 | 1856
...themselves, and put others in pain. — Vn demi si-itvunt est plus sot gu'un ignorant. — Zimmerimtn. CCCCLL A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...wrong, which is but saying in other words, that he U wiser to-day than he was yesterday. — Pope. CCCCL1L By the unprincipled facility of changing the... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856
...incense rise ! POPE. 1 . 77iw refers to tne nearest or iastmentioned thing, that to Ihe more remnte. 2. " A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but savini,' in oiher words, that he ifl wiser to-day ihan he was yesterday."— Pope. 3. Meaning A PSAI.M... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 336 pages
...to-morrow what ought to be done today, we charge the morrow with a burden that belongs not to it. 19. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 20. There is no vice that doth so much cover a man with shame, as to be found false and perfidious.... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1858 - 381 pages
...battle he acted cowardly, which ruined his reputation. CS 6. A man should never be ashamed to own 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. CS Note VI.— The measure was sustained by one of the members, but by which member I do... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1859 - 408 pages
...FORCE, or a medinm degree of loudness, is used in ordinary assertion, narration, and description ; as, A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. 4. GENTLE FORCE, or a slight degree of loudness, is used to express caution, fear, secrecy, and tender... | |
 | William Nathaniel Tilson Marsh Lushington- Tilson - 1859
...desire always to keep in mind. Pope indeed states, " that 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." But, excellent as is the precept, it is one very difficult to obey, especially when the confession... | |
 | Wit - 1860
...cheerfully if you can. Politeness is a coin destined to enrich not him who receives, but him who expends it. A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. — Pope. The most common things are the most useful. Woman's vocation : thus described by a French... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861
...acknowledges and corrects them, is scarcely less entitled to our esteem than if he had not erred. — A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. — Pope. Come, Evening, once again, season of peace ; Return, sweet Evening, and continue long ! Methinks... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 432 pages
...FORCE, or a medium degree of loudness, is used in ordinary assertion, narration, and description; as, A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in...wrong; which is but saying, in other words, that he is wisei to-day than he was yesterday. 4. GENTLE FORCE, or a slight degree of loudness, is used to express... | |
 | John Connery - 1861 - 395 pages
...none Go just alike, but each believes his own. A man should never be ashamed to own that he has beeu in the wrong ; which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. x Order is Heaven's first law ; and this confess'd, Some are and must be greater than the rest. RULE... | |
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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. 
