 | Harriet B. Swineford - 1883 - 302 sivua
...of desperate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have passed away. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door. Translation of Horace. * ROBERT BURNS. 1759-1796. ROBERT BURNS, although of Scotch birth, is classed... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 sivua
...thumps npon the back. Young, L'niterial Passion. s Far. How be esteems your merit. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door. Translation of Horace. Soot ii. Ode x. But strive still to be a man before your mother.1 Connoisteur.... | |
 | 1883 - 702 sivua
...all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language. — Coleridge. He who holds the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, THE BROTHERS DAVENPORT AND THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. [In connection with Dr. Nichols' paper on "The... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1883 - 352 sivua
...and the wisdom, and the wit, I long to know them all. Cawper. 9. The Golden Mean. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The...that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich mini's door, Embittering all his state. Harare, lry Cowper. 10. The Influence of Example. The smallest... | |
 | 1884 - 644 sivua
...man with the most health and happiness. The poet has sung — "He that holds fast the golden muan, And lives contentedly between The little and the great....the wants that pinch the poor Nor plagues that haunt tlie rich man's door. Embittering all his state/' history, we find a tendency to pastoral communism.... | |
 | 1885 - 630 sivua
...intrans., act., inf., près., gov. by 'descry.' 3. Paraphrase the following : — lie that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. The man who is wise enough to be perfectly contented with a medium position... | |
 | Gordon Augustus Southworth, Farley Brewer Goddard - 1887 - 408 sivua
...the top. EXERCISE 117. Transform the following selections into prose : — 1. " He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door." 2. " Tweed's echoes heard the ceaseless plash, While many a broken band, Disordered, through her currents... | |
 | William Hone - 1888 - 876 sivua
...nor dispirited by indigence, 'lie stores of enjoyment are unlocked. He who holds fast the Golileii Mean, And lives contentedly between The little and...that pinch the poor. Nor plagues that haunt the rich roan's door Kmbitt'ring all his state. The tallest pines feel most thepow'r ОГ wintry blasts ; the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1889 - 632 sivua
...tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treacherous shore. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. The tallest pines feel most the power Of wintry blasts ; the loftiest tower... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1889 - 520 sivua
...tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treacherous shore. He that holds fast the golden mean And lives contentedly between The...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. The tallest pines feel most the power Of wintry blasts ; the loftiest tower... | |
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He that holds fast the golden mean And lives contentedly between The little and the great Feels not the wants that pinch the poor Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbittering all his state. 
