 ... aspect to them at all times; which is more than human nature can do. They try experiments to ascertain whether they are sufficiently loved: they watch narrowly the effects of absence, and require their friends to prove to them that the intimacy is...  Essays Written in the Intervals of Business - Page 14by Sir Arthur Helps - 1843 - 148 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1841 - 144 pages
...friends to prove to them that the intimacy is exactly upon the same footing as it was before. Some persons acquire these suspicious ways from a natural...a selfishness which cannot be satisfied. And their endeavour should be to uproot such a disposition, not to soothe it. Contentment abides with truth.... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1844 - 514 pages
...friends to prove to them that the intimacy is exactly upon the same footing as it was before. Some persons acquire these suspicious ways from a natural...others these habits arise from a selfishness which can not be satisfied. And their endeavors should be to uproot such a disposition, not to sooth it.... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1851 - 150 pages
...friends to prove to them that the intimacy is exactly upon the same footing as it was before. Some persons acquire these suspicious ways from a natural...a selfishness which cannot be satisfied. And their endeavors should be to uproot such a disposition, not to soothe it. Contentment abides with truth.... | |
 | 1856 - 386 pages
...friends to prove to them that the intimacy is exactly upon the same footing as it was hefore. Some persons acquire these suspicious ways from a natural...themselves ; for which they are often loved the more. With others these habits arise from a selfishness which cannot be satisfied, and their endeavors should... | |
 | Calcutta univ - 1859 - 254 pages
...friends to prove to them that the intimacy is exactly upon the same footing as it was before. Some persons acquire these suspicious ways from a natural...disposition, not to soothe it. Contentment abides with truth. And you will generally suffer for wishing to appear other than what you are; whether it be richer,... | |
 | 1863 - 394 pages
...our extracts for another department of our Magazine: and yet we will find room for one short passage. Contentment abides with Truth. You will generally suffer for wishing to appear other than that you are; whether it be richer, or greater, or more learned. The mask soon becomes an instrument... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1879 - 432 pages
...friends to prove to them that the intimacy is exactly upon the same footing as it was before. Some persons acquire these suspicious ways from a natural...disposition, not to soothe it. Contentment abides with truth. And you will generally suffer for wishing to appear other than what you are ; . whether it be richer,... | |
 | Annie H. Ryder - 1886 - 200 pages
...was before. Some persons acquire these suspicious ways from a natural diffidence in themselves. . . With others, these habits arise from a selfishness which cannot be satisfied. And their endeavors should be to uproot such a disposition, not to soothe it. ARTHUR HELPS. 17. Like a cradle... | |
 | 1858 - 656 pages
...their friends to prove to them that the intimacy is exactly on the same footing as it was before. Some persons acquire these suspicious ways from a natural...they might find ample comfort in that, if they could believe it. With others, these habits arise from a selfishness which cannot be satisfied. And their... | |
 | 1901 - 1240 pages
...with or without gloves ; violations are punishable by from three to twelve months' imprisonment. * * * Contentment abides with truth. You will generally suffer for wishing to appear other than you are, whether it be richer or greater or more learned. The mask soon becomes an instrument of torture.... | |
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