 | Barnaby (Uncle.) - 1799 - 374 pages
...Since trifles make the sum of buman things, And half our misery from our foibles springs; Since lift;'s best joys consist in peace and ease, And though but few can serve, yet nil may please; Oh let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence;... | |
 | Margaret Cullen - 1802 - 332 pages
...accuse her of ill temper." " Let no one say," cried Constantia, "that ill temper is a small evil! " Since trifles make the sum of human things, " And half our misery from our foibles spring-.; " Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, " And low can save or serve, bill all... | |
 | 1812 - 356 pages
...and suffering n** ture writhes in prolonged agonies. Since trifles make the sum of human things, Anil half our misery from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save or serve, but all may please ; Oh ! let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1812 - 412 pages
...and had long and earnestly desired to Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our mis'ry from our foibles springs; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save or serve, but all may please r Oh ! let th" ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small... | |
 | John Ovington - 1813 - 168 pages
...There are many little attentions to he observed in our duties, which cannot fully be described : — ' Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs, O let th* ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. Large bounties to... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - 234 pages
...IMPORTANCE TO THE HAPPINESS OF 1IFE SINCE trifles make the sum of human things, And half our mis'ry from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And fe\v can save, or serve, but all can please ; Oh ! let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small... | |
 | Amelia Alderson Opie - 1818 - 380 pages
...happiness of wedded life depends. Well has that woman said, who is an ornament to her sex, that " ' Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half...misery from our foibles springs; Since life's best gifts consist in peace and ease, And few can save, or serve, but all may please ; — O ! let the ungentle... | |
 | Poetical monitor - 1819 - 168 pages
...Heaven. THE IMPORTANCE OF TRIFLES. SINCE trifles make the sum of human things, And half our inis'ry from our foibles springs; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save, or serve, but all can please ; Oh ! let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 pages
...IMPORTANCE OF TRIFLES. Mrs. H. More. SINCE trifles make the sum of human things, And half our mis'ry from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save, or serve, but all can please : Oh ! let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence A small... | |
 | Alicia Lefanu - 1823 - 536 pages
...painting, began, in a thundering voice, what shall be read in the following chapter. CHAPCHAPTER V. Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs, Oh ! let th' ungentle spirit learn from thence A smnll unkindness is a great offence. Mrs. II. MORE.... | |
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Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And though but few can serve, yet all may please; O let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness... 
