| Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 492 pages
...spirit of. cowards, and the fawning assent of sycophants. It renounces no just right from fear. It gives up no important truth from flattery. It is indeed...fixed principle, in order to give it any real value. Upon this solid ground only, the polish of gentleness can witli advantage be superinduced. It stands... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...spirit of cowards, and the fawning assent of sycophants.0 It renounces no just right from fear. It gives up no important truth from flattery. It is indeed not only consistent with a firm mind, hut it necessarily requires a manly spirit, and a fixed principle, in order to give it any real value.... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1822 - 312 pages
...mean spirit of cowards,and the fawning assent of sycophants. It renounces no just right from fear.It gives up no important truth from flattery. It is indeed not only consistent with a firm mine.*, but it necessarily requires a manly spirit, and a fixed principle, in order to give it any... | |
| Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 470 pages
...mean spirit of cowards, and the fawning assent of sycophants. It renounces no just right from fear. It gives up no important truth from flattery. It is indeed not only consistent wilh a firm mind, butit necessarily requires a manly spirit, and a fuied principle, in order to give... | |
| Charles Buck - Bible - 1823 - 614 pages
...mean spirit of cowards and the fawning assent of sycophants. It renounces no just right from fear; it gives up no important truth from flattery ; it is,...manly spirit and a fixed principle, in order to give il any real value. It stands opposed to harshness and severity, to pride and arrogance, to violence... | |
| Moral essays - 1824 - 186 pages
...mean spirit of cowards, and the fawning assent of sycophants. It renounces no just right from fear. It gives up no important truth from flattery. It is indeed...fixed principle, in order to give it any real value. Upon this solid ground only, the polish of gentleness can with advantage be laid. It stands opposed,... | |
| Children - 1824 - 188 pages
...mean spirit of cowards, and the fawning assent of sycophants. It renounces no just right from fear. It gives up no important truth from flattery. It is indeed not only consistant with a firm mind, but it necessarily requires a manly spirit and a fixed principle, in order... | |
| Charles Buck - 1824 - 628 pages
...mean spirit of cowards and the fawning assent of svcophants. It renounces no just right from fear ; it gives up no important truth from flattery : it is, indeed, not only conMslenl with a firm mind, but it necessarily requires a manly spirit and a fixed principle, in order... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...mean spirit of cowards, and the fawning assent of sycophants. It renounces no just right from fear. It gives up no important truth from flattery. It is indeed...spirit and a fixed principle, in order to give it any reul value. Upon this solid ground only, the polish of gentleness can with advant;ige be superinduced.... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...of sycophants.' It renounces no just right from fear. It gives up no important truth from (jattevy. It is indeed not only consistent with a firm mind, but it necessarily requires a manly spirit, arid a fixed principle, in order to give it any real value. Upon-this solid gtound only, the polish... | |
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