 | Roses - 1867 - Počet stránok 172
...lies. Tis education forms the common mind, And as the twig is bent, the tree 's inclined. Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And, though no science, fairly worth the seven. SERMONS IN STONES. r INHERE are no natural objects out of which more can be thus learned than out of... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - Počet stránok 474
...God, and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name. Epistle iii. Line 285. Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven. Epistle iv. Line 43. To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite, Who never mentions hell to ears polite.*... | |
 | 1839 - Počet stránok 618
...there is more needful than expense, And something previous e'en to taste — 'tis Sense : Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven." THE celebrity which Mr. Assheton Smith has acquired as a Master of Hounds made me very desirous, for... | |
 | William Lucas Sargant - 1870 - Počet stránok 406
...perhaps any mere mathematician, to interpret a series of statistics. What is wanted is " Good sense which only is the gift of heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven." At the same time, I am far from meaning that men engaged in affairs generally possess the necessary... | |
 | William Lucas Sargant - 1870 - Počet stránok 356
...perhaps any mere mathematician, to interpret a series of statistics. What is wanted is " Good sense which only is the gift of heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven." At the same time, I am far from meaning that men engaged in affairs generally possess the necessary... | |
 | George Paston - 1909 - Počet stránok 430
...there is more needful than expense, And something precious even to taste — 'tis sense : Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And, though no science, fairly worth the seven. Then follows a poetical version of the new theory of landscape gardening, which Pope used to say was... | |
 | Robert Stuart MacArthur - 1909 - Počet stránok 450
...way to God, how level, How easy to be found 's the way to the Devil. — Francia Quarles. Good sense, which only is the gift of heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven. — Alexander Pope. men turn away from the living God they will seek after witches and every form of... | |
 | Albert Meader Chesley - 1910 - Počet stránok 332
...of water, turns his head and drinks it. — CA McLaughlin, St. Louis, Mo. 86. MAGIC GIFT Good sense, which only is the gift of heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven. — Pope. stander, you show him sixpence, and tell him you will put it into his hand. Press it down... | |
 | Walter Vernon Anson - 1912 - Počet stránok 298
...leaves, and where these most abound. Much fruit of common sense is seldom found ; Common sense, which is the gift of heaven ; And though no science, fairly worth the seven. Anson was no talker — he was no writer in the ordinary conversational way. But everybody who served... | |
 | Caroline Mabel Goad - 1918 - Počet stránok 662
...is more needful than expense. And something previous ev'n to taste—'t is sense. (8.175) 4.45-46. A light, which in yourself you must perceive; Jones and Le Notre have it not to give. Wakefield finds a likeness in these lines to Horace, E. 1. 18. 112. (8. 176) 4. 55-56. He gains all... | |
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And something previous ev'n to taste — 'tis sense : Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And, though no science, fairly worth the seven : A light which in yourself you must perceive ; Jones and Le Notre have it not to give. 
