All my life long, I have beheld with most respect the man Who knew himself, and knew the ways before him ; And from among them chose considerately, With a clear foresight, not a blindfold courage ; And, having chosen, with a steadfast mind Pursued his... Miscellaneous Essays - Página 153por William Rathbone Greg - 1882 - 268 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Sir Henry Taylor - 1834 - 340 páginas
...surmises ? You were not wont to speak despondently. ARTEVLDE. Nor do I now despond. All my life long I have beheld with most respect the man Who knew himself and knew the ways before him, And from amongst them chose considerately, With a clear foresight, not a blindfold courage ; And, having chosen,... | |
| William Leggett - 1840 - 348 páginas
...have beheld with most respect the man Who knew himself, and knew the ways before him, And from amongst them chose considerately, With a clear foresight,...chosen, with a steadfast mind Pursued his purposes. This is the sort of character we emulate. ( If to believe slavery a deplorable evil and a curse, in... | |
| William Leggett - 1840 - 344 páginas
...seen displayed in so many former instances. It is Philip Van Artavelde who says — All my life long, I have beheld with most respect the man Who knew himself, and knew the ways before him, And from amongst them chose considerately, With a clear foresight, not a blindfold courage ; And having chosen,... | |
| William Leggett - 1840 - 348 páginas
...displayed in so many , former instances. It is Philip Van Artavelde who says — All my life long, I have beheld with most respect the man Who knew himself, and knew the ways before him, And from amongst them chose considerately, With a clear foresight, not a blindfold courage ; And having chosen,... | |
| William Leggett - 1840 - 346 páginas
...displayed in so many former instances. It is Philip Van Artavelde who says — All my life long, I hare beheld with most respect the man Who knew himself, and knew the ways before him, And from amongst them chose considerately, With a clear foresight, not a blindfold courage ; And having chosen,... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1844 - 86 páginas
...hnve beheld with most respect the man Whu knew himself and knew the ways before him, And from amongst them chose considerately, With a clear foresight,...chosen, with a steadfast mind Pursued his purposes." Such a man is Henry Clay ! And in no o".e public act of his life does he seem to have been actuated... | |
| 1845 - 572 páginas
...another passage it is thus that he describes the object of his veneration : — ' All my life long I have beheld with most respect the man Who knew himself, and knew the ways hefore him, And, from amongst them, chose considerately, With a clear foresight — not a blindfold... | |
| Forest Hill - 1846 - 920 páginas
...blessing, I do not fear the future. Some of the noblest of our sex have never married. All my life long I have beheld with most respect the man Who knew himself, and knew the ways before him, And from amongst them chose considerately, With a clear foresight, — not a blind-fold courage ; And, having... | |
| William Dobson - 1848 - 46 páginas
...surmises ? You were not wont to speak despondently. ARTEVLDE. Nor do I now despond. All my life long I have beheld with most respect the man Who knew himself and knew the ways before him, And from amongst them chose considerately, With a clear foresight, not a blindfold courage ; And, having chosen,... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 324 páginas
...seen displayed in so many former instances. It is Philip Van Artevelde who says : ' All my life long, I have beheld with most respect the man Who knew himself,...And, having chosen, with a steadfast mind Pursued his purpose.' " This is the sort of character we emulate. If, to believe slavery a deplorable evil and... | |
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