live ages, And no monarch alive has so many pages. IMPORTANCE OF TRIFLES. Sinee trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs; Sinee life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And tho' but few can serve, yet all may please ;... | |
 | N. Leitch - 1851 - 234 pages
...Sweetness of Temper necessary to Happiness. SINCE trifles make the sum of human things, And half our mis'ry from our foibles springs; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease. And few can save, or serve, but all can pleasr: Oh! let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness... | |
 | Lady Frances Parthenope Verney - 1870 - 384 pages
...own cheeks and the premature whitening of his own head. CHAPTEE III. FISHING IN THE HERON'S POOL. " Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our temper springs." THEKE was a good deal of timber cut the next spring, and the sound of the axes resounded... | |
 | Possession - Bible stories, English - 1870 - 498 pages
...thinks he is endeavouring to please, is only endeavouring to shine, and is still farther from the mark. Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from trifles springs ; Oh ! let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence.... | |
 | Melva (pseud.) - Conduct of life - 1870 - 392 pages
...him of his domestic wreck is like the brooding tenderness of a mother. CHAPTEE IV. THE GRUMBLER. " SINCE trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from OUT foibles springs, 0 let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small vnKndness is a great offense.... | |
 | William Gardner (headmaster of St. Crysostom's sch, Liverpool.) - 1871 - 108 pages
...Samaritan helped the Jew. The unmerciful servant was punished, LEARN AND WRITE— IMPORTANCE op TRIFLES. Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foible* sprii.gs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save, or serve, but... | |
 | Ellen Barlee - 1871 - 260 pages
...boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!" — ST. JAMES iii. 5. " Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our folly springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save or serve, but all... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1872 - 420 pages
...pleased, record ; One soul-felt sigh by powerless pity given, Accepted incense! shall ascend to heaven! Since trifles make the sum of human things. And half...and ease, And though but few can serve, yet all may plea.;c; O let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. To spread... | |
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Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And though but few can serve, yet all may please; O let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness... 
