 | Edmund Quincy - 1874 - 594 pàgines
...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 clnp jonr padlock on the mind I ' " In his intercourse with them he always took it for granted... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - 1875 - 168 pàgines
...beau, and treated old John Bull too much as the poet advises us to treat young and fair ladies — Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind. But what a charming book is that old ' Sketchbook.' And what a charming essay that on our great Abbey,... | |
 | Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer - 1876 - 626 pàgines
...and Reulxil) the words of the poet : " ' Be to their faults a little blind ; Be to their virtues ever kind, Let all their ways be unconfined, And clap the...should propose ' Merlin, the late Minister of Justice, under the Directory, and Trial by Jury.' " I refer those who wish to know more of the literary merits... | |
 | William Rathbone Greg - 1876 - 370 pàgines
...other nations, she is disposed to judge her friends and servants more leniently than her foes, — to " Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind " ; — we may confess, with shame, that the language of our statesmen, especially of late, when they... | |
 | William Samuel Wilson - 1880 - 316 pàgines
...normal state of society. The wisest and most humane rule for a traveller towards 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 ship like what passes among the members of a club,... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1880 - 552 pàgines
...lord Chatham on the memorable subject of America, unfortunately without effect. " Be to their limits a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind ; Let all their thoughts be unconfin'd, , Nor clap your padlock on the mind." Engage the people by their affections,... | |
 | Charles Wilkins - 1885 - 786 pàgines
...had been under a thousand obligations of the first magnitude " let us, as houe-t Mat Prior hath it: Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues, very kind. These people gave our bard pecuniary help in the bringing out of his work, besides subscribing for... | |
 | National Education Association of the United States - 1889 - 746 pàgines
...useless task of extenuating their shortcomings, but will venture the suggestion that if the couplet, " Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind," is to be departed from in their case, and they are all to be stoned by the rest of their fellow-citizens... | |
 | Anti-Jacobin - 1890 - 424 pàgines
...would apply to the present French Rulers (particularly BAKRAS and REUBEL) the words of the poet :— " Be to their Faults a little blind ; " Be to their Virtues very kind, " Let all their ways be unconttn'd, " And clap the Padlock on their mind ! " And for these reasons, thanking the Gentlemen... | |
 | Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society - 1893 - 706 pàgines
...them for the madness which you have occasioned ? Kather let prudence and temper come from this side. ' Be to their faults a little blind ; Be to their virtues very kind.' " At this time, when Pitt was declining office, Lord Temple writes from Stowe to Mr. Mackenzie (Oct.... | |
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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. 
