 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1886 - 304 pages
...Rochefoucauld's cynical maxims were quoted as authority on life and human nature. Said Swift : "As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true....no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind." The succession which Dryden had willed to Congreve was taken up by Alexander Pope. He was a man quite... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 534 pages
...opinions ; for in the lines on his own death, written six years later, he says, v Rochefoucauld his maxima drew From nature, I believe them true : They argue...no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. The misanthropy of Swift was a consequence of his dark estimate of human nature. Mankind were hateful,... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1890 - 320 pages
...cynical maxims were quoted as authority on life and human nature. Said Swift: As Rochefoucauld liis maxims drew From nature, I believe them true. They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is iu mankind. The succession which Dryden had willed to Congreve •was taken up by Alexander Pope. He... | |
 | William James Linton - 1892 - 196 pages
...by, and Traits of Moral Courage in every-day life. i2mo, 186 pages, Cloth 75 cts . u As Rochefoucald his maxims drew From Nature,— I believe them true....no corrupted mind In him— the fault is in mankind !"— Swift. ROUSSeaU (Jean JaCQUes.) The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Law. Also, A... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1894 - 342 pages
...Rochefoucauld's cynical maxims were quoted as authority on life and human nature. Said Swift: As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true....no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind. The succession which Dryden had willed to Congreve was taken up by Alexander Pope. He was a man quite... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1894 - 328 pages
...cynical maxims were quoted as authority on life and human nature. Said Swift: As Rochefoucauld hia maxims drew From nature, I believe them true. They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault ia in mankind. The succession which Dryden had willed to Congreve was taken up by Alexander Pope. He... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...paper-sparing Pope ; And, when he sits to write, No letter with an envelope Could give him more delight. As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe...no corrupted mind In him : the fault is in mankind. SWIFT. Now Curll his shop from rubbish drains : Three genuine tomes of Swift's remains; And then, to... | |
 | Henry Morehouse Taber - 1897 - 388 pages
...Moral Courage in every-day life. i2mo, 186 pages, Cloth 75 cts. " As Rochefoucald his maxims drew Prom Nature,— I believe them true. They argue no corrupted mind In him— the fault is in mankind \"—Suii/t. RoUSSeaU (Jean Jacques.) The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Law. Also, A... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1899 - 346 pages
...Rochefoucauld's cynical maxims were quoted as authority on life and human nature. Said Swift : As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true....no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. The succession which Dryden had willed to ConAlexander greve was taken up by Alexander Pope. He was... | |
 | Francis Warre Cornish - 1900 - 604 pages
...f adversité de nas meilleurs antis, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous deflattfas.' As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe...They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is m mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast : ' In all distresses... | |
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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... 
