 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 Seiten
...shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome insects of the hour. Ibid. Vol. iii. p. 344. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and...sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. ibid. Vol. iii. /. 453. The cold neutrality of an impartial judge. Preface to Brissofs Address. Vol.... | |
 | Samuel Neil - 1874 - 112 Seiten
....I.OCDTIOH ;"•.!„ HiMDBOOK OF MODBEB H.SIORT•" »»PKE», A o»rao4L Bioesirnr ;" "IBS ur» OF "He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill , antagonist is our helper. • — EDMUND BCBKH. LONDON HOULSTON AND SONS PATEENOSTEE SQUAKE • ———————... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 Seiten
...multitude, was bruited about in every form of speech and writing, in order _to excite popular indignation. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and...sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. Reflections on the Revolution in France. Vol. iii. /. 453. The cold neutrality of an impartial judge.... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1875 - 380 Seiten
...parental Guardian and Legislator, who knows us better than we know ourselves, as He loves us better too. He that wrestles with us, strengthens our nerves,...sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. The amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels... | |
 | William Tegg - 1876 - 146 Seiten
...parental guardian and legislator, whe knowa us better than we know ourselves, and he loves ns better too. He -that wrestles with us, strengthens our nerves,...helper. This amicable conflict with -difficulty obliges ns to an intimate acquaintance with our object, *nd compels us to consider it in all its relations.... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1876 - 448 Seiten
...parental guardian and instructor, who knows us better than we know ourselves, as He loves us better too. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill : our antagonist is thus our helper." Without the necessity of encountering difficulty, life might be easier, but men would... | |
 | Godfrey Golding - 1877 - 268 Seiten
...and Legislator, who knows us better <j\V?' g •$ than we know ourselves, as He loves us better, too. He that wrestles with us, strengthens our nerves,...skill : our antagonist is our helper. This amicable contest with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1877 - 466 Seiten
...who knows us better than we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. Pater ipse colendi haud facihm esse viam voluit. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skil1. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate... | |
 | George Henry Andrews - 1877 - 54 Seiten
...instead of weakly surrendering the crown of commercial supremacy to any rival, it shall be proved that " he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill." LETTER III. IMPORTANCE OF THE GRAIN TRADE NEED OF TERMINAL FACILITIES RAPID TRANSIT—INFLUENCE OF... | |
 | Moses Auge - 1879 - 798 Seiten
...offspring, one son, Harry. The last is 'Thomas J., who is unmarried. GEORGE W. ROGERS, ESQ. He i ! i:it wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.— Burke. A man's enemies are as useful to him as his friends if he knows how to make use of them.—... | |
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DIFFICULTY is a severe instructor, set over us by the Supreme ordinance of a parental guardian and legislator, who knows us better than we know ourselves, as he loves us better, too. Pater ipse colendi, haud facilem esse viam voluit. He that wrestles... 
