 | Manchester art treasures exhib - 1857 - 138 pages
...reconciled to it, are moderation, gentleness, a little indulgence to others, and a great deal of distrust of ourselves ; which are not qualities of a mean spirit,...and fortune ; for nothing can be so unworthy of a well-composed soul as to pass away life in bickerings and litigations ; in snarling and scuffling with... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Painters - 1859 - 288 pages
...reconciled to it, are moderation, gentleness, a little indulgence to others, and a great deal of distrust of ourselves ; which are not qualities of a mean spirit,...and fortune ; for nothing can be so unworthy of a well-composed soul as to pass away life in bickerings and litigations ; in snarling and scuffling with... | |
 | John Timbs - Biography - 1860 - 432 pages
...reconciled to it, are moderation, gentleness, a little indulgence to others, and a great deal of distrust of ourselves, which are not qualities of a mean spirit, as some may probably think them ; but virtues of a great and noble kind, and such as dignify our nature much as... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Biography - 1865 - 590 pages
...reconciled to it, are moderation, gentleness, a little indulgence to others, and a great deal of distrust of ourselves ; which are not qualities of a mean spirit,...for nothing can be so unworthy of a well. composed scnil as to pass away life in bickerings and litigations, in snarling and scuffling with every one... | |
 | John Forster - 1873 - 806 pages
...reconciled to it, are moderation, gentleness, a little indulgence to others, and a great deal of distrust of ourselves; "which are 'not qualities of a mean spirit,...'kind, and such as dignify our 'nature as much as they con' tribute to our fortune and re'pose." Well would it have been for the subject of this biography,... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Character - 1876 - 408 pages
...deal of distrust of ourselves ; which 1 Profesaor Tyndall on ' Faraday as a Discoverer,' pp. 40-1. are not qualities of a mean spirit, as some may possibly...and fortune ; for nothing can be so unworthy of a well-composed soul as to pass away life in bickerings and litigations — in snarling and scuffling... | |
 | Alfred Webb - Ireland - 1878 - 616 pages
...it, are moderation, gentleness, and a little indulgence to others, and a great deal of distrust of ourselves, which are not qualities of a mean spirit, as some may probably think them, but virtues of a great and noble kind." While abroad he does not appear to have... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1881 - 648 pages
...reconciled to it, are moderation, gentleness, a little indulgence to others, and a great deal of distrust of ourselves ; which are not qualities of a mean spirit,...and fortune ; for nothing can be so unworthy of a well-composed soul as to pass away life in bickerings and litigations, in snarling and scuffling with... | |
 | John Forster - 1871 - 544 pages
...little indulgence to others, and a great deal of distrust of ourselves; "which are not qualities of я " mean spirit, as some may possibly think them, but...dignify our nature as much " as they contribute to our fortune and repose." Well would it have been for the subject of this biography, if the same justice... | |
 | 1893 - 486 pages
...gentleness, and indulgence in his judgments of others, " which are not qualities of a mean spirit, but virtues of a great and noble kind, and such as...dignify our nature, as much as they contribute to our fortune and repose." Goldsmith's habit of living merely from day to day, beset every better scheme... | |
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Barry, that the arms with which the ill dispositions of the world are to be combated, and the qualities by which it is to be reconciled to us, and we reconciled to it, are moderation, gentleness, a little indulgence to others, and a great deal of distrust... 
