| James Hardie - 1801 - 530 sivua
...calumny, and detraction, or ever thought it necessary to confute them, for " they are sparks," said he, " which if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves." He was not to be overawed or depressed \y/ the presence, frowns, or insolence of great men, but persisted,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 548 sivua
...detraction, nor ev er thought it necessary to confute llu'm; " for they are sparks," said he, *"• which if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves." \ethe took r.ire never to provoke enemies by ffvrrity of tvnstire; lor he never dwelt on the faults... | |
| Sir John Carr - 1807 - 334 sivua
...and never troubled himself to confute them. " They are sparks," said he, " which, if you do not blow, will go out of themselves. The surest remedy against scandal is to live it down, by a perseverance in well doing; and by praying to God that he would cure the distempered minds of those... | |
| sir John Carr - 1807 - 538 sivua
...never troubled himself to confute them. " They are sparks," said he, " which, if you do not blow, " will go out of themselves. The surest remedy against '* scandal is to live if dawn, by a perseverance in well " doing ; and by praying to God that he would cure the " distempered... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1808 - 542 sivua
...this rule, is the source of a ven common error. Or—Want of attention, &c. Calumny and detraction are sparks, which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. Cleiia is a vain woman, icho, if we do not flatter her, will be disgusted. Ambition is insatiable :... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1810 - 514 sivua
...himself had enemies;) nor ever thought it necessary to confute them. " They are eparks," said he, " which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves....against scandal, is, to live it down by perseverance in well doing; and by praying to God, that he would cure the distempered minds of those who traduce and... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 402 sivua
...calumny and detraction, nor ever thought it necessary to confute them; "for they are sparks," said he, " which if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves." Yet he took care never to provoke enemies by severity of censure; for he never dwelt on the faults... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1814 - 190 sivua
...this rule, is the source of a very common error. Or— Want of attention, &c. Calumny and detraction are sparks, which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. Clelia is a vain woman, who, if we do not flatter her, will he disgusted. That celebrated work had... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 190 sivua
...this rule, is the source of a very common error. Or—Want of attention, &c. Calumny and detraction are sparks, which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. Clelia is a vain woman, who, if we do not flatter her, will be disgusted. That celebrated work had... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 564 sivua
...and detraction, nor ever thought it necessary to confute them; ." for they are sparks," said he, " which, if you do «' not blow them, will go out of themselves." Yet he took care never to provoke enemies by severity of censure, for he never dwelt on the faults... | |
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