 | SEVERAL HANDS - 1777 - 590 pagina’s
...diftinguifhe'd from the mean fpirit of cowards, and the fawning aflent of fycophants. It renounces no juft right from fear. It gives up no important truth from flattery. It is indeed not only confident with a firm mind, but it necefTarily requires a manly fpirit, and a fixed principle, in order... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1777 - 584 pagina’s
...diftinguilhed from the mean fpirit of coward*, and the fawning affent of fycophants. It renounces no jaft right from fear. It gives up no important truth from flattery. It is indeed not only confident with a firm mind, but it necefifarily requires a manly fpirit, and a fixed principle, in... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1784 - 298 pagina’s
...diftinguiflied from the mean fpirit of cowards, and the fawning aflent of fycophants. It renounces no juft right from fear. It gives up no important truth from flattery. It is indeed not only confiftent with a firm mind, but it neceffarily requires a manly fpirir, and a fixed principle, in... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1798 - 362 pagina’s
...diftinguifhed from the mean fpirit of cowards, and the fawning aflent of fycophants.—It renounces no juft right from fear:— it gives up no important truth from flattery :—it is indeed not only confiftent with a firm mind, E 3 but but it neceflarily requires a manly fpirit and a fixed principle... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 pagina’s
...diflinguiflied from the mean fpirit of cowards, and the fawning afsent of fycophants. It renounces no juft right from fear. It gives up no important truth from flattery. It is indeed not only confiftent with a firm mind, bu.t it necefsarily requires a manly fpirit, and a fixed principle, in... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 474 pagina’s
...stand alone. That gentleness, therefore, which belongs to virtue, is to be carefully distinguished from the mean spirit of cowards, and the fawning assent...up no important truth from flattery. It is indeed hot only consistent with a firm mind, but it necessarily requires a manly spirit, and a SERMON fixed... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1810 - 488 pagina’s
...is the very worst maxim we can adopt. True gentleness, therefore, is to be carefully distinguished from the mean spirit of cowards and the fawning assent...important truth from flattery ; it is, indeed, not only consistent with a firm mind, but it necessarily requires a manly spirit and a fixed principle, in order... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 pagina’s
...should stand alone. That gentleness therefore which belongs to virtue, is to be carefully distinguished from the mean spirit of cowards, and the fawning assent...no important truth from flattery. It is indeed not onlyconsistent with a firm mind, but it necessarily requires a manly spirit, and a fixed principle,... | |
 | Laura Valcheret (fict. name.) - 1814 - 242 pagina’s
...stand alone: that gentleness, therefore, which belongs to virtue, is to be carefully distinguished from the mean spirit of cowards, and the fawning assent...important truth from flattery ; it is indeed not only consistent with a firm mind, but it necessarily requires a manly spirit, and .a fixed principle, in... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1815 - 546 pagina’s
...is the very worst maxim we can adopt. True gentleness, therefore, is to be carefully distinguished from the mean spirit of cowards and the fawning assent...important truth from flattery ; it is, indeed, not only consistent with a firm mind, ljut it necessa'rily requires a manly spirit and a fixed principle, in... | |
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It renounces no just right from fear. It gives up no important truth from flattery. It is indeed not only consistent with a firm mind, but it necessarily requires a manly spirit, and a fixed principle, in order to give it any real value. Upon this solid... 
