CharacterJ. Murray, 1876 - 388 pages |
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... hands of men of weak purpose , of deficient self - control , or of ill- regulated passions , is only a temptation and a snare— the source , it may be , of infinite mischief both to them- selves and to others . On the contrary , a ...
... hands of men of weak purpose , of deficient self - control , or of ill- regulated passions , is only a temptation and a snare— the source , it may be , of infinite mischief both to them- selves and to others . On the contrary , a ...
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... hands , he was moulding the character of his country ; and he was morally stronger , and vastly more honoured and followed , than all the princes of Germany . Character is property . It is the noblest of posses- sions . It is an estate ...
... hands , he was moulding the character of his country ; and he was morally stronger , and vastly more honoured and followed , than all the princes of Germany . Character is property . It is the noblest of posses- sions . It is an estate ...
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... hand , or degraded on the other . " There is no fault nor folly of my life , " says Mr. Ruskin , " that does not rise up against me , and take away my joy , and shorten my power of pos- session , of sight , of understanding . And every ...
... hand , or degraded on the other . " There is no fault nor folly of my life , " says Mr. Ruskin , " that does not rise up against me , and take away my joy , and shorten my power of pos- session , of sight , of understanding . And every ...
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... hand , energy , without integrity and a soul of goodness , may only represent the embodied principle of evil . It is observed by Novalis , in his Thoughts on Morals , ' that the ideal of moral perfection has no more dangerous rival to ...
... hand , energy , without integrity and a soul of goodness , may only represent the embodied principle of evil . It is observed by Novalis , in his Thoughts on Morals , ' that the ideal of moral perfection has no more dangerous rival to ...
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... to profit by his example wherever it can lead us in the path of duty and of right , and of bestowing on him those tributes of admiration and affection which he deserves at our hands . " CHAP . I. ] Contagiousness of Energy . 17 The.
... to profit by his example wherever it can lead us in the path of duty and of right , and of bestowing on him those tributes of admiration and affection which he deserves at our hands . " CHAP . I. ] Contagiousness of Energy . 17 The.
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Page 185 - I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man - be virtuous - be religious - be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here.
Page 249 - Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee...
Page 327 - MORTON'S WIFE. He first deceased ; she for a little tried To live without him, liked it not, and died.
Page 171 - High-heartedness doth sometimes teach to bow. A noble heart doth teach a virtuous scorn, To scorn to owe a duty overlong ; To scorn to be for benefits forborne, To scorn to lie, to scorn to do a wrong. To scorn to bear an injury in mind, To scorn a free-born heart slave-like to bind.
Page 3 - He bade me act a manly part, though I had ne'er a farthing, O For without an honest manly heart, no man was worth regarding, O. Then out into the world my course I did determine, O Tho...
Page 297 - Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 187 - Owe no man anything, but to love one another : for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet ; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Page 250 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand.
Page 250 - tis true I have gone here and there, And made myself a motley to the view, Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear...