 | Rev. S. Pollock Linn - 1881 - 472 Seiten
...a great matter to be in the way of accident, and to be watchful and ready to take advantage of it. IT sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains. Coleridge. FOLLOW up advantages. Napoleon. TUB use of character is to... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1910 - 968 Seiten
...1802. September 11, 1803. THE GOOD, GREAT MAN " How seldom, friend ! a good great man inherits Honor Hidden Page merit that which he obtains." REPLY TO THE ABOVE FOR shame, dear friend, renounce this canting strain... | |
 | 1911 - 784 Seiten
...sense forlorn: A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn. THE GOOD GREAT MAN (1802) COMPLAINT ' 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.' REPLY For shame, dear friend, renounce this canting strain ! What would'st... | |
 | Ella Adelaide Knapp, John Calvin French - 1911 - 454 Seiten
...Lowell, in a tribute to Coleridge, makes Coleridge's own lines serve as last words : — "It seems like stories from the land of spirits If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit that which he attains." Both conditions are fulfilled to-day. So Curtis concludes his eulogy... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1912 - 1112 Seiten
...blue sky MS. A. 84 yon] the XP, PR, MS. A, 85 praises] calls on If. P., PR, THE GOOD, GREAT MAN1 ' How seldom, friend ! a good great man inherits Honour or wealth with all his worth and pains 1 It sounds like stories from the land of spirits If any man obtain that which he merits Or any merit... | |
 | Henry Montagu Butler - 1914 - 628 Seiten
...Pyramidas : mea Spes (nec corruet) hic est, Hic et Pyramides meae. April, 1900. THE GOOD GREAT MAN How seldom, Friend, a good great man inherits Honour or wealth, with all his work and pains. It sounds like stories from the land of spirits If any man obtains that which he merits,... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - 852 Seiten
...devoutest of my choice, Thus mayest thou ever, everinore rejoice. THE GOOD GREAT MAN (1802) COMPLAINT back again: merit that which he obtains." 5 REPLY For shame, dear friend, renounce this canting strain ! What would'st... | |
 | Nellie Elfa Turner - 1915 - 540 Seiten
...argumentative word ? 31. COMPLAINT AND REPROOF " How seldom, Friend, a good great man inherits Honor or wealth with all his worth and pains ! It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtains that which he merits, s Or any merit that which he obtains." For shame, dear Friend ! renounce... | |
 | Andrew Melville - 1918 - 246 Seiten
...(and handicapped) by the inherited instincts of a gentleman. You can't cut throats in kid gloves. " It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit than which he obtains." Finally, one word about the editing and the corroboration by extracts... | |
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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. 
