...read!" " As for praise," says this unhappy bard, in his preface, " I do not expect much of it." — Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed. " Contempt" is the only thing he fears — has he not reason ? The Pleasures of Human Life, investigated...

...unreasonable hopes, my arguments will receive additional strength. It is here, if in any case, that th«_ mock beatitude ascribed to Swift, may be repeated...emphasis and good discretion," " Blessed is he that expccteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed." In a word, sir, let us take a general survey...

...the same expression, though with a meaning somewhat varied — be promoted or be hanged. Shenstone. Blessed is he that expecteth nothing for he shall not be disappointed.— Swift. 312 - >..- -~.. Canst thou then sink, thou daughter of the great, Sprung from the noblest guardians...

...and his ministry. My dear Henry, You recollect, I have no doubt, Swift's additional beatitude, — " Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed :" fortunately for me, I have adopted this beatitude invariably during the course of a very long life,...

...the Irish, perhaps to both, although you disavow any selfish motive, and quote the sage maxim of ' Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.' Well ! let that pass ; only advising that, if you do make the attempt, you don't forget the maxim....

...the Irish, perhaps to both, although you disavow any selfish motive, and quote the sage maxim of ' Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.' Well! let that pass; only advising that, if you do make the attempt, you don't forget the maxim. Then,...

...believe I find it as easy to make new acquaintances as most people, but even with me, tempora mutantur. ' Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.' " Two days later, from the same place he wrote : " I have escaped an unlooked-for calamity. Last evening...

...company, but I confess that I did not expect a reply ; and in that I have not been disappointed : " Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed." Now, Sir, I do not wish to monopolise all the merit in connection with the above subject, but I hope...

...railway company, but I confess that I did not expect a reply ; and in that I have not been disappointed : "Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed." Now, Sir, I do not wish to monopolise all the merit in connection with the above subject, but I hope...

...Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. KnWAItl) O. JENKINS, 1-RINTEIt, auitKcl, New York. " BLESSED is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed," is the language of that sublime moralist, Sancho Panza ; and if the expectations of the reader are...