 ... meanness of apparel, and in others, under either neat or rich attire, a very humble unaffected mind : using it upon some of the aforementioned engagements, or such like, and yet, the heart not at all upon it. Magnus...  Aids to Reflection - Page 76by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1839 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1884 - 512 pages
...iititur tainjiiam argento, iicc illc minor qui argento tanquani fictilibus, says Peneca : Great is lie who enjoys his earthenware as if it were plate, and not less great is the man to whom all his plate U no more than earthenware. APHORISM XXXI. OF DETRACTION AMONG RELIGIOUS PROFESSORS. Leiglitoii nml... | |
 | Lucy Larcom - 1887 - 252 pages
...not that which was made by Him possess thee, lest thou lose Him by whom thyself was made. SAI 11 May. Great is he who enjoys his earthenware as if it were...to whom all his plate is no more than earthenware. BBOTCA. I found this, That of goods I could not miss If I fell within the line ; Once a member, all... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 pages
...with envy, he doth bear two loads, fíen Jonson. Great joy is only earned by great exertion. Goethe. hoc est? Is it for this you look so pale? ts this a reason why une should not the man to whom all his plate is no more than earthenware. Sen. Great is not great to the greater.... | |
 | Frederick Dunglison Power - 1903 - 554 pages
...humility be arrayed in purple and fine linen. In this connection he also quotes that rich utterance of Seneca: "Great is he who enjoys his earthenware as...to whom all his plate is no more than earthenware." The inquisitive brother also desires to know, "Have sisters a right to vote in the selection of church... | |
 | 1903 - 172 pages
...Patience? Why, 'tis the soul of peace; of all the virtues 'tis the nearest kin to Heaven. — DeTcker. Great is he who enjoys his earthenware as if it were...to whom all his plate is no more than earthenware. — Seneca. Humility is eldest-born of Virtue, And claims the birthright at the throne of heaven. —... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1904 - 500 pages
...upon it. Magnus qni fictilibus utitur tanquam argento, nee ille minor qui argento tanquam fictilibus, says Seneca : Great is he who enjoys his earthenware...earthenware. APHORISM XXXI. Of the Detraction among Religious Projessors. LEIGHTON AND COLERIDGE. They who have attained to a self-pleasing pitch of civility or... | |
 | Hialmer Day Gould, Edward Louis Hessenmueller - 1904 - 920 pages
...Fontaine. Contentment is natural wealth ; luxury is artificial poverty. — Socratft. Great is he that enjoys his earthenware as if it were plate, and not...to whom all his plate is no more than earthenware. — Leighton. Conversation opens our views, and gives our faculties a more vigorous play; it puts us... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 772 pages
...Content can soothe, where'er by fortune placed ; can rear a garden in the desert waste.-Я. K. White. Great is he who enjoys his earthenware as if it were...whom all his plate is no more than earthenware.— Leighton. Want of desire is the greatest riches. — Vigée. The contented man is never poor ; the... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 pages
...will depend on its docility to learn from their example. — Fisher Ames. Great is he who enjoys hie Is a bird without wings. — Saadi. Railway travelling — Seneca. Some are born great ; яоте achieve greatness ; and some have greatness thrust upon... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1913 - 468 pages
...it. Magnus qui fietilibus tttitur tanquam, argento, nee ille minor qui argento tanquam fietilibus, says Seneca : Great is he who enjoys his earthenware as if it were plite, and not less great is the man to whom all his plate is no more than earthenware. APHORISM XXXI.... | |
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