As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true : They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast : ' In all distresses of our friends, We first consult... The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ... - Página 223de Jonathan Swift - 1757Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 páginas
...parson stubbed and burnt it. From ' Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift,' Nov. 1731. As Rochefoucault his Maxims drew From nature, I believe them true :...fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too baee for human breast : ' In all distresses of our friends We first consult our... | |
| A. A. - 1879 - 288 páginas
...marry them, and dance at the wedding, I suppose!" CHAPTEE XVIII. A WEDDING, ON DIT. " As Rochef oucault his maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true ;...fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast, In all distresses of our friends We first consult pur private... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1879 - 592 páginas
...nous de'plait pas." As Rochefoueault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true ; \ , . i. . V They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. 1 Divisum imperium cnm Jove Caesar habet. 2 These verses have undergone, perhaps, a stranger revolution... | |
| Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 páginas
...adversity of our best friends we always find something that doth not displease us.'' As ROCHEFOUCAULD his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true :...fault is in mankind. This maxim, more than all the rest, Is thought too base for human breast : — " In all distresses of our friends We first consult... | |
| James Hain Friswell - 1880 - 380 páginas
...noblest, wisest, deepest, and saddest verses ever written — those on his own death :-^ As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true :...no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. 219 And he further tells us, in a pleasant picture of ladies playing at cards and talking of his death... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1881 - 368 páginas
...adversity of our best friends, we always find something that doth not displease us.' As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true:...fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breasi : ' In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1881 - 842 páginas
...Verse* on th* Death As Rochefoucault his Maxims drew From nature, I believe them true : They arguo no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is In mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Ii thought too ba,ae for hnmaii breast : ' In all distresses of our friends We first consult our... | |
| H. L. Sidney Lear - 1882 - 200 páginas
...nos meilleurs amis nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous deplait pas." As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true:...fault is in mankind. This maxim, more than all the rest, Is thought too base for human breast: " In all distresses of our friends We first consult our... | |
| 1882 - 404 páginas
...\ To which are added \ Moral Sentences and Maxims of Stanislaus \ King of Poland. "As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true ;...corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind." — DR. SWIFT. " A mong the books in ancient and modern times which record the conclusions of observing... | |
| 1882 - 884 páginas
...avant celle-ci. Nous nous bornerons à reproduire et à traduire la première : « As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true ; They argue no corrupted mind In him ; thé fault is in mankind. » — DR. SWIFT. — « Comme la Rochefoucauld écrivit ses maximes d'après... | |
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