 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...a great good, — such as rarely falls to the lot, and almost as rarely coincides with the desires, of any man. Let him use his time. Let him give the whole length of the reins lo his benevolence. He is now on a great eminence, where the eyes of mankind are turned to him. He... | |
 | James De Mille - 1878 - 618 pages
...benefit of a people whom he has never seen. This is the road that all heroes have trod before him. . . . He is now on a great eminence where the eyes of mankind are turned upon him. He may live long ; he may do much. But here is the summit. He never can exceed what he does... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1879 - 568 pages
...preceding lines give the application of (he passage to Pitt and Fox. 2 Sil. Italic., lib. viii. v. 407. are turned to him. He may live long, he may do much ; but here is the summit, — be never can exceed what he does this day He has faults, but they are faults that, though they... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1879 - 562 pages
...is in the nature and constitution of things, that calumny and abuse are essential parts of triumph He is now on a great eminence, where the eyes of mankind 1 Lord Byron, in the Age of Jironze, Some preceding lines give the application of the passage to Pitt... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 pages
...a great good, — such as rarely falls to the lot, and almost as rarely coincides with the desires, O BURKE: Speech on Air, Fox's East India Bill, Dec. I, 1783. I confess I anticipate with joy the reward... | |
 | 1887 - 152 pages
...good; such as rarely falls to the lot, and almost as rarely coincides with the desires, of any men. Let him use his time. Let him give the whole length...summit. He never can exceed what he does this day. XXV. GIBBON. Our estimate of personal merit is relative to the common faculties of mankind. The aspiring... | |
 | University of Sydney - 1898 - 548 pages
...indeed, a great good, such as rarely falls to the lot and almost as rarely coincides with the desires of any man. Let him use his time ; let him give the whole length of the reins to his benevolence. LATIN AUTHORS. HONOURS. 1 . Translate, with short notes, extracts from Tacitus, Histories III., IV.,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1901 - 608 pages
...a great good, — such as rarely falls to the lot, and almost as rarely coincides with the desires, of any man. Let him use his time. Let him give the whole length of the reins to his benevolence. lie is now on a great eminence, where the eyes of mankind are turned to him. He may live long, he may... | |
 | Walter Sichel - 1909 - 612 pages
...any man. Let him use his time. Let him give the whole length of his reins to his benevolence. . . . He may live long — he may do much. But here is the...summit. He never can exceed what he does this day." Even his faults, he urged, had nothing in them to quench the fire of great virtues. " In those faults... | |
 | Walter Sichel - 1909 - 608 pages
...indeed a great good, such as rarely falls to the lot, and almost as rarely coincides with the desires, of any man. Let him use his time. Let him give the whole length of his reins to his benevolence. . . . He may live long — he may do much. But here is the summit. He... | |
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He is doing, indeed, a great good ; such as rarely falls to the lot, and almost as rarely coincides with the desires, of any man. Let him use his time. Let him give the whole length of the reins to his benevolence. He is now on a great eminence, where... 
