 | 1924 - 566 pages
...of j the Best Authors [collected by John Timbs], 7th edit., 1840, vol. i, No. 451, is the following: A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. — Pope. Where in Pope's writings is this well-known aphorism to be found? ROBERT PIEHPOINT. « WHERE... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...incense rise ! POPE. 1 . This refers to the nearest or lastmentioned thing, that to the more remote. S. " A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday." — Pope. 3. Meaning of quickened? A PSALM OF UFE. 279 XXII. HAPPINESS... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pages
...battle he acted cowardly, which ruined his reputation. CS b. A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that ho is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. — POPE. CS Note VI — The measure was sustained by one... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...skilful hands ; in unskilful, most mischievous. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been ithe wrong ; which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to day than he was yesterday. Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in "a poor man, I take it for... | |
 | 1852 - 342 pages
...Time's uncertain shore, Our souls may know, in purer climes, A Summer evermore 1 [Godey'e LB A m.in should never be ashamed to own he has been in the...words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. He who has no respect for religion can have no true respect for himself. Covetousness debaseth a man's... | |
 | 1852 - 440 pages
...knoweth after whr. manner she maketh this aenigma.'— GESNER, AD 1550. A man should never be ashamed » own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words, that ht is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. THE TENNESSEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. There will be a meeting... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 pages
...without the one, nor authorship without the other. — Sidney Smith. WRONG, ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF. — A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. — Pope, Y. YOUNG MEN. — Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 414 pages
...spend their days : Even death seems to set them free, But brings them closer still to Thee. ERROR. A MAN should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words, that he is wiser to-day, than he was yesterday. " THEY pass best over the world," said Queen Elizabeth, " who trip it quickly, for it is but a bog,... | |
 | 1853 - 446 pages
...SELECTIONS FROM DIFFERENT AUTHORS. Acknowledgment of error. — A man should never be ashamed to say that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other...words that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. — Pope. Reflect upon, and be awakened into, desires after t/te glories of heaven. — Reflect upon... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1854 - 730 pages
...besides that question, knows much less than himself. — Cecil. A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in...words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. — Pope. God is well pleased with what Christ has done for us; and when we are pleased with it and... | |
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A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong; which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 
