 | Amelia Alderson Opie - 1818 - 380 sivua
...happiness of wedded life depends. Well has that woman said, who is an ornament to her sex, that " ' Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half...misery from our foibles springs; Since life's best gifts consist in peace and ease, And few can save, or serve, but all may please ; — O ! let the ungentle... | |
 | Amelia Alderson Opie - 1818 - 380 sivua
...make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs; Since life's best gifts consist in peace and ease, And few can save, or serve, but all may please ; — . ,- .. < . . O ! let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence.'... | |
 | Poetical monitor - 1819 - 168 sivua
...Heaven. THE IMPORTANCE OF TRIFLES. SINCE trifles make the sum of human things, And half our inis'ry from our foibles springs; Since life's best joys consist...peace and ease, And few can save, or serve, but all can please ; Oh ! let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence.... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1820 - 314 sivua
...SINCE trifles make the sum of human things, And hail' our mis'ry from our foibles springs; Since tile's best joys consist in peace and ease, . • And few can save, or serve, but all can please* O! let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence : '... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 sivua
...IMPORTANCE OF TRIFLES. Mrs. H. More. SINCE trifles make the sum of human things, And half our mis'ry from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys...peace and ease, And few can save, or serve, but all can please : Oh ! let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence A small unkindness is a great offence :... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1823 - 488 sivua
...that she cannot forbear to quote them. Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our mis'ry from our foibles springs; Since life's best joys consist...few can save or serve, but all may please ; Oh! let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindncss is a groat offence. Large bounties to bestow... | |
 | Alicia Lefanu - 1823 - 536 sivua
...painting, began, in a thundering voice, what shall be read in the following chapter. CHAPCHAPTER V. Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs, Oh ! let th' ungentle spirit learn from thence A smnll unkindness is a great offence. Mrs. II. MORE.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1824 - 170 sivua
...imfiortance ?o the ha]ifiineas of life. !. SINCE trifles make the sum of human And half our mis'ry from our foibles springs.; Since life's best joys consist in peace and easeAnd few can save or serve, but all can please : Oh ! let th' ungentle spirit learn from henceA... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 432 sivua
...she cannot forbear to quote them : Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our mis'ry from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys...small unkindness is a great offence. Large bounties to bestow we wish in vain ; But all may shun the guilt of giving pain. SENSIBILITY. By Mrs. H. More. pictures,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 422 sivua
...she cannot forbear to quote them : Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our mis'ry from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys...small unkindness is a great offence. Large bounties to bestow we wish in vain ; But all may shun the guilt of giving pain. SENSIBILITY. By Mrs. H. More. pictures,... | |
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Since Trifles make the Sum of human things And half our misery from our foibles springs Since [life's best joys] consist in peace and ease And [few can] save or serve but all may please: Oh! let the [ungentle] spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness... 
