 | 1836 - 422 pages
...nothing to blight, with the foul breath of slander, the tender flower of a neighbour's character ? " He that steals my purse steals trash ; but he that filches from me my good name, takes that which not enriches him, and makes me poor indeed." Can he make restitution for... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1836 - 938 pages
...those words of one of our poets : Good name in man or woman Is the immediate jewel of their souls. Who rned himself about from them, and wept ; and returned to them aga good name, Hobs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. THE NINTH COMMANDMENT.... | |
 | Frederick Jackson - 1841 - 254 pages
...property, but not with other people's good names. Was it Dr. Watts, Mr. Van Courtland, that wrote, ' he that steals my purse, steals trash, but he that filches from me my good name, robs me indeed ?" " You are nearly right in your quotation, Commodore, but not quite right,... | |
 | Joshua Wells Downing - 1841 - 346 pages
...precepts of the gospel j one of which is," Owe no man any thing, but to love one another."—EP. "Who steals my purse, steals trash ;— But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed." IV. You owe every man... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1845 - 312 pages
...entire sentences. Hence, it has been very properly styled, "the soul of delivery." EXAMPLES. 1. Who steals my purse steals trash, But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches Aim, And makes me poor indeed. 2. Look on this picture... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1842 - 316 pages
...entire sentences. Hence, it has been very properly styled, " the soul of delivery." EXAMPLES. 1. Who steals my purse, steals trash, But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. 2. Look on this picture... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1848 - 366 pages
...In those well-known lines; " Good name in man and woman, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash;— But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed;"— he but gives out,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1853 - 390 pages
...urn. follows: "Moore, — "Well,! don't care how you philosophise, so you leave me my immortal soul. He that steals my purse, steals trash; but he that filches from me my immortal soul," &c Niccolini has written a tragedy on the life of Buonaparte, which he has been obliged... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1853 - 384 pages
...urn. follows : " Moore, — Well, I don't care how you philosophise, so you leave me my immortal soul. He that steals my purse, steals trash; but he that filches from me my immortal soul," &c Niccolini has written a tragedy on the life of Buonaparte, which he has been obliged... | |
 | Richard Tudor - 1860 - 648 pages
...attention in detail under the ninth commandment. It is a sin of which our great poet thus speaks, " Who steals my purse, steals trash ; But he, that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that, which not enriches him, But makes me poor indeed." The detractor's mistake... | |
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Who steals my purse, steals trash; . . . But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. 
