 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 356 páginas
...nous deplcnt pas.' We have only space for a small portion of this poem. ' As Rochefoucault his maxima drew From nature, I believe them true, They argue no corrupted mind in bim, The fault is in mankind.' ' We all behold with envious eyes Our equals rais'd above our size,... | |
 | François duc de La Rochefoucauld - 1868 - 194 páginas
...CLIII. It is more dishonourable to distrust a friend, than to be deceived by him. " As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true :...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 our... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 páginas
...wisest, deepest, and saddest verses ever written — those on his own death : — As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true :...corrupted mind • In him ; the fault is in mankind. SWIFT'S SATIRE. 219 And he further tells us, in a pleasant picture of ladies playing at cards and talking... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1870 - 666 páginas
...writings, it is because there is lewdness in men and women. Swift says : — " As Rochefoucault his manners drew From nature, I believe them true : They argue...corrupted mind In him — the fault is in mankind." In his Preface, Smollett, a Scotchman, is almost apologetic for making his hero a North Briton. He... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1870 - 668 páginas
...writings, it is because there is lewdness in men and women. Swift says : — " As Eochefoucault his manners drew From nature, I believe them true : They argue...corrupted mind In him — the fault is in mankind." In his Preface, Smollett, a Scotchman, is almost apologetic for making his hero a North Briton. He... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 540 páginas
...Swift's opinions ; for in the lines on his own death, written six years later, he says, As Rochefoucanld his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true :...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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 606 páginas
...Swift's opinions ; for in the lines on his own death, written six years later, he says, As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true : They argue no corrupted ruind Iu him ; the fault is in mankind. The misanthropy of Swift was a consequence of Iiis dark estimate... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1873 - 516 páginas
...by his reading and pondering the very maxim in question, with this exordium :— " As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true :...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 our... | |
 | François duc de La Rochefoucauld - 1875 - 196 páginas
...CLIII. It is more dishonourable to distrust a friend, than to be deceived by him. " As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true :...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 our... | |
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As 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... 
