 | Reverdy Johnson - 1863 - 764 pagina’s
...the texture of their political fabric. Theirs was the toil of the distaff: ours, the robe of light. " Be to their faults a little blind ; Be to their virtues very kind." The founders, and four generations of their descendants, have passed away. Massachusetts, having renounced... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Thomas - 1863 - 240 pagina’s
...the texture of their political fabric. Theirs was the toil of the distaff: ours, the robe of light. "Be to their faults a little blind ; Be to their virtues very kind." The founders, and four generations of their descendants, have passed away. Massachusetts, having renounced... | |
 | John Weiss - 1864 - 534 pagina’s
...for light and heat. We must have a good deal of charity for all men, both conservative and radical. " Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind " is no bad rule for the active or passive part of the world. Truly yours, THEO. PABKEB. FROM THE JOURNAL.... | |
 | John Weiss - 1864 - 522 pagina’s
...for light and heat. We must have a good deal of charity for all men, both conservative and radical. " Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind " is no bad rule for the active or passive part of the world. Truly yours, THEO. PABKEB. FROM THE JOURNAL... | |
 | 1865 - 452 pagina’s
...may have been their errors, however blind the infatuation of their folly, still would we say : — " Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind." Let us bear constantly in mind ourselves, and no less constantly impress on the minds of all with whom... | |
 | 1865 - 432 pagina’s
...which you yourself have occasioned ? No ! rather let prudence and temper come from this side — 1 Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind.' My opinion is (said Pitt in conclusion), that the Stamp Act be repealed — absolutely, totally, and... | |
 | Edmund Quincy - 1867 - 596 pagina’s
...undergraduates," said he, " by the rule laid down by ' famed Matt Prior ' for that of the ladies : — ' Be to their faults a little blind ; Be to their virtues very kind ; And clap your padlock on the mind ! ' " In his intercourse with them he always took it for granted... | |
 | Elizabeth A. Thurston - 1866 - 320 pagina’s
...et abstine. WE exchanged our experiences, and all learned something. Emerson. CONCERNING FRIENDS. DB to their faults a little blind, -^ Be to their virtues very kind. Matthew Pryor. THERE are many carks in life that a little truth would end EL Bulwer. KINDNESS gives... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1867 - 824 pagina’s
...would apply to the present French rulers (particularly Barras and Reubel) the words of the poet : ' Bo to their faults a little blind ; Be to their virtues very kind ; Let all their ways be unconfined, And clap the padlock on their mind ! ' And for these reasons, thanking... | |
 | Sue Chestnutwood Perkins - 1868 - 370 pagina’s
...man's would fall like lead," excitedly. Mr. Hartley looked amused, and said : "Well, then, Nellie, ' Be to their faults a little blind ; Be to their virtues very kind." " " Do you practice what you preach, Mr. Hartley?" " What has put you out of humor with the men to-night,... | |
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Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind, Let all their thoughts be unconfined, A.nd clap your padlock on the mind. 
