...trumpet-tongued, agaiust The deep damnation of his taking-off. SHAKESPERE, Macbeth, act i. sc. 7. — Be to her VIRTUES very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind.— PRIOR, An English Padlock. — In VIRTUES nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine " incomparable...

...When the rough seaman's louder shouts prevai1, When fair occasion shows the springing gale. PRIOR. Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind. PRIOR : An English Padlock. Be to her merits kind, And to her faults, whate'er they are, be blind....

...chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. SHAKSPEAEE, Hamlet, act iii. sc. 1. Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind. PRIOR, An English Padlock. Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise. P. QUAELES, Emblems, bk. ii. Beard...

...she left Brude behind her, and the strange new life was actually begun. CHAPTER VII. PELHAM PLACE. " Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little blind." ON the following afternoon two ladies were sitting in a large and pleasant drawing-room, overlooking...

...Here, and there, and to, and fro, Like a centaur, see ! they go. F. Faludi, trans, by Sir J. Bowring. Be to her virtues very kind, Be to her faults a little blind. Prior. March 15. She walks in beauty like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all...

...more safe than Paul's chureh-yard : Nay, fly to altars ; there thev'll talk you dead ; FORBEARANCE. Be to her virtues very kind ; Be to her faults a little...be unconfin'd, And clap your padlock on her mind. Prior, Engllsh Padlock. The kindest and the happiest pair "Will find occasion to forbear ; And something,...

...and overlooking deficiencies and even faults. Let each party adopt the spirit of the couplet — " Be to her virtues very kind, Be to her faults a little blind." and it would, I will not say pour oil upon the troubled waters, but would prevent them from ever becoming...

...and overlooking deficiencies and even faults. Let each party adopt the spirit of the couplet — " Be to her virtues very kind, Be to her faults a little blind." and it would, I will not say pour oil upon the troubled waters, but would prevent them from ever becoming...

...III. , Line 208. Woman's at best a contradiction still. /. POPE— Moral Essaya. Ep. II. Line 270. hour bef ij. PRIOR — An English Padlock. A woman is the most inconsistent compound of obstinacy and self-sacrifice...

...joint existence. If we of each nation, in regarding the other, remembered the words of the poet — " Be to her virtues very kind, Be to her faults a little blind ; " the attainment of such a modus vivendi ought not to be difficult. Some of the measures of which...