 | George Herbert - 1703 - 450 pages
...thy behaviour low, thy projeft high ; So fhalt thou humble and magnanimous be : Sink not in fpirit : who aimeth at the sky, Sho.ots higher much, than he that means a tree. A grain of glory mixt with humblenefs Cures both a Fever, and Lethargicknefs. Let thy mind ftill be... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1825 - 558 pages
...John,vi. 27. Col. iii. 2. P. Henry. Orig. MS. " Pitch thy behaviour low, thy projects high ; So shall thou humble and magnanimous be ; Sink not in spirit. Who aimeth at the sky, Shoot* higher much than he that means a tree." The Church Porch. Herbert's Poems, vl suprn, p. 12.... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1825 - 556 pages
...earnestly, hut beware of coveting any creature earnestly, John, vi. 27. Col. Ui. 2. P. Henry. Grig. MS. " Pitch thy behaviour low, thy projects high ; So shalt thou humble and magnanimous he ; Sink not in spirit. Who aimeth at the sky, Shoots higher much than he that means a tree." The... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1833 - 774 pages
...earnestly, John vi. 27. Col. iii. 2. P. Henry. Oriir. MS. " Pitch thy behaviour low, thy projecle AijA ; So Shalt thou humble and magnanimous be ; Sink not...sky, Shoots higher much than he that means a tree " The Church Porch. Herbert's Poems, at npra, p. |i h fmU go in Ike tltenytk of Ike Lord God: f will... | |
 | Time - 1835 - 274 pages
...tire. Truth dwells not in the clouds : the bow that's there Doth often aim at, never hit, the sphere. Pitch thy behaviour low, thy projects high ; So shalt...sky, Shoots higher much, than he that means a tree. A grain of glory mix'd with humbleness. Cures both a fever, and lethargickness. Let thy mind still... | |
 | George Herbert - 1838 - 406 pages
...men's wants and will, And meet them there. All worldly joys go less To the one joy of doing kindnesses. Pitch thy behaviour low, thy projects high ; So shalt...sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree. A grain of glory mixt with humbleness Cures both a fever and lethargicness. Let thy mind still be bent,... | |
 | Joseph Jones - 1837 - 362 pages
...'"•THE WISE COURSE. .*.» ••".•• "Pitch thy behaviour low ; thy projects high ; So shall thou humble and magnanimous be. Sink not in spirit...sky, Shoots higher much, than he that means a tree. A grain of glory mixed with humbleness Cures both a fever and lethargickness." Herbert. " If heaven... | |
 | George Herbert - 1838 - 402 pages
...joys go less To the one joy of doing kindnesses. Pitch thy behaviour low, thy projects high ; So shall thou humble and magnanimous be : Sink not in spirit...sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree. A grain of glory mixt with humbleness Cures both a fever and lethargic-ness. Let thy mind still be... | |
 | George Herbert - 1838 - 420 pages
...men's wants and will, And meet them there. All worldly joys go less To the one joy of doing kindnesses. Pitch thy behaviour low, thy projects high; So shalt...magnanimous be : Sink not in spirit: who aimeth at the sky L- Shoots higher much than he that means a tree. A grain of glory mixt with humbleness L. Cures both... | |
 | Godfrey Goodman - 1839 - 452 pages
...government of his own family, to whom he often repeated these lines of the pious George Herbert : " Pitch thy behaviour low, thy projects high, So shalt...sky Shoots higher much than he that means a tree. A grain of glory mixed with humbleness, Cures both a fever and lethargicness." Memoirs, p, 540. marriages... | |
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Pitch thy behaviour low ; thy projects, high ; So shalt thou humble and magnanimous be. Sink not in spirit : who aimeth at the sky, Shoots higher much, than he that means a tree. 
