| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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