 | 1888 - 252 σελίδες
...The poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays. Wordsworth. For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. W. Congrene. Like birds, whose beauties languish, half concealed, Till mounted on the wing, their glossy... | |
 | Connecticut. Board of Education - 1888 - 1180 σελίδες
...meaning of each of the following : 1. Still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor, and to wait. 2. Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late a sure reward succeeds. 3. Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the breathings of... | |
 | 1917 - 590 σελίδες
...Central Park. No man has a right to do as he pleases, except when he pleases to do right. — C. Simmons. Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds. — Congreve. A POSSIBLE PROGRAM OUTLINE BY WEEKS (Continued from page 273.) (6) Folding. A plow. A... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 566 σελίδες
...misery Thus Congreve concludes the tragedy of The Mourning Bride with the following foolish couplet : ' For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though...entertain a more indignant hatred of vice, than if he rose f'rum his distress, but we are inevitably induced to cherish the sublime idea that a day of future... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 σελίδες
...Bride ' with the following foolish couplet : ' For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, thougli a late, a sure reward succeeds.' "When a man eminently virtuous, a Brutus, a Cato, or a Socrates, ).nnall у sinks under the pressure of accumulated misfortune, we are not only led to entertain a more... | |
 | Charles Northend - 1890 - 224 σελίδες
...of living does not consist in length of days, but in the right employment of them. —Montaigne. 99. For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. — Congreve. 100. No man is a better merchant than he who pays out his time upon God, and his money... | |
 | James Middleton Sutherland - 1892 - 270 σελίδες
...literary merit, and had not the remotest reference to his retirement from official life. CHAPTER XI. ' For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. ' — Congrevt. Southey dies (March 21, 1843) — Wordsworth is appointed Poet Laureate — Jeffrey's... | |
 | 1893 - 386 σελίδες
...innocence survive, Still in the paths of honour persevere, And not from past or present ills despair; For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds; And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. TTJRLOUGH O'CAROLAN. BORN 1670 — DIED 1733. [Turlough Carolan, or O'Carolan as he is more properly... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 σελίδες
...thread. /•>. and It. Гг. For behaviour, men learn it, as they take diseases, one of another. Bacon, For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, / And though a late, a sure reward succeeds. Congrrre. For Brutus is an honourable man, / So are they all, all honourable men. Jul. C<rs., ш. a.... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 σελίδες
...dwell. COLLINS. Still in the paths of honour persevere, And not from past nor present ills despair; For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though a late, a sure reward succeeds. CoNGREvE: Mourning Bride. Are domestic comforts dead ? Are all the nameless sweets of friendship fled... | |
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When a man eminently virtuous, a Brutus, a Cato, or a Socrates, finally sinks under the pressure of accumulated misfortune, we are not only led to entertain a more indignant hatred of vice, than if he... 
