 | Minna (fict.name.) - 1838 - 336 pagina’s
...Christianity. He disregarded calumny, (for even Boerhaave had enemies)—' Evil reports,' said he, ' are sparks which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. The surest remedy against scandal is to live it down by perseverance in well-doing, and by praying... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 pagina’s
...calumny and detraction, nor ever thought it necessary to confute them ; " forthey are sparks," said he, " which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves." Ytit he took care never to provoke enemies by severity of censure, for he never dwelt on the faults... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 522 pagina’s
...and detraction, nor ever thought it necessary to confute them ; " for they are sparks," said he, " which if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves." Vet he took care never to provokt enemies by severity of censure, for he never dwelt on the faults... | |
 | Churchman - 1843 - 198 pagina’s
...was the frequent subject of his conversation, > Of calumny and detraction he used to say, " They ) are sparks, which if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves." The Earl of Rochester, after 9= - -- ----- his conviction, to use his own words, "wished his son might... | |
 | 1845 - 632 pagina’s
...by calumny and detraction, nor ever thought it necessary to confute them ; " For," (aid he, " they are sparks which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves." We cannot, says Cato, control the evil tongue* of others, but a good life enables us to despise them.... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1845 - 314 pagina’s
...who notwithstanding his goodness had many enemies, said, "I will never repeat their calumnies. They are sparks, which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves." Early fortify your pupils against those causes that are prone to disturb their serenity, and require... | |
 | 1864 - 822 pagina’s
...to say, that ho never thought it necessary to reply to their calumnies. " They are sparks," said he, "which if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. The surest cure for scandal is to live it down by perseverance in well-doing, and by prayer to God,... | |
 | 1845 - 488 pagina’s
...and detraction, nor ever thought it necessary to confute them ; ' for they are sparks,' said he, ' which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves.' " M. Week Sun Sun Moon Hisrh D. Days. rises. sets. r. & s. Water about, a very good thing to be proud... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1851 - 600 pagina’s
...himself had enemies ;) nor ever thought it necessary to confute them. " They are sparks," said he, " which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. The surest remedy against scandal, is, to live it down by perseverance in well-doing, and by praying... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1851 - 592 pagina’s
...himself had enemies;) nor ever thought it necessary to confute them. " They are sparks," said he, " which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. The surest'remedy against scandal, is, to live it down by perseverance in well-doing, and by praying... | |
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He was always cheerful, and desirous of promoting mirth by a facetious and humorous conversation; he was never soured by calumny and detraction, nor ever thought it necessary to confute them; "for they are sparks," said he, " which if you do not blow... 
