 | Andrew Kennedy H. Boyd - 1863 - 358 pagine
...wider things, and expand the range of our sympathies. You will think of the true words of a great poet: The man whose eye Is ever on himself, doth look on one, The least of Nature's works ;—one that might move The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful ever. And if we must, by the... | |
 | 1873 - 234 pagine
...who feels contempt For any living being, hath faculties Which he hath never used, — that thonght with him Is in its infancy. The man whose eye Is ever...of Nature's works, — one who might move The wise man'to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful evil. Oh, be wiser thou, Instructed that true knowledge... | |
 | 1864 - 350 pagine
...potent a thing as it is. The poet tells us that — " He who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy." We ought, then, to despise the contemner as betraying defect and deficiency in the very act. But in... | |
 | Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1864 - 338 pagine
...things, and expand the range of our sympathies. You will think of the true words of a great poet: " The man whose eye Is ever on himself, doth look on one, The,least of Nature's works; — one that might move The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 316 pagine
...disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with...man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever. O be wiser, Thou ! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love ; True dignity abides with him alone... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 pagine
...disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with...man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever. O be wiser, Thou ! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love ; True dignity abides with him alone... | |
 | John Dennis - 1865 - 340 pagine
...belief that true knowledge must ever make a man reverent and humble : — " • — The man whose eve Is ever on himself doth look on one The least of Nature's...man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever. 0 he wiser, Thou ! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love ; True dignity abides with him alone... | |
 | Anne Mozley - 1865 - 374 pagine
...potent a thing as it is. The poet tells us that " He who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy. " We ought, then, to despise the contemner as betraying defect and deficiency in the very act. But... | |
 | Anne Mozley - 1865 - 364 pagine
...potent a thing as it is. The poet tells us that " He who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy. " We ought, then, to despise the contemner as betraying defect and deficiency in the very act. But... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1866 - 408 pagine
...disguised in his own majesty, Is littleness ; that he who feels contempt For anj' living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with...man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever. O be wiser, thou ! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love ; Truc dignity abides with him alone... | |
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If thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger! henceforth be warned; and know, that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties... 
