 Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.  Essays - Page 35by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 303 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1869 - 634 pages
...Nutural History, §'C., ed. 1762, p. 127.] Whence comes the following ? — " Our acts our anpcl» are, or good or ill. Our fatal shadows that walk by us still." CORNUB. [I!\- John Fletcher, Jloaeit Man» Fortune.'] ST. ELMO. — Can you give me any information... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...rest Of his dull life. Letter to Bm Jonson. -0— JOHN FLETCHER. 1576-1625. R acts our angels arc, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still. Upon an ' Honest Man's Fortune' * Get place and wealth, if possible, with price ; If not, by any means... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him fulls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good...or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still." £pilogue to Beaumont and Fletcher' s Honest Man's Fortune. Cast the bartling on the rocks, Suckle... | |
 | 1870 - 580 pages
...upright man. " Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man. Commands all light. all Influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early, or too late." And I have heard such men say that Masonry made them what they are, and I am certain it would make... | |
 | Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick - 1870 - 510 pages
...: — .Man is his own s'ar, and the soul that c.in Render an honest and n perfect man, Commandt oil light, all influence, all fate, Nothing to him falls early, or too la'e, Onr acts our angels are. or pood or ill, The fatal shadows ihat walk by us still.' !Not long... | |
 | John Christien - 1871 - 188 pages
...star ; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, influence, and fate ; Nothing to him falls early, or too late. Our...good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still :"— may be regarded as a correct exponent of the Sadducean creed. Taken as the all of man's creed,... | |
 | Gertrude Parsons - 1871 - 374 pages
...utterances of Peter Drake — " I behaved infernally ill to her," he said. 199 CHAPTER X. QUESTIONS. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still. JOHN FLETCHER. f• ETTY, too, wept many tears that night. •^ What had happened to her? What had... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1872 - 762 pages
...they fall : Man is big own star, and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate ; Nothing to him...good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still ; And when the stars are labouring, we believe It is not that they govern, but they grieve For stubborn... | |
 | Mansfield Tracy Walworth - 1872 - 444 pages
...honest and a perfect man, \ Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls earlv or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, • Our fatal shadows that walh by us still." Fletcher. JHE heart of MacGregor had barely commenced to warm towards the mysterious... | |
 | John Wesley Hales - 1872 - 552 pages
...Word-Book] : " Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man Commands all light, all influence, all fate ; Nothing to him falls early, or too late." So also Paradise Lost, x. 659. Fuller's Scripture Observations, xviii. 73. for — in spite of, notwitbstanding.... | |
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