| 1846 - 266 oldal
...Congressman using the efforts of a Hercules to balance a straw upon his nose : well did the poet say : — " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how mean a thing is man!" " Have you ever reflected upon this doubtful piece of public policy ?" enquired he — " This cashiering,... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1835 - 364 oldal
...apostles and apostolic men. a happy life in the region of death. Well saith the moral poet : — ' Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how mean a thing is man !' " p. 105. 2d ed ED. Pray read with great attention Baxter's Life of himself. It is an inestimable... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1835 - 372 oldal
...proper humanity, you seek a happy life in the region of death. Well saith the moral poet : — " ' Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how mean a thing is man !' " Observe the superior truth of language, in Greek, to Theocritus inclusively ; in Latin, to the... | |
| James Gillman - 1838 - 396 oldal
...the unthinking, it deteriorates from the character of a man, rather than as it should do elevate him, unless above himself he can Erect himself, how mean a thing is man ! DANIEL. In the years 1783, 1784, and 1780, Bishop Horsley, wrote some of the tracts in controversy... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1839 - 404 oldal
...proper hurnanityj_yoji_gee]t_ a happy life in the region of death_._ Well saith the moral poet — Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how mean a thing is man ! . • APHORISM XXXVII. LEIOHTON. There is an imitation of men that is impious and •wicked, which... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1839 - 346 oldal
...below your proper humanity, you seek a happy life in the region of death. Well saith the moral poet — Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how mean a thing is man ! APHORISM XXXVII. LEIGHTON. There is an imitation of men that is impious and wicked, which consists... | |
| John Robert Godley - 1844 - 274 oldal
...studies and sciences which minister to his worldly enjoyment should be but ancillary and secondary; — " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how mean a thing is man !" "Fruit and progress," says the Baconian philosopher, or one who assumes the name, (meaning thereby... | |
| Mark Hopkins - 1846 - 396 oldal
...conception of the object of worship can benefit man. He must become debased under its influence. " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how mean a thing is man!" But, thirdly, this ignorance of the moral character of God has led, as it naturally must, to the introduction... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1847 - 666 oldal
...below your proper humanity, you seek a happy life in the region of death. Well saith the moral poet — Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how mean a thing is man ! * See Huber on Bees, and on Antt. APHORISM XXXVII. LE1UHT01T. There is an imitation of men that is... | |
| rev. alexander dallas - 1848 - 468 oldal
...happiness! O that they would hear the still small voice of the Spirit, pleading with them in His word! " Unless above himself he can erect himself, how mean a thing is man!" Multiply expedients as you may; cast and recast society into a thousand forms, and the truth remains... | |
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