Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide. Poems - Page 48by William Cowper - 1803 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph Jones - 1837 - 362 pages
..." Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight line to their own crooked will ; , And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First...pace, Secure of nothing but — to lose the race." Cowper. " It is an easy matter for a man to run hard for a Spirt, for a furlong, for a mile or two... | |
| 1837 - 404 pages
...not written with the same professed design, take the surest method of accomplishing it. For " Errors in the life, breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again." Some of these are the grossest vehicles of impurity. Others, like the sheet let down before the scrupulous... | |
| 1838 - 790 pages
...not written with the same professed design, take the surest method of accomplishing it. For " Errors in the life, breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again." Some of these are the grossest vehicles of impurity. Others, like the sheet let down before the scrupulous... | |
| William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...wind. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill, Bead the straight rule to their own erooked will, And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide. Halting on erutehes of unequal size, One leg by truth supported, one by lies, They sidle to the goal with awkward... | |
| Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1839 - 622 pages
...were of a kindred nature, and when they came in contact they united and mutually aided one another. " Faults in the life breed errors In the brain, And these reciprocally those again." Be it so that the new measures have come into Conn, and New England, comparatively, but little ; yet... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...556 Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First...for a guide. Halting on crutches of unequal size, 560 One leg by truth supported, one by lies ; They sidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of nothing... | |
| 1853 - 624 pages
...heart we say, originally, for afterwards there is a mutual influence. Cowper has well said, " Errors in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again." Mr. Cassell ascribes Infidelity not to the heart — of which he appears to have a pretty good opinion... | |
| Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1846 - 1024 pages
...XVI. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide. COWPER. We are now in Charlotte Street, Bedford Square. In a small house in that most gloomy part of... | |
| Richard Hiley - 1846 - 330 pages
...purity of its precepts. We naturally dislike that which is opposed to our practice, and thus, " Errors in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again." But when, on the contrary, we are guided by the principles of Christianity, we shall never act a double... | |
| 1878 - 496 pages
...bears." " Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill, Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will, And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide." " Faults in the mind breed errors in the brain." " Pride may be pampered while the flesh grows lean."... | |
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