 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1870 - 514 pàgines
...adverted to by Lord Chatham on the memorable subject of America, unfortunately without effect — " Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind ; Let all their thoughts be unconfined, And clap your padlock ou the mind." Engage the people by their affections,... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1870 - 504 pàgines
...Lord Chatham on the memorable subject of America, unfortunately without effect — " Be to their faulW a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind ; Let all their thoughts he unconfined, And clap your padlock on the mind." Engage the people by their affections,... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1871 - 482 pàgines
...normal state of society. The wisest and most humane rule for a traveler toward his companions is to " Be to their faults a little blind ; Be to their virtues very kind ;" and to consider all that is said and done on board, like what passes among the members of the same... | |
 | 1872 - 612 pàgines
...apply to tho present French rulers (particularly BARRAS and REWRELL) the words of the poet : — " Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind, Let all their ways be uncouSncd And clap the padlock on their mind ! " And for these reasons, thanking the gentlemen who... | |
 | 1872 - 844 pàgines
...apply to the present French rulers (particularly BAHRAS and REWBELL) the words of the poet: — • Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind. Let all their ways be unconfiiied And clap the padlock on their mind ! ' And for these reasons, thanking the gentlemen who... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1873 - 448 pàgines
...(particularly BARRAS and RKUBEL) the words of the poet : — " Be to their faults a little blind ; Bo to their virtues very kind, Let all their ways be...the honour to drink his health, he should propose ' The whole of this jen (Tesprit has been claimed for Frere, but on unsatisfactory evidence. It is... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1873 - 452 pàgines
...their virtues very kind, Let all their wayn bo unconfined, And clap the padlock on their mind ! " Aud for these reasons, thanking the gentlemen who had...should propose " MERLIN, the late Minister of Justice, atul Trial by Juty!"' A long speech is given to Mackintosh, who, under the name of Macfungus, after... | |
 | Howard Paul, John Timbs, Percy Fitzgerald - 1873 - 456 pàgines
...apply to the present French rulers (particularly Barras and Rewbell) the words of the poet : — ' Be to their faults a little blind. Be to their virtues very kind : Let all their ways be unconfincd, And clap the padlock on their mind !' And for these reasons, thanking the gentlemen who... | |
 | John Timbs - 1873 - 170 pàgines
...apply to the present French rulers (particularly Barras and Rewbell) the words of the poet : — c Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind ; Let all their ways be unconfinedj And clap the padlock on their m1nd !' And for these reasons, thanking the gentlemen who... | |
 | 1878 - 540 pàgines
...indulgent to the faults of some of them. He has not forgotten the rule de mortuis nil nisi bonum: " Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind." It is sad to contemplate in bow many instances the fatal vice of intemperance (of which we get some... | |
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Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind, Let all their thoughts be unconfined, And clap your padlock on the mind. 
