 | United States. Congress - 1882 - 136 pages
...of noble deeds, following into the distant future the name of him who performed them. The drying uj, a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore. Senator CARPENTER acquired no wealth while in public life. His poverty increased while in the councils... | |
 | 1883 - 498 pages
...those of any other profession of an earthly character. It ha- been said of the philanthropist that, "The drying up of a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore." But who can estimate the worth of the true physician in his ministry of love and humanity to these... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1883 - 352 pages
...present, by the pupils of one of the advanced classes, are given here : 1. Kindness. The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore. Byron. 2. Reputation. The purest treasure mortal eyes behold Is spotless reputation. That away, Men are but... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...strange coincidence," to use a phrase By which such things are settled nowadays. Stanza 78. The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore. Canto viii. Stanza 3. Thrice happy he whose name has been well spelt In the despatch : I knew a man... | |
 | Frank Abial Flower - 1883 - 600 pages
...noble deeds, following into the distant future the name of him who performed them. " The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore." In a chapter on " good hearts " the Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat once related... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...supplies, Its fruit on earth, its growth above the skies. 610 Cowper : Charity. Line 573, The drying up a single tear has more • Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore. 611 Byron : Don Juan. Canto vili. St. 3. CHASTITY — see Purity. Chaste as the icicle That's curded... | |
 | William Wilson - 1883 - 236 pages
...large. By such restoration, mourning, suffering, and privation is lessened, and, indeed, The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore. He has been preserving that which every being, every creature values as the most precious and priceless... | |
 | Olǵa Alekseevna Novikova - 1883 - 600 pages
...this charnel-house, ' And this is glory ! ' ' Yes,' I responded, ' after all, General, The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore.' ' You are right,' he replied, ' and yet I am nothing but a soldier.' Leaving the redoubt, he called... | |
 | Harriet B. Swineford - 1883 - 302 pages
...thought, produces That which makes thousands — perhaps millions — think. Don Juan. The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore. Don Juan. 'Tis strange, but true ; for truth is always strange — Stranger than fiction. Don Juan,... | |
 | John I. Jones - 1884 - 254 pages
...acquaintance widens. (22) The pen is mightier than the sword. (23) Hope is sweeter than possession. (24) The drying up of a single tear has more of honest fame than shedding seas of gore. (25) He would go to sea notwithstanding the entreaties of his parents. (26) A tender conscience is... | |
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The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore. 
