 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1851 - 300 pàgines
...beneath the sod! HF GOULD. A HAPPY LIFE. BY SIR HENRY WOTTON, BORN 1568, DIED 1640. How happy is lie born and taught, That serveth not another's will,...honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, — Untied unto the worldly... | |
 | 1851 - 484 pàgines
...3 Whose armor is his honest thought, / ° /~ft ^c/ And simple truth his highest skill : /?'jo,'^o . 2 Whose passions not his masters are ; Whose soul is still prepared for death ; Not tied unto the world with care Of prince's ear or vulgar breath : 3 Who God doth late and early... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1879 - 372 pàgines
...some short poems, which are distinguished by a dignity of thought and expressiou rarely excelled. 1. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not...masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the worldly care Of public fame, or private breath ; 3. Who envies none that chance doth... | |
 | Lillian Watson - 1988 - 356 pàgines
...itself. Francois de La Rochefoucauld « Be true to your own highest convictions. William E. Channing K How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's...honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill! Sir Henry Wotton 3. James Lane Allen THE DIVINITY THAT SHAPES OUR ENDS IS IN OURSELVES. . . . ALL THAT... | |
 | Joan Thirsk - 1990 - 484 pàgines
...For the cottager with ample common rights, there was profound truth in Sir Henry Wotton's dictum : How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will. C. ENCLOSURE AND ENCROACHMENT Such an economy was peculiarly vulnerable, however, to the new economic... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pàgines
...(1. 62—64) EnRP; GTBS; GTBS-P; PoRA SIR HENRY WOTTON (1568-1639) The Character of a Happy Life 1 How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought. And simple truth his utmost skill! (1. 1-4) Wotton POETRY QUOTATIONS... | |
 | Upton Sinclair - 2023 - 276 pàgines
...practice self-control. I had read the world's best literature, and my mind was stored with consolations. How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will, Whose armour is his honest thought And simple truth his utmost skill. More radio dates in Los Angeles, and... | |
 | Rodney Stenning Edgecombe - 1996 - 304 pàgines
...set out to inscribe an ideal. (Henry Wotton's lyric "On the Character of a Happy Life" comes to mind: "How happy is he born and taught / That serveth not another's will.") 83 Then again, Keble seems to have drawn on the sense of liturgical antiphony in such psalms as the... | |
 | William J. Bennett - 1997 - 392 pàgines
...honorably in the matter. The Character of a Happy Life HENRY WOTTEN Honesty is armor for the soul. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not...honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill! Whose passions not his masters are, Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the worldly... | |
 | Nahdjla Carasco Bailey - 2014 - 132 pàgines
...the poet and protests against much of what he is saying. Begin the dialogue with the other person. How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought And simple truth his utmost skill! Whose passions not his masters are,... | |
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How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will ; . Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill... 
