 ... is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort.  Humphry Davy: Poet and Philosopher - Page 191by Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1896 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Davy - 1836 - 436 pages
...applicable to friendship generally, are forcibly expressed in the following extract from a letter which he wrote to a friend : — " Upon points of affection...what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort." I shall introduce here a copy of a letter from him to the late Mr. Coleridge, without date, but supposed... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1839 - 508 pages
...marriage state, from which it is applicable to friendship generally, is thus forcibly expressed : — " Upon points of affection it is only for the parties...what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort." I shall introduce here a copy of a letter from him to the late Mr. Coleridge, without date, but supposed... | |
 | 536 pages
...ruined child. Thousands have realised the cad result, and have gone mourning to their graves. Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but...what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort. — TO A STAR. " Can 'it thon hind the iweet influence* of PleUJci, or looie Ihi band« of Orion."—... | |
 | 1845 - 632 pages
...persuasion, not by compulsion ; fire and fagot are not God's law, but the Pope's cannon shot. Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but...what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort. Many afilictlons will not cloud and obstruct peace of mind so much as one sin ; therefore, if ye would... | |
 | 1854 - 744 pages
...storms arise, they fall off, and are blown away. — BISHOP REYNOLDS. HABITUAL 'KINDNESS. — Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindnesses, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart, and secure... | |
 | 1847 - 490 pages
...shall "come to /ion with songs and everlasting joy upon his head." — Hannah. HABITUAL KINDNESS. LIFE is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but...what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort. — Sir H. Davy. ONE SIN. MANY afflictions will not cloud and obstruct peace of mind so much as one... | |
 | 1847 - 828 pages
...incorrectly translated passages of the New Testament. — From Savage Life and Scenes, by GF ANOAS. Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but...obligations given habitually, are what win and preserve tlie heart, and secure comfort. Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. The virtue which is not... | |
 | 1851 - 316 pages
...according as the various objects of benevolence shall seem to require. HABITUAL KINDNESS. — Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindnesses, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart, and secure... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1868 - 288 pages
...peace the world cannot give. Alas, this prayer was much needed ! [NEW YEAR'S THOUGHTS ON LIFE. " Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but...what win- and preserve the heart and secure comfort." — Sir H. Davy. " Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of eternity."... | |
 | 1850 - 358 pages
...having is got by sin ; nothing worth keeping is lost by serving God." Habitual Kindness. — " Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but...what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort." — Sir H. Davy. " Remember — there is a witness every where, and a book in which every action is... | |
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