 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 488 Seiten
...seldom, friends, a good great man inherits Honor or wealth with all his worth and pains! If soitnds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains — For shame, dear friends, renounce this canting strain ; What wouldst... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1880 - 512 Seiten
...and grateful heart, That after my great sleep I may Awake to thy eternal day ! Amen. 1808. COMPLAINT. How seldom, Friend ! a good great man inherits Honour or wealth, with all his worth and painsi It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits, Or... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1880 - 392 Seiten
...—PRINCE OF WALES'S WEDDING—DCL DEGREE AT OXFORD —BISHOP COLENSO—SERMONS ON THE PENTATEUCH. How seldom, friend, a good great man inherits Honour or wealth, with all his toil and pains. It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 Seiten
...with her thousand voices, praises God! COMPLAINT. How seldom, friend, a good great man inherits Honor 8 , merit that which he obtains. REPROOF. For shame, dear friend! renounce this canting strain ! What wouldst... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1889 - 308 Seiten
...Make ready my graveclothes to-morrow. COMPLAINT. OW seldom, friend ! a good great man inherits Honor or wealth, with all his worth and pains ! It sounds...spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains. KEPEOOF. FOR shame, dear friend ! renounce this canting strain ! What... | |
 | 1891 - 168 Seiten
...saints, I trust. COLERIDGE (The Knight's Tomb). 43 How seldom, Friend! a good great man inherits Honor or wealth, with all his worth and pains ! It sounds...spirits If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains. For shame, dear Friend ! renounce this canting strain ! What wouldst thou... | |
 | 1892 - 980 Seiten
...Thomas Carlyle, it would do honour to them both. He had not read it, and I recited it from memory. " How seldom, Friend ! a good great man inherits Honour...spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains. " For shame, dear Friend ! renounce this canting strain ; What wouldst... | |
 | Sir Charles Gavan Duffy - 1892 - 322 Seiten
...of Thomas Carlyle, it would do honour to both. He had not read it, and I recited it from memory. " How seldom, Friend ! a good great man inherits Honour...spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains. For shame, dear Friend ! renounce this canting strain ; What wouldst thou... | |
 | Sir Charles Gavan Duffy - 1892 - 298 Seiten
...of Thomas Carlyle, it would do honour to both. He had not read it, and I recited it from memory. " How seldom, Friend ! a good great man inherits Honour...spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains. For shame, dear Friend ! renounce this canting strain ; What wouldst thou... | |
 | Julia Thomas, Annie Gregory Thomas - 1892 - 288 Seiten
...nevertheless. 2. THE GOOD GREAT MAN. FIRST VOICE. How seldom, friend, a good great man inherits Honor or wealth, with all his worth and pains ! It sounds...spirits If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains. SECOND VOICE. For shame, dear friend ; renounce this canting strain. What... | |
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How seldom, friend, a good great man inherits Honour or wealth with all his worth and pains ! It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains. 
