 Let them indulge their own pride in thinking that my fall makes them higher, or seems so at least. I have the satisfaction to recollect that my prosperity has been of advantage to many, and that some at least will forgive my transient wealth on account...  Lives of Good Servants - Page 39by Anne Manning - 1857 - 148 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Great Britain - 1838 - 826 pages
...it ? God knows ; and so ends the catechism. " Nobody in the end can lose a penny by me — that is one comfort Men will think pride has had a fall. Let...my fall will make them higher, or seem so at least. 1 have tht satisfaction to recollect that my prosperity has been of advantage to many, and to hope... | |
 | 1840 - 566 pages
...Walter's private diary, shows a heart not absorbed with self, but sorrowing for his humble attendants — "Men will think pride has had a fall. Let them indulge their own pride in thmking that my fall will make them higher, or seem so at least. I have the satisfaction to recollect... | |
 | Ireland - 1841 - 436 pages
...end of it ? God knows ; and so ends the catechism. Nobody in the end can lose a penny by me; that is one comfort. Men will think pride has had a fall....fall will make them higher, or seem so at least. I nave the satisfaction to recollect that my prosperity has been of advantage to many, and to hope that... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1853 - 906 pages
...of it? God knows ; and so ends the catechism.— Nobody in the end can lose a penny by me—that is one comfort. Men will think pride has had a fall....Let them indulge their own pride in thinking that my full will make them higher, or secm so at least. I have the satisfaction to recollect that my prosperity... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 350 pages
...back as the middle of 1825 ; and, indeed, on the 18th December of that year he writes in his Diary : " Men will think pride has had a fall. Let them indulge...in thinking that my fall will make them higher, or make them seem so. I have the satisfaction to recollect, that my prosperity has been of advantage to... | |
 | John Ruskin - Aesthetics - 1873 - 340 pages
...overflowing. Now to be broken in my pitch of pride.* .... " Nobody in the end can lose a penny by me; that is one comfort. Men will think pride has had a fall. Let them indulge in their own pride in thinking that my fall will make them higher, or seem so at least. I have the... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1877 - 478 pages
...of if! God knows ; and so ends the catechism. Nobody in the end can lose a penny by me, — that is one comfort. Men will think pride has had a fall....at least. I have the satisfaction to recollect that mj prosperity has been of advantage to many, and to hope that some at least will forgive my transient... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1890 - 590 pages
...50001. to 10,OOO7. a year, and land was my temptation. I think nobody can lose a penny — that is my one comfort. Men will think pride has had a fall....them indulge their own pride in thinking that my fall makes them higher, or seems so at least. I have the satisfaction to recollect that my prosperity has... | |
 | Walter Scott - Authors, Scottish - 1890 - 460 pages
...in 1817. and resided afterwards in England, temptation. I think nobody can lose a penny — that is one comfort. Men will think pride has had a fall....them indulge their own pride in thinking that my fall makes them higher, or seems so at least. I have the satisfaction to recollect that my prosperity has... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1890 - 582 pages
...5000/. to 10,000/. a year, and land was my temptation. I think nobody can lose a penny — that is my one comfort. Men will think pride has had a fall....them indulge their own pride in thinking that my fall makes them higher, or seems so at least. I have the satisfaction to recollect that my prosperity has... | |
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