 Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And though but few can serve, yet all may please;.  Tales of a tourist - 167. oldalszerző: Alicia Lefanu - 1823Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1837 - 426 oldal
...well-pleased, record; One soul-felt sigh by powerless pity given, Accepted incense ! shall ascend to heaven! Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And tho' but few can serve, yet all may please... | |
 | 1845 - 472 oldal
...there were Hearts would have broken had they been there. TRIFLES; OR, THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER. BY HEAE " Trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs." Perhaps it would be difficult to point out an axiom containing more truth, or truth more applicable... | |
 | Hannah More - 1838 - 544 oldal
...One soul-felt sigh hy pow'rless pity given, JM Accepted incense ! shall ascend to heav'n I ;^. - :/ Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foihles springs ; Since life's hest joys consist in peace and ease, And though hut few can serve, yet... | |
 | 1839 - 496 oldal
...thought illustrative of the subject. They are from the pen of Hannah More, in a poem on Sensibility. " Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease And though but few can serve, yet all may please.... | |
 | M. S. - 1839 - 194 oldal
...peace, Blossom and bloom in every part, With sweet and varied grace. ANON. TEMPER AS IT SHOULD BE. Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save or serve, but all can please ;... | |
 | John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 oldal
...GENTLENESS. C. Wesley. 2 Cor. x. 1. Gal. v. 22. 1 Thess. ii. 7. 2 Tim. ii. 24. Titus iii. 2. James iii. 17. Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs, Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save or serve, but all can please, Oh!... | |
 | 1839 - 428 oldal
...engraft these qualities upon the solid basis of Christian truth.—Mrs, Sandford. IMPORTANCE OF TRIFLES. SINCE trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs : Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save, or serve, but all can please:... | |
 | mrs. Marshall - 1839 - 146 oldal
...temper or habit, or bad example, to be cruel or unkind, in thought, word, or deed, to those at home. Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our temper springs; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save or serve, yet all... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1839 - 204 oldal
...than to act one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another, than to knock him down. — JOHNSON. Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from foibles springs — Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And few can save or serve, but... | |
 | Hannah More - 1839 - 570 oldal
...record; One soul-felt sigh hy pow'rless pity given, Accepted incense! shall ascend to heav'n I Sbu-e trifles make the sum of human things. And half our misery from our foihles springs j Since life's hest joys consist in peace and ease, And though hut few can serve, yet... | |
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