Tis he whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that law as on the best of friends; Whence in a state where men are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill, And what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on a right foundation rest, He fixes... Essays, Military and Political, Written in India - الصفحة 26بواسطة Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence - 1859 - عدد الصفحات: 483عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 180
...able to endure, As more expos'd to suffering and distress ; Thence, also, more alive to tenderness. 32 Tis he whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that...right foundation rest. He fixes good on good alone, ami owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 358
...of friends ; Whence, in a state where men are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse 111, And what in quality or act is best Doth seldom on...fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 416
...sacrifice ; More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure, As tempted more ; more able to endure, As more exposed to suffering and distress ; Thence,...fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 416
...sacrifice ; More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure, As tempted more ; more able to endure, As more exposed to suffering and distress ; Thence,...fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there... | |
| 1822 - عدد الصفحات: 486
...Upon that law, as on the best of friends ; Whence, in a state where men are tempted still To evil fbr a guard against worse ill, • And what in quality...fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : —Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means : and there will... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - عدد الصفحات: 418
...sacrifice ; More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure, As tempted more ; more able to endure, As more exposed to suffering and distress ; Thence,...fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows : — Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means ; and there... | |
| British poets - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 838
...such sacrifice ; More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure, As tempted more; more able to endure, As more exposed to suffering and distress ; Thence,...fixes good on good alone, and owes ' To virtue every triumph that he knows; — —Who, if he rise to station of command, Hises by open means; and there... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 372
...where men are tempted still To evil for a guard against worse ill, And what in quality or act is befit Doth seldom on a right foundation rest. He fixes good on good alone, and owe* To virtue every triumph that he knows: —Who, if he rise to station of command. Rises by open... | |
| Harriet Martineau - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 452
...people, honour, safety, and the means of perpetual pro gross. CHAPTER III. MORALS OF POLITICS. " TIB b<» whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that law as...fixes good on good alone, and owes , To virtue every triumph that he knows." Wordnmrth. UNDER a pure despotism, the morals of politics would make but a... | |
| Harriet Martineau - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 426
...POLITICS. * Tis hi whose law is reason ; who depends Upon that law as on the best of friends ; \Vhence, in a state where men are tempted still To evil for...fixes good on good alone, and owes To virtue every triumph that he knows." Wordsworth. UNDER a pure despotism, the morals of politics would make but a... | |
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