 | 1857 - 402 páginas
...scheme of supplying our wants by lopping our desires is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices ; so climbing is performed in the same posture as creeping. "WHERE are you going?" asked an old gentleman of alittle boy who had just completed his... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1858 - 424 páginas
...improperly used for the past participle spoken. EXERCISES UNDER RULE XXXIV. PARTICIPLES. RULE XXXIV. — a. Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices : so climbing is performed in the same posture as creeping. —SWIFT. CS b. The enjoying of the goods of fortune is more coveted than the winning... | |
 | Wit - 1860 - 282 páginas
...inferior who defers to you in a tite d t&e, and contradicts you when a third appears. — Lavater. The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable...happy impute all their success to prudence and merit. Little that is truly noble can be expected from one who is ever poring on his cash-book, or balancing... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 páginas
...sun-dial on the front of a house, to inform the neighbours and passengers, but not the owner within. The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable,...climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping. Censure is the tax a man payeth to the public for being eminent. No wise man ever wished to be younger.... | |
 | Roses - 1867 - 172 páginas
...sun-dial on the front of a house, to inform the neighbours and passengers, but not the owner within. The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable,...climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping. Censure is the tax a man payeth to the public for being eminent. No wise man ever wished to be younger.... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1867 - 106 páginas
...proceeded, the indications of approaching land seemed to be more certain, and excited hope in proportion. 6. The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable;...happy impute all their success to prudence and merit. 7. It is at least pious to ascribe all the ill that befalls us to our own demerits, rather than to... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 páginas
...possession. Comedy of Errors, Act III. FORTUNE. INDUSTRY is fortune's right hand, and frugality her left. THE power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable...happy impute all their success to prudence and merit. SWIFT. AH me ! what perils do environ The man that meddles with cold iron. For though dame Fortune... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 páginas
...Id. Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives, and the sincerest part of our devotion. — Id. The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable...happy impute all their success to prudence and merit. — Id. When we desire or solicit anything, our minds run wholly on the good side or circumstances... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 páginas
...a great noise, that the enemy may believe them to be more numerous and strong than they really are. The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable,...merit. Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest officer: so, climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping. Censure is the tax a man payeth... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1870 - 428 páginas
...struggle. They who run races often get thrown down in the hurry, and rolled in the dust, and, says Swift, " Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices ; so climbing is performed in the same posture as creeping''1 Moderation and contentment have been from time out of mind recommended and descanted... | |
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The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable ; for the happy impute all their success to prudence and merit. Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices ; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping. 
