 | John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1887 - 266 sivua
...Analyse the above, parsing the words in italics. 3. Paraphrase the following : — " He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Embittering all his state." (176.) SET F. " They do not err Who say that when the poet dies Mute nature... | |
 | Gordon Augustus Southworth - 1887 - 122 sivua
...room at the top. EXERCISE II7. Transform the following selections into prose : — 1. " He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...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... | |
 | George F. Bass - 1887 - 274 sivua
...what seems best ; to keep a good heart. Not to grumble and snarl and whine and frown. He tliat holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Embittering all his state. Still all great souls still make their own content; We to ourselves may... | |
 | 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
...always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treacherous shore. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...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 - 530 sivua
...always tempt the distant deep, Nor always timorously creep Along the treacherous shore. He that holds fast the golden mean And lives contentedly between...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... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1889 - 520 sivua
...Imbittering all his state. The tallest pines feel most the power Of wintry blasts ; the loftiest tower Comes heaviest to the ground ; The bolts that spare the mountain's side His cloud-capt eminence divide, And spread the ruin round. The well-informed philosopher Rejoices with... | |
 | 1913 - 456 sivua
...thought, Our hearts in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Embitt'ring all his state. — Cowper. WILHELM CARL GRIMM. Writer of Fairy Tales. Suggestive Stories.... | |
 | 1891 - 622 sivua
...American citizens who compose the Capitular companionship may each be described as— " ' He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between...poor Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door.' "And— " ' All are parts of one stupendous whole Whose body nature is, and God the soul.' " The If.-.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1891 - 1190 sivua
...hat the right. The Eetired Cat. He that holds fast the golden mean,1 And lives contentedly hetween The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagnes that hannt the rich man's door. Translation of Horace. Book ii. Ode x. Bnt strive still to... | |
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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. 
