 | 1845
...great man inherits Honour or wealth, with all his care and pains : It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, When any man obtains that which he merits, Or any merits that which he obtains. COLEBIDOE. THAT " Truth, is stranger than fiction. " is, we believe, allowed on all hands, with as... | |
 | 1848
...R.— How seldom, friend, a good trreat man inherits Honour and wealth, with all his worth and pains '.It seems a story from the world of spirits, When...that which he merits, Or any merits that which he obtaina. W. — For shame, my friend, renounce this canting strain— What wouldst thou have a good... | |
 | 1851
...MAN. How seldom, friend, a good great man inherits Honor and wealth, with all his worth and pains ! It seems a story from the world of spirits When any...which he obtains. For shame, my friend, renounce this idle strain ! What wouldst thou have a good great man obtain ! Wealth, title, dignity, a golden chain,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 558 стор.
...IStt. " How seldom, friend, a good great man inherits Honor and wealth, with all his worth and pains ! It seems a story from the world of spirits When any...obtains." For shame, my friend ! — renounce this idle strain ! What wouldst thou have a good great man obtain ? Wealth, title, dignity, a golden chain,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 558 стор.
...1834. " How seldom, friend, a good great man inherits Honor and wealth, with all his worth and pains ! It seems a story from the world of spirits When any...obtains." For shame, my friend ! — renounce this idle strain ! What wouldst thou have a good great man obtain ? Wealth, title, dignity, a golden chain,... | |
 | 1854
...1334. " How seldom, friend, a good great man inherits Honor and wealth, with all his worth and pains ! It seems a story from the world of spirits When any...obtains." For shame, my friend ! — renounce this idle strain ! What wouldst thou have a good great man obtain ? Wealth, title, dignity, a golden chain,... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 383 стор.
...How seldom, friend, a good great man ' inherits | Honor and wealth, with all his worth ' and pains ! It seems a story ' from the world of spirits | When...obtains." For shame, my friend ! — renounce ' this idle strain ! What ' would'st thou have a good great man ' obtain ? Wealth, title, dignity, a golden... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858
...Honour or wealth, with all his worth and pains ! It sounds like stories from the land of spirits If any man obtains that which he merits, Or any merits that which he obtains. For shame, dear friend ! renounce this sordid strain, What wouldst thou have a good great man obtain ? Place ?... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1862 - 304 стор.
...Coleridge,— " How seldom, friend, a good great man inherits Honor and wealth with all his worth and pains. It seems a story from the world of spirits, When any...which he merits, Or any merits that which he obtains." Such passages show what the mind naturally regards as moral order. It is that natural good should follow... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1862 - 304 стор.
...Coleridge,— " How seldom, friend, a good great man inherits Honor and wealth with all his worth and pains. It seems a story from the world of spirits, When any...which he merits, Or any merits that which he obtains." Such passages show what the mind naturally regards as moral order. It is that natural good should follow... | |
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It seems a story from the world of spirits When any man obtains that which he merits, Or any merits that which he obtains. 
