 | George Edward Jelf - 1871 - 280 pages
...poet's setting of the father's jewel, there is real truth in the thought, ' That of our vices we may frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame.' 1 Little by little, as we gain, by the grace of God, victory over our besetting sin, we rise to a higher... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...HW Longfellow. 1173. EXCELLENOE, Attainment of. Saint Augustine 1 well hast thou said, That of pur to vice, Quickly him they will entice ; But, if fortune once do frown, Then — fare 1 All common things, each day's events, That with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures and our discontents,... | |
 | 1872 - 692 pages
...of thy belly ; they'll never ask thee agai' -I shall be dunning thee every day." She gtoMcv at £t, Augustine ! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame. All common things, each day's events,... | |
 | David Kay - 1873 - 242 pages
...(FONTENELLE.) " De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimns si vitia ipsa calcamus." — (St. AUGUSTINE.) " St. Augustine, well hast thou said, That, of our vices...will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame." — (LONGFELLOW.) * " Conviction, were it never so excellent, is worthless till it converts itself... | |
 | John Earle - 1873 - 736 pages
...But in the following verse by Longfellow we have the name accented on the first syllable. • Saint Augustine ! well hast thou said, That of our vices...will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame ! ' In the same way they say dlly, Invalid, pdrtisan, not for the ancient weapon ' pertuisan,' but... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1873 - 360 pages
...aloft their torches lighted, Gleaming through the realms benighted, THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE SAINT AUGUSTINE ! well hast thou said, That of our vices...will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame ! AH common things, each day's events, That with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures and our discontents,... | |
 | Camilla Crosland - 1873 - 338 pages
...other expenses which would be associated with Aline's " coming out." CHAPTER IX. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER. All common things, each day's events, That with the...our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend. LONGFELLOW. "HEUBEN APPERSLEY arrived at Fording•" hill about the middle of the next day. He knew... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 pages
...He'll think your mother chides, and leave you so. SFialkespere. THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE. SAINT AUGUSTINE ! well hast thou said That of our vices...ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed o: shame. All common things, each day's events, That with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures and... | |
 | John Earle - 1873 - 708 pages
...pronunciation. But in the following verse by Longfellow we have the name accented on the first syllable. ' Saint Augustine ! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread In the same way they say ally, invalid, partisan, not for the ancient weapon ' pertuisan,' but for... | |
 | 1873 - 172 pages
...and self-indulgence is far stronger than to anger. St. Augustine tells us that " Of our vices we may frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame." * And each temptation has generally a corresponding good to help us on our heavenward way. For example,... | |
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SAINT AUGUSTINE ! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame... 
