 The wealth of a man is the number of things which he loves and blesses, which he is loved and blessed by ! The herdsman in his poor clay shealing, where his very cow and dog are friends to him, and not a cataract but carries memories for him, and not...  The Twentieth Century - Pàgina 8101879Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1856 - 430 pàgines
...think this exceedingly probable ; and, subscribing to the doctrine, that the measure of the happiness of a man is " the number of things which he loves and blesses, which he is loved and blessed by," we have thankfully resolved that in future, colour shall be to us amongst those things of blessing,... | |
 | 470 pàgines
...make allowance for the faults of others. Carlyle says, with as much truth as aptness of expression, " The wealth of a man is the number of things which he loves and blesses, which heU loved and blessed by!" And none can be rich, computing by this wealth, who does not possew —... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 520 pàgines
...nowhere, he is homeless. He can build stone or marble houses ; but to continue in them is denied him. The wealth of a man is the number of things which...but nods old recognition : his life, all encircled as in blessed mother's-arms, is it poorer than Slick's with the ass-loads of yellow metal on his back?... | |
 | 1881 - 510 pàgines
...unless I love, not only a fragment, but the whole list, of the divine attributes. — Joseph Cook. " The wealth of a man is the number of things which...loves and blesses, which he is loved and blessed by." — Carlyle, xiv. 241. RIDE, for the day is passing, A place in the ranks awaits you, And you lie dreaming... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1843 - 280 pàgines
...nowhere) he is homeless. He can build stone or marble houses ; but to continue in them is denied him. The wealth of a man is the number of things which...but nods old recognition : his life, all encircled as in blessed mother's-arms, is it poorer than Slick's with the ass-loads of yellow metal on his back?... | |
 | 1843 - 574 pàgines
...nowhere, he is homeless. He can build stone or marble houses ; but to continue in them is denied him. The wealth of a man is the number of things which...a cataract but carries memories for him, and not a mountain top but nods old recognition : his life, all encircled as in blessed mother's arms, is it... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1843 - 404 pàgines
...of a man is the number of tilings which he IQVRH and hlf-aspa, wliii;lj.he. is loved and blessed byI The herdsman in his poor clay shealing, where his...but nods old recognition: his life, all encircled as in blessed mother 's-arms, is it poorer than Slick's with the ass-loads of yellow metal on his back... | |
 | 1843 - 830 pàgines
...there was need of a strong and an earnest voice to call out loudly in every street this one also — " THE WEALTH OF A MAN IS THE NUMBER OF THINGS WHICH...LOVES AND BLESSES, WHICH HE IS LOVED AND BLESSED BY." There was need of a prophet to preach the old gospel of Christ, " THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is WITHIN YOU,"... | |
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1880 - 864 pàgines
...b« considered to have been the motto of Professor Kelland's life : " The measure of the happiness of a man is the number of things which he loves and blesses, which he is loved and blessed by." From the address which Professor Kelland delivered to us at the opening of this session, I must beg... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1845 - 560 pàgines
...protection to its purity, and a positive wealth. An emphatic writer has said, "The herdsman in his clay shealing, where his very cow and dog are friends to him, not a falling stream but carries memories for him ; not a mountain but nods old recognition, his life... | |
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