 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 400 lehte
...pas. * In the adverfity of our beft friends, we always find " fomething that doth not difpleafe us." AS Rochefoucault his maxims drew -*• From nature,...I believe them true : They argue no corrupted mind Tn him ; the fault is in mankind. . * Written in November i73i. — There are two diftinct poems on... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 408 lehte
...pis. *' In the adverfity of our beft friends, we always find " fomething that doth not difpleafe us." AS Rochefoucault his maxims drew ^*" From nature,...no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. * Written in November 1731. — There are two diftin£t poems on this fubjeft, one of them containing... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 398 lehte
...that doth not difpleafe us." AS Rouchefoucault his maxinls drew From nature, I believe them true 1 They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind; This maxim more than all the reft 5 Is thought too bafe for human breafti " In all diftrefles of our friends, " We firft confult our... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 422 lehte
...not difpleafe us. Written in Nov. AS Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them truet, They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the reft J Is thought too bafe for human breafl : " In all diftrefies of our friends " We firft confult our... | |
 | 1787 - 446 lehte
...adversity of our best friends we always find " something that doth not displease us." Written in Nov. 1731. AS Rochefoucault his Maxims drew From Nature, I believe...fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest 5 Is thought too base for human breast, " In all distresses of our friends " We first consult... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 326 lehte
...find fomethinj " that doth not difpleafe us." ' /IS Rochefoucault his maxims drew _£"X From nature, 1 believe them true: They argue no corrupted mind In...fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the reft 5 Is thought too bafe for hunun breaft: " In all diftreffes of our friends, " We firft confult our... | |
 | François duc de La Rochefoucauld - 1791 - 172 lehte
...the ini-.ii". They are as follows : As Rocliefoncault his maxims drew From nature, 1 believe th«m true : They argue no corrupted mind In him : the fault...Mankind. This maxim, more than all the reft-, Is thought teo bafefor human breait : "In all diltrefles of our friends, " We firlt confult our private ends "... | |
 | 1793 - 376 lehte
...deflaifl pas. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF: NOV. 1731. A. s Rochfoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe 'em true : They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind, This maxim more than all the reft 5 Is thought too bafe for human breaft : " In all diftrefles of our friends " We firft confult our... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1793 - 388 lehte
...deplaift pas. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF: NOV. 1731, A s Rochfoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe 'em true : They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the reft 5 Is thought too bafe for human breaft : " In all diftrefles of our friends " We firft confult our... | |
 | James Roach - 1794 - 268 lehte
...maxims drew • :. ,*_. «r ri Frcm nature,' I believe them true j-.. They argue no corrupted mind .4 Jn him ; the fault is in mankind. , ^ This maxim more than all the reft f , ' Is thought too bafe for human, breafl ; t . " In all diftreffes of our friends, " We firft confult... | |
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As Rochefoucault his Maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true ; They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast, ' In all distresses of our friends We first consult... 
