 Is placable, because occasions rise So often that demand such sacrifice ; More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure, As tempted more ; more able to endure, As more exposed to suffering and distress ; Thence, also, more alive to tenderness...  Society in America - Page 82by Harriet Martineau - 1837 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...endure, As more expos'd to suffering and distress ; Thence, also, more alive to tenderness. 32 Tis he whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that law as...right foundation rest. He fixes good on good alone, ami owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...endure, As more expos'd to suffering and distress ; Thence, also, more alive to tenderness. Tis he whose law is reason; who depends Upon that law as...are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse 111, And what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He fixes good on good... | |
 | 1822 - 486 pages
...to endure, As more exposed to suffering and distress; Thence also more alive to tenderness 'Tis he whose law is reason; who depends Upon that law, as...Whence, in a state where men are tempted still To evil fbr a guard against worse ill, • And what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pages
...endure, As more exposed to suffering and distress; Thence, also, more alive to tenderness. — 'T is he whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that law as...guard against worse ill, And what in quality or act is befit Doth seldom on a right foundation rest. He fixes good on good alone, and owe* To virtue every... | |
 | Edward Tagart - 1832 - 352 pages
...TAGART. Who is the happy Warrior ? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be ? —'Tis he whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that law as on the best of friends ; Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there will stand On honourable terms,... | |
 | Frederick Poynder - 1843 - 74 pages
...possessor of power in general, who acts upon such principles as these, will feel strongly the weight k " Whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that law, as...a guard against worse ill, And what in quality or art is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He labours good on good to fix, and owes To virtue... | |
 | Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - 1844 - 556 pages
...cause to maintain, as his accusers had, should deserve the praise awarded by Wordsworth to him, who, In a state where men are tempted still To evil for...guard against worse ill, And what in quality or act i8 best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, Yet fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every... | |
 | Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - 1844 - 556 pages
...cause to maintain, as his accusers had, should deserve the praise awarded by Wordsworth to him, who, In a state where men are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill, Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, And what in quality or act is best Yet fixes pood on good alone,... | |
 | CALCUTTA INDIA - 1844 - 650 pages
...endure, As more exposed to suffering and distress ; Thence also more alive to tenderness. — 'Tis he whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that law as on the best of friends ; W hence in a state where men are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill, And what in... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...and distress ; Thence, also, more alive to tenderness. — 'Tie he whose law is reason ; who dépends Upon that law as on the best of friends ; Whence,...is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He labours good on good to fix, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if he rise to... | |
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