 | François duc de La Rochefoucauld, John William Willis Bund, James Hain Friswell - 1871 - 156 páginas
...their faults ; they always believe that they are right when fortune backs up their vice or folly. [" The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable,...happy impute all their success to prudence and merit." — SWIFT, Thoughts on Various Subjects.] 228.- -Pride will not owe, self-love will not pay. 229. —... | |
 | 1872 - 556 páginas
...of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off pur feet when we want shoes. 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 - 1872 - 274 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... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 912 páginas
...marriages are happy, is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages. d groan* from «orne »ail chamber rV Mixed with t or merit. Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices ; so climbing is performed in the... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1873 - 814 páginas
...used for the past participle spoken. EXERCISES UNDER RULE XXXVII. PARTICIPLES. RULE XXXVII. — 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... | |
 | E S. P - 1874 - 588 páginas
...most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men of the blasts of fortune. — William Pcun. AMRITION often puts men upon doing the meanest offices ; so...climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping. AMRITION sufficiently plagues her proselytes, by keeping themselves always in show, like the statue... | |
 | William Davidson (B.A.) - 1877 - 240 páginas
...of industry ; for I remarked that their cottages were of a tolerable size, and very well built. 15. The power of Fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudep.ce and merit. 16. My lute ! be still, for I have done. 17. It was no dream ; for I lay broad... | |
 | Charles Anderton Read - 1879 - 404 páginas
...observe as he walks the streets, I believe he will find the merriest countenances in mourning-coaches. Nothing more unqualifies a man to act with prudence,...for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same... | |
 | English language - 1879 - 106 páginas
...principal changes that may be made in the course of paraphrasing : — (l.) Change of words; as, — " The power of Fortune is confessed only by the miserable;...happy impute all their success to prudence and merit. " Changed; — The influence of Fortune is admitted only by the unfortunate ; "or the prosperous ascribe... | |
 | A. P. Russell - 1879 - 412 páginas
...The absorbing desire for wealth — " that bad thing, gold," that " buys all things good " — like ambition, " often puts men upon doing the meanest...climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping." Almost every act may be a lie against the thought or motive which prompted it. The great aim of the... | |
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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. 
