 | English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...twenty more to maintain that one. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong ; which is but saying in other words , that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man , I take it for granted there would be as much... | |
 | 1810 - 570 pages
...want of readier change. ' A man should never he ashamed to own he has been in the wrong ; which it but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. • Every man has juat as much vanity as he wants understanding. ' To relieve the oppressed is the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 322 pages
...ourselves than to have others so. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by shewing its faults; as when a stream discovers the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 412 pages
...ourselves than to have others so. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been iu the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us weaker... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1814 - 240 pages
...unskilful, the most mischievous. 7. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 8. Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor Kian, I take it for granted there would be as... | |
 | 1818 - 550 pages
...readier change. 2. A man should never be ashamed to ewn he has been in the wrong : which is but saving, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. S. To be angry is to revenge the fault of others upon ourselves. 4. To relieve the oppressed is the... | |
 | 1834 - 778 pages
...much vanity as he wants understanding. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves. LAW REPORT. No XXVII. — APPEAL FROM... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - Readers - 1820 - 226 pages
...good to his creatures. 12. A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong ; which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 13. Knowledge will not be acquired without pains and application. It is troublesome digging for deep,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 416 pages
...ourselves than to have others so. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by shewing its faults ; as when a stream discovers... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 412 pages
...ourselves than to have others so. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other •words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. H. The best way to prove the clearness of our mind, is by shewing its faults ; as when a stream discovers... | |
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A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 
