 FLORIO knew the WORLD ; that science Sets sense and learning at defiance ; He thought the World to him was known, Whereas he only knew the Town ,In men this blunder still you find, All think their little set — Mankind.  The Bee: Or Literary Weekly Intelligencer - Side 25redigeret af - 1793Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Ogilvie - 1883 - 834 sider
...taste, character, or the like, or of things which have some resemblance or relation to each other. In men this blunder still you find All think their little set mankind. Mrs. H More. This falls into different divisions or sets of natinns connected under particular religions.... | |
 | Eric Sutherland Robertson - 1883 - 438 sider
...Weavers," are still occasionally quoted, but her best poem may be said to be the well-known couplet — " In men this blunder still you find, All think their little set mankind." Mary Robinson, better known as Perdita (1758 — 1800), published a pleasant volume of poems that sweeten... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 sider
...Sensibility. Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs. IKd. In men this blunder still you find, All think their little set mankind. Florio. Part \. Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes. Mid. 1 Hope told... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1883 - 830 sider
...taste, character, or the like, or of things which have some resemblance or relation to each other. In men this blunder still you find All think their little set mankind. Mrs. H. More. This falls into different divisions or sets of nations connected under particular religions,... | |
 | Stray thoughts, E L - 1885 - 118 sider
...PASSIONATE reproofs are like medicines given scalding hot — the patient cannot take them. — Dedd. 1O. IN men this blunder still you find, All think their little set mankind. Hannah Mare. 11. IT is largeness of mind that disposeth men to do good to others, and embraceth every... | |
 | Robert Christy - 1887 - 742 sider
...about what great folks do. Ger. 4. To little men God gives little things. M. Greek. Little Set. 1. In men this blunder still you find, All think their little set mankind. Hannah More. Lochaw. 1. It is a far cry to Lochaw. (The proud boast of the Campbells when threatened... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 sider
...did not think, / But only echoed still the common tailt, / As might an empty room, Walter C. Smith. es the doubt. Sutler. Hannah ¿fore. He travels safe and not unpleasantly who is guarded by poverty and guided by love. Sir... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 464 sider
...eminently successful. The following couplets will show how epigrammatic she could be at times : — " In men this blunder still you find, All think their little set mankind." "Small habite well pursued betimes, May reach the dignity of crimes." She was one of the few authors... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 sider
...Good-Bye. St. 4. The world knows only two, that's Rome and I. 1. BEN JOHSON — Sejanus. Act V. Sc. 1. r. m. HANNAH MOBE — Florio. Pt. I. We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow ; Our wiser sons, no... | |
 | 1899 - 244 sider
...STAEL. ONE of the principal occupations of men is to divine women. JEAN CHARLES DOMINIQUE LACRETELLE. IN men this blunder still you find, — All think their little set mankind. HANNAH MORE. I HAD observed that in comedies the best actor plays the droll, while some scrub rogue... | |
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