| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1803 - 716 pages
...surnamed, from his misfortune, the Blind, and from his virtues, the Good, Earl, inculcates, with much ingenuity, a moral sentence, which, however, may be...we spent, we had ; What we left, we lost. But their leases in this sense were far superior to their gifts and expences; and their heirs, not less than... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1805 - 512 pages
...be abused by CHAP, thoughtless generosity. After a grateful commemoration of the fifty-five years of union and happiness, which he enjoyed with Mabel his...we have ; What we spent, we had ; What we left, we lost.85 But their losses, in this sense, were far superior to their gifts and expenses ; and their... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 484 pages
...we gave, we have ; CHAP. What we spent, we hai What we left, we lost *. T VT What we spent, we had ; But their losses, in this sense, were far superior...expences ; and their heirs, not less than the poor, were the objects of their paternal care. The sums which they paid for livery and seisin, attest the... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 482 pages
...however, be abused by thoughtless generosity. After a grateful commemoration of the fifty-five years of union and happiness, which he enjoyed with Mabel his...wife, the good Earl thus speaks from the tomb : What * This grc-.t family, de Ripirriis, de R elvers, de Hirers, ended, in Edward the Fiist's time, in Is... | |
| Arthur Collins - 1812 - 780 pages
...may be abused by thoughtless generosity. After a grateful commemoration of the fifty-five years of union and happiness, which he enjoyed with Mabel his...have ; What we spent we had ; What we left we lost. t But their losses, in this sense, were far superior to their gifts and expenses ; and their heirs,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 474 pages
...however be abused by thoughtless generosity. After a grateful commemoration of the fifty-five years of union and happiness which he enjoyed with Mabel his...expences; and their heirs, not less than the poor, were the objects of their paternal care. The sums which they paid for livery and seisin attest the... | |
| Sir Richard Le Scrope - 1832 - 502 pages
...be abused by " thoughtless generosity. After a grateful commemoration of the " fifty-five" years of union and happiness which he enjoyed with " Mabel his wife, the good Earl thus speaks from the tomb : — lllljat tot gabt, tor babt; Illljat tot spent, tot ijati ; lilliat tot ltft, tot loot," 1 Froissart,... | |
| Martin Dunsford - 1836 - 300 pages
...grateful commemoration of the fifty five years of union and happiness, which he enjoyed with Isabel his wife, the good Earl thus speaks from the tomb,...expences : and their heirs not less than the poor, were the objects of their paternal care. The sums which they paid for livery and seisin attest the... | |
| Clarkson Stanfield - 1836 - 304 pages
...may be abused by thoughtless generosity. After a grateful commemoration of the fifty-five years of union and happiness, which he enjoyed with Mabel his...in this sense, were far superior to their gifts and expenses; and their heirs, not less than the poor, were objects of their paternal care. The sums which... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1841 - 504 pages
...be abused by thoughtless generosity. After a grateful commemoration of the fifty-five years of imion and happiness, which he enjoyed with Mabel his wife,...have ; What we spent, we had ; What we left, we lost. (85) But their lusses, in this sense, were far superior to their gifts and expenses ; and their heirs,... | |
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