 ... else, it is of the mere meanness and penury of our own spirits, that we lapse into so unworthy a complaint. If we look for a few moments into the different ends to which men live, we shall soon see, which of them are measurable by quantity, and proportioned...  A Martineau Year Book: Extracts from Sermons - Page 16de James Martineau - 1905 - 207 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | James Martineau - 1848 - 344 pages
...see, which of them are measurable by quantity, and proportioned to the time spent in their attainment. Some men are eminent for what they possess : some,...great distinctions of mankind, and the three great functious of their life. And though they are necessarily all blended, more or less, in each individual,... | |
 | James Martineau - 1847 - 378 pages
...see, which of them are measurable by quantity, and proportioned to the time spent in their attainment. Some men are eminent for what they possess : some,...is prominent in the impression left upon us by our fellow man. In every society, and especially in a country like our own, there are those who derive... | |
 | James Martineau - 1847 - 372 pages
...see, which of them are measurable by quantity, and proportioned to the time spent in their attainment. Some men are eminent for what they possess : some,...is prominent in the impression left upon us by our fellow man. In every society, and especially in a country like our own, there are those who derive... | |
 | James Martineau - 1848 - 312 pages
...see, which of them are measurable by quantity, and proportioned to the time spent in their attainment. Some men are eminent for what they possess: some,...great distinctions of mankind, and the three great functious of their life. And though they are necessarily all blended, more or less, in each individual,... | |
 | William Francis Cleary - 1850 - 240 pages
...possess : some for what thpy ar/iieve ; nthm for what they are. Having, doing, and ieiug, conrtittit* the three great distinctions of mankind, and the three...great functions of their life. And though they are ri-ceasarily all blended, more or less, in eai-h individual, ir is seldom difficult to say which of... | |
 | John Wilson - 1855 - 360 pages
...quality the most difficult to be found in public situations U probity ; the least difficult confidence. Some men are eminent for what they possess some for what they achieve and others for what they are. (Remark d.) All our mental perceptions suggest their opposites, — the... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1856 - 330 pages
...way to procure an habitual hypocrisy. Bishop Hall. v. LIFE EARNEST FOR ALL. HAVING, DOIKG, AND BEIXG. SOME men "are eminent for what they possess; some...in the impression left upon us by our fellow-man. In every society there are those who derive their chief characteristic from what they have; who are... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 360 pages
...quality the most difficult to be found in public situations is probity ; the least difficult confidence. Some men are eminent for what they possess some for what they achieve and others for what they are. (Remark d.) The first ingredient in conversation is truth ; the next... | |
 | John Wilson - 1856 - 188 pages
...quality the most difficult to be found in public situations is probity ; the least difficult confidence. Some men are eminent for what they possess some for what they achieve and others for what they are. (Remark d.) The first ingredient in conversation is truth ; the next... | |
 | John Wilson - 1871 - 364 pages
...quality the most difficult to be found in public situations is probity; the least difficult confidence. Some men are eminent for what they possess some for what they achieve and others for what they are. (Remark rf.) All our mental perceptions suggest their opposites, —... | |
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