| Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 Seiten
...misfortunes, can behave with tranquillity and indifference — is truly great; whether peasant or courtier, he deserves admiration, and should be held up for our imitation and respect. With what indignation do I hear an Ovid, a Cicero, or a Rabutin, complain of their misfortunes and... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 Seiten
...distresses, can behave with tranquillity and indifference, is truly great : whether peasant or courtier, he deserves admiration, and should be held up for our imitation and respect. The miseries of the poor are, however, entirely disregarded ; though some undergo more real hardships... | |
| Robert Skakel Knight - 1876 - 192 Seiten
...misfortunes, can behave with tranquillity and indifference, is truly great : whether peasant or courtier, he deserves admiration, and should be held up for our imitation and respect. THE MIND AND THE HEART. Reed. The study of nature may be made too exclusively scientific, — the intellect... | |
| Navy - 1878 - 156 Seiten
...world is looking on : men in such circumstances will act bravely even from motives of vanity ;".... "while the slightest inconveniences of the great are...magnified into calamities, while tragedy mouths out their sufferings in all the strains of' eloquence, the miseries of the poor are entirely disregarded." Those... | |
| James Comper Gray - 1879 - 398 Seiten
...suddenly rushed upon them, and carried them away." m. 13— 22. Dr. T Lawrie, Led. 89. 6 Dr. Thomas. "While the slightest inconveniences of the great are...into calamities— while tragedy mouths out their Bufferings in all the sion of a man's heart, so long he never molesteth him ; he willingly obeyeth... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1881 - 514 Seiten
...misfortunes, can behave with tranquillity and indifference, is truly great ; whether peasant or courtier, he deserves admiration, and should be held up for...great are magnified into calamities, while tragedy months out their sufferings in all the strains of eloquence, the miseries of the poor are entirely... | |
| Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 232 Seiten
...misfortunes, can behave with tranquillity and indifference, is truly great : whether peasant or courtier, he deserves admiration, and should be held up for...magnified into calamities, while tragedy mouths out their sufferings in all the strains of eloquence, the miseries of the poor are entirely disregarded ; and... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 488 Seiten
...dietresses, can behave with tranquillity and indifference, is truly great : whether peasant or courtier, ho deserves admiration, and should be held up for our imitation and respect. The miseries of the poor are, however, entirely disregarded ; though some undergo more real hardships... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1885 - 584 Seiten
...distresses, can behave with tranquillity and indifference, is truly great : whether peasant or courtier, he deserves admiration, and should be held up for...magnified into calamities ; while tragedy mouths out their sufferings in all the strains of eloquence *] , the miseries of the poor are, however, entirely disregarded... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1885 - 584 Seiten
...distresses, can behave with tranquillity and indifference, is truly great : whether peasant or courtier, he deserves admiration, and should be held up for...magnified into calamities ; while tragedy mouths out their sufferings in all the strains of eloquence *] , the miseries of the poor are, however, entirely disregarded... | |
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