 | George Gilfillan - 1855 - 492 oldal
...word, if a virtuous and self-denied character is dismissed with temporal wealth, greatness, or rank, the reader will be apt to say, ' Verily, virtue has had its reward.' But a glance at the great picture of life will show that duty is seldom thus remunerated." And what is true of the... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1856 - 358 oldal
...word, if a virtuous and self-denied character is dismissed with temporal wealth, greatness, or rank, the reader will be apt to say, ' Verily, virtue has had its reward.' But a glance at the great picture of life will show that duty is seldom thus remunerated." And what is true of the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1858 - 348 oldal
...word, if a virtuous and self-denied character is dismissed with temporal wealth, greatness, or rank, the reader will be apt to say, " Verily virtue has had its reward." But a glance at the great picture of life will show that the duties of self-denial, and the sacrifice of passion... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1862 - 374 oldal
...greatness, rank, or the indulgence of such a rashly-formed or ill-assorted passion as that of Rebecca for Ivanhoe, the reader will be apt to say, verily...discharge of duty, produces on their own reflections a more adequate recompense, in the furm of that peace which the world cannot give or take away. ABBOTSFOHD,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1864 - 354 oldal
...greatness, rank, or the indulgence of such a rashly formed or ill assorted passion as that of Rebecca for Ivanhoe, the reader will be apt to say, verily...reward. But a glance on the great picture of life will shew, that the duties of selfdenial, and the sacrifice of passion to principle, are seldom thus remunerated... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1868 - 710 oldal
...greatness, rank, or the indulgence of such a rashly formed or ill assorted passion as that of Rebecca for Ivanhoe, the reader will be apt to say, verily...reward. But a glance on the great picture of life will shew, that the duties of selfdenial, and the sacrifice of passion to principle, are seldom thus remunerated... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1870 - 504 oldal
...greatness, rank, or the indulgence of such a rashly-formed or illassorted passion as that of Rebecca for Ivanhoe, the reader will be apt to say, verily...discharge of duty, produces on their own reflections a more adequate recompense, in the form of that peace which the world cannot give or take away. ABBOTSFORD,... | |
 | REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN - 1870 - 414 oldal
...a virtuous and self-denied character is always dismissed with temporal wealth, greatness, or rank, the reader will be apt to say, Verily virtue has had its reward. But a glance at the great picture of life will show that the duties of self-denial, and the sacrifice of passion... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1870 - 414 oldal
...a virtuous and self-denied character is always dismissed with temporal wealth, greatness, or rank, the reader will be apt to say, Verily virtue has had its reward. But a glance at the great picture of life will show that the duties of self-denial, and the sacrifice of passion... | |
 | Jane Louisa Willyams - 1871 - 526 oldal
...temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which Providence has deemed worthy of suffering merit. A glance on the great picture of life will show that...of passion to principle are seldom thus remunerated ; that the internal consciousness of their high-minded discharge of duty produces on their own reflections... | |
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But- a glance on the great picture of life will show, that the duties of self-denial, and the sacrifice of passion to principle, are seldom thus remunerated ; and that the internal consciousness of their high-minded discharge of duty produces on their... 
