Letters from a tutor to his pupils [ed. by E.C.].1846 |
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Strana 9 - While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name : those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition ; that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Strana 181 - I could, and discover the causes of the distemper ; but it is easier to say what it is not, than what it is.
Strana 88 - Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
Strana 129 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
Strana 28 - ... of somebody else whom they know, who does it much better ; and thus a modest person, who meant to entertain, is disappointed and confounded by another's rudeness. True gentility, when improved by good sense, avoids every appearance of self-importance ; and polite humility takes every opportunity of giving importance to the company ; of which it may be truly said, as it was of worldly wealth, " it is better to give than to receive.
Strana 27 - If any person in the company is recommended for what they do, they will be instantly telling you of somebody else whom they know, who does it much better : and thus a modest person, who meant to entertain, is disappointed and confounded by another's rudeness. True gentility, when improved by good sense, avoids every appearance of self-importance ; and polite humility takes every opportunity of oo 36 ON GOOD MANNERS.
Strana 9 - ... distinguished; it was more like a translation. " I have reason to remember, with great thankfulness, that her life was preserved a year longer than I expected ; in consequence of which, I had the blessing of her attendance to help and comfort me under a tedious illness of the last summer, under which I should probably have sunk if she had been taken away sooner. It so pleased God that when she grew worse I became better, and able to attend her with all the zeal and tenderness affection could...
Strana 26 - A writer who had great knowledge of mankind, has defined good manners as the art of making (hose people easy with whom we converse; and his definition cannot be mended. The ill qualities above mentioned, all tend naturally to make people uneasy. Pride assumes all the conversation to itself, and makes the company insignificant. Ill nature makes offensive reflections; and folly makes no distinction of persons and occasions. Good manners are therefore in part negative: let but a sensible person refrain...
Strana 171 - ... success must depend upon your own attention. Do not imagine then, that because you are going to put on a sword, you may therefore throw aside your books. The army, I know, differs very much from the university, and has many gentlemen, who think they have no great occasion for learning : but be assured of this — that the learned will have the advantage of the ignorant in all the departments of public life. There are times and seasons, when they who know...
Strana 27 - A forward, noisy, importunate, overbearing way of talking, is the very quintessence of ill-breeding : and hasty contradiction, unseasonable interruption of persons in their discourse, especially of elders or superiors, loud laughter, winkings, grimaces, and affected contortions of the body, are not only of low extraction in themselves, but are the natural symptoms of self-sufficiency and impudence. It is a sign of great ignorance to talk much to other people, of things in which they have no interest...