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... The Works of Hannah More - Page 175by Hannah More - 1830Full view - About this book
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...many pages. IMPORTANCE OF TRIFLES. 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 tho' but few can serve, yet all may please ; O let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness... | |
| Frederic Charles Cook - 1851 - 118 pages
...his last. WORDSWOKTH. GOOD TEMPER. 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 few can save, or serve, but all can please : Oh ! let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small... | |
| Christian garland - 1851 - 296 pages
...Revel of — OLD HUMPHREY. SENSIBILITY. 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 few can save or serve, but all may please, Oh ! let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness... | |
| Family experiences, Esther Copley - 1852 - 348 pages
...exercise and soothing in reflection — " Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs : Since life's best joys...And though but few can serve, yet all may please. Oh, let th ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. To spread large... | |
| George Winfred Hervey - 1852 - 338 pages
...unfading chaplet of Mrs. Hannah More. " 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 few can stand and serve, but all may please: Oh let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness... | |
| 1853 - 588 pages
...trifles make Ihe scene 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 ; 0 let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindncss is a great offence. To spread large... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...'twas all he wish'd — a friend! Gray. 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 few can love or serve, but all may please; Oh, let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness... | |
| Alexandrine Etiennette Marie Charlotte Des Echerolles - 1853 - 658 pages
...companion of my earliest years. CHAPTER VI. 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 few can save or serve, but all may please, Oh ! let the gentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness... | |
| Elihu Burritt - 1853 - 224 pages
...lay not this sin to their charge." BE 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 few can save or serve, but all may please, — Oh ! let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1853 - 946 pages
...Accepted incense! shall ascend to heaven ! 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 en PC. And though but few can serve, yet all may please; Î let the ungentle spirit learn from hence,... | |
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