 As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true: They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast: ' In all distresses of our friends, We first consult...  Irish life [by I. Butt]. - Page 354by Isaac Butt - 1840Full view - About this book
 | 1787 - 446 pages
...; They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest 5 Is thought too base for human breast, " In all distresses...us, " Points out some circumstance to please us." 10 If this perhaps your patience move, Let reason and experience prove. We all behold with envious... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 386 pages
...drew From nature, I believe them true: They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast : * These verses have undergone, perhaps, a stranger revolution than any other part of the Dean's writings.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 558 pages
...poem of near 500 lines upon N 4 X\\t They argue no corrupted mind Tn him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base...your patience move, Let reason and experience prove. We all behold with envious eyes Our equals rais'd above our size. Who would not at a crowded show Stand... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thonght too base for human breast* * In all distresses of...your patience move, Let reason and experience prove. We all behold with envious eyes Our equals rais'd above our size. Who would not at a crowded show Stand... | |
 | James Beattie - 1809 - 262 pages
...brings examples to confirm his doctrine. He does. In order to prove, from reason and experience, that in all distresses of our friends we first consult our private ends, he argues, that, when our friend is NOT IN DISTRESS, but in an advantageous situation, we wish to be... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 pages
...no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought tuo base for human breast: " In all distresses of our...to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please n-.B If this perhaps your patience move. Let reason and experience prove. We all behold with envious... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 pages
...corrupted mini? In him ; tin: fault is in mankind. Tins maxim more than all the rest Is thought loo base, for human breast : " In all distresses of our...friends, We first consult our private ends ; While nal urc, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.™ If this prrliaps your... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...drew from nature, I believe them true: they argue no corrupted mind in him; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest is thought too base...your patience move, let reason and experience prove. We all behold with envious eyes our equals rais'd above our size. Who would not at a crowded show stand... | |
 | William Somervile - 1811 - 312 pages
...drew from nature, 1 believe them true: they argue no corrupted mind in him; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest is thought too base for human breast: " In alj distresses of our friends, we first consult our private ends ; while nature, kindly bent to ease... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 832 pages
...permission. The poem, as it now stands in this collection, is agreeable to Mr. Faulkner's copy. N. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base...friends, "We first consult our private ends ; While Wature kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us." If this perhaps your patience... | |
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