 Rochefoucault his Maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true ; They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast, ' In all distresses of our friends We first consult...  The Lounger's Common-place Book - Page 131by Jeremiah Whitaker Newman - 1796Full view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 416 pages
...ventur'd his life ; Went home, and was cudgel'd again by his wife. VERSES ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT.6 As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe...no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim, more than all the rest, Is thought too base for human breast : " In all distresses of our... | |
 | 1851 - 604 pages
...of physical suffering, and under the influence of the deepest mental gloom : — " As Rochefoucauld many parts of it were constructed by mechanics unacquainted with such work ; This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast, — 108 LIFE AND MAXIMS OF... | |
 | François duc de La Rochefoucauld - 1851 - 262 pages
...adversity of our best friends we often find something which does not displease us. 245. " As Roehefoucauld his maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true....corrupted mind In him — the fault is in mankind. " This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast. In all distresses of our... | |
 | François duc de La Rochefoucauld - 1851 - 290 pages
...WHICH ABB ADDED MORAL SENTENCES AND MAXIMS OF STANISLAUS, KING OF POLAND. " At Rochefoveauld Kit maximt drew From nature, I believe them true ; They argue no corrupted mind In Kim ; the fault is in manJcind." DK. SWIFT. ' Among the books in ancient and modem timea which record... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
...dtplaIl pas. In the adversity of our hest friends, we atways find somethins that doth not disptease us." n's This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast : " In all distresses of our... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...ROCHEFOUCAULT : " Iv the adversity of our best friends, we always find something that doth not displease us." As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe...no corrupted mind In him : the fault is in mankind. This maxim, more than all the rest, Is thought too base for human breast : " In all distresses of our... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Mitford - 1853 - 384 pages
...I'adversite' de nos meillcurs amis, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose, qui ne nous de"plait pas." As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe...They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is m mankind. 1 Divisum imperium cnm Jove Caesar habet. 2 These verses have undergone, perhaps, a stranger... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...where his genius least inelines, Absurdly bends his whole designe. Swift on Poetry. As Roehefoueault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true; They argue no eorrupted mind In him: the fault is in mankind. Swift. Vain human kind ! fantastie raee ! Thy various... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 378 pages
...the Italian proverb says, " The man who lives by hope will die by danger." — Aiiditon. DCXXXIII. As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe...no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. Swift. DCXXXtV. How large a portion of chastity is sent out of the world by distant hints, — nodded... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...ventur'd his life ; Went burnt, and was cudgel'd again by bis wife VERSES ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT." As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe...no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim, more than all the rest, Is thought too base for human breast : " In all distresses of our... | |
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