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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... "
Biographia Hibernica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Worthies of Ireland ... - Page 52
1821
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The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1900 - 304 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,...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...
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Character. Repr

Samuel Smiles - 1910 - 468 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...
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Writings of John Quincy Adams, Volume 4

John Quincy Adams - Presidents - 1914 - 586 pages
...reconciled to us, are moderation, gentleness, a little indulgence to others, and a great deal of distrust of ourselves, which are not qualities of a mean spirit,...possibly think them, but virtues of a great and noble mind, and such as dignify our nature as much as they contribute to our repose." In legislative assemblies...
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Selected Letters of Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke - Biography & Autobiography - 1984 - 512 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,...but virtues of a great and noble kind, and such as dignifye our Nature, as much as they contribute to our repose and fortune; for nothing can be so unworthy...
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Irish Writers and Politics

Okifumi Komesu, Masaru Sekine - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 374 pages
...attain this is by 'moderation, gentleness, a little indulgence to others and a great deal of distrust of ourselves which are not qualities of a mean Spirit,...may possibly think them but virtues of a great and nobel kind, and such as dignify our nature'.13 Clearly there was nothing of the rebel in Burke, and...
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Sources in Irish Art: A Reader

Fintan Cullen - Architecture - 2000 - 332 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,...but virtues of a great and noble kind, and such as dignifye our Nature, as much as they contribute to our repose and fortune; for nothing can be so unworthy...
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