 | Thomas Milner - 1845 - 862 pages
...admirable presence of mind and great good-humour he turned round and repeated one of his own stanzas : " Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with a span, I must be mcasur'd by my soul — The mind's the standard of the man." But whatever might be... | |
 | John Hayward - Massachusetts - 1846 - 472 pages
...memory of the Hon. Majr John Burke, who died Oct' 27th, 1784, in ye sixty-seventh year of his age. " Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean...my soul, — The Mind 's the standard of the man." BEVERLY. Wenham, east by Manchester, soulh by Salem harbor, and west by Danvers. It has a pleasant... | |
 | Christian education - 1846 - 356 pages
...motto. Mr. Chairman, Dr. Watts was a little man, but he did a great work ; and he says to us — • Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with a span, 1 most be measured by my soul. The mind's the standard of the man.' On the banks of the Mississippi... | |
 | 1846 - 404 pages
...produced a silent admiration of his modesty and talents :— " Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or mete the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul, The mind's the standard of the roan." 180 MISSIONARY FACTS. The poetical precocity of this gentleman was... | |
 | John Hayward - Massachusetts - 1847 - 472 pages
...memory of the Hon. Majr John Burke, who died Oct' 27th, 1784, in ye sixty-seventh year of his age. " Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean...span, I must be measured by my soul, — The Mind ' • the standard of the man." BEVERL.V. ESSEX Co. This town lies sixteen tniles north from Boston,... | |
 | John Hayward - Massachusetts - 1847 - 480 pages
...memory of the Hon. Majr John Burke, who died Oct' 27th, 1784, in ye sixty-seventh year of his age. " Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean...with my span, I must be measured by my soul, — The Mind's the standard of the man." BEVERLY. ESSEX Co. This town lies sixteen miles north from Boston,... | |
 | 384 pages
...admirable presence of mind and great good humour he turned round and repealed one of his own stanzas. Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with a span, I must he measured by my soul — The mind's the standard of the man." FRANCIS PETBAHCH was... | |
 | William Fossey - 1849 - 202 pages
...some great man as a very inferior person, on account of his appearance, when Watts exclaimed:— " Were I so tall to reach the Pole, Or grasp the ocean with a span ; I must be measured by my soul, The mind's the standard of the man." Now what I want to impress... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1886 - 574 pages
...good-humouredly, and quoted one of his own lyric poems : — Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or mete the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul ; The mind 'a the standard of the man. Can this be connected with any locality ? Watts began to preach in the... | |
 | William Pashley - 1851 - 304 pages
...some one made remarks upon his shortness of stature — " Were I so tall could reach the pole, And grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul — The mind's the standard of the man." SECTION V. — THE MIND, AND ITS LITTLE MEMBER THE TONGUE. The rational... | |
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Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul : The mind's the standard of the man. 
