These were to him essentials; all things new He deem'd superfluous, useless, or untrue; To all beside indifferent, easy, cold, Here the fire kindled, and the wo was told. Habit with him was all the test of truth, 'It must be right: I've done it from my... The borough - Page 54by George Crabbe - 1834Full view - About this book
| 1896 - 1224 pages
...civil habit Oft covers a good man. p. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHEB — Beggar's Bush. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 210. I I M And q. CRABBE — The Borough. Letter III. A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected, r. SAM' L... | |
| George Crabbe - 1899 - 492 pages
...amain " Comes flying forth from aisle to aisle about, " Sweet links of harmony and long drawn out." These were to him essentials ; all things new He deem'd...indifferent, easy, cold, Here the fire kindled, and the woe was told. Habit with him was all the test of truth, " It must be right : I've done it from my youth."... | |
| George Gore - 1899 - 604 pages
...of spirits, or of an infinite brain in interstellar space, etc.? " Habit with some men is the sole test of truth ; it must be right ; I've done it from my youth." This test is equally fallacious. Although the universal test of truth is consistency with all known... | |
| George Crabbe - 1901 - 624 pages
...Sweet links of harmony and long drawn out." * These were to him essentials ; all 'things new He deemed superfluous, useless, or untrue : To all beside indifferent, easy, cold, Here the fire kindled, and the woe was told. Habit with him was all the test of truth : " It must be right : I 've done it from my... | |
| Henry Houston Bonnell - 1902 - 486 pages
...mind oppressed, It sprang from innovation ; it was then He spake of mischief made by restless men. Habit with him was all the test of truth : It must be right; I Ve done it from my youth. The extravagances of Methodism were regarded as a " spiritual influenza,"... | |
| Alfred Ainger - 1903 - 230 pages
...style in which he excels ; the man of " mild benevolence," strongly opposed to every thing new : " Habit with him was all the test of truth : ' It must be right : I 've done it from my youth.' Questions he answered in as brief a way : ' It must be wrong — it... | |
| Alfred Ainger - 1903 - 258 pages
...benevolence," strongly opposed to everything new : — " Habit with him was all the test of truth : 1 It must be right : I've done it from my youth.' Questions he answered in as brief a way : ' It must be wrong — it was of yesterday.' " Feeble good-nature, and... | |
| George Crabbe - 1905 - 570 pages
...amain " [Comes] flying forth, from aile to aile about, " Sweet links of harmony and long drawn out." These were to him essentials ; all things new He deem'd...my youth." Questions he answer'd in as brief a way, 140 " It must be wrong — it was of yesterday." Though mild benevolence our priest possess'd, 'Twas... | |
| 1909 - 440 pages
...in this matter, we have been in a like position with that famous character of whom it was written— "Habit with him was all the test of truth, It must be right, I've done it from my youth." From the birth of abdominal surgery, the cavity's drainage, when indications demanded it, has been... | |
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