 | L M. Stretch - 1801 - 248 sider
...and less dangerous. A virtuous and well-disposed person is like to good metal ; the more he is fired, the more he is refined , the more he is opposed, the more he is approved : wrongs may well try him and touch him , but cannot imprint in him any false stamp. The man... | |
 | Thomas Condie - 1813 - 262 sider
...just and good. Л virtuous and well disposed person, is like to good metal : the more he is fired, the more he is refined ; the more he is opposed, the more he is approved : wrongs may well try him and touch him ; but cannot imprint in him any false step. The commentary... | |
 | 1823 - 872 sider
...and adored. A virtuous and well disposed person, is like to good metal ; the more he is fired, tht more he is refined ; the more he is opposed, the more he is approved ; wrongs may »veil try him and touch him, but cannot imprint in him any false stamp. The... | |
 | --- Levey - 1846 - 410 sider
...the experience I have had, I have always found it much easier to preach philosophy than practise it." well disposed man, like good metal, the more he is...you think I have been improved by them?" " I do," said Clements. " You ought to be now a good judge of your own goodness of disposition and capabilities,... | |
 | Charles Hole - 1871 - 288 sider
...child. ON MORAL VIRTUE. A virtuous and well-disposed person, like a good metal, the more he is fired, the more he is refined ; the more he is opposed, the more he is approved. Wrongs may well try him, and touch him, but cannot imprint in him any false stamp. Virtue,... | |
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that a virtuous and well disposed man, like good metal, the more he is tried by fire, the more he is refined ; the more he is opposed, the more he is proved ; sorrows and disappointments may make an impression on him, but they cannot imprint a false... 