 | Plain letters - 1850 - 142 pages
...; but let me remind you in the words of a poet, that " The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear, And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps, forgive." Be it yours to cultivate this mutual kindness,. and, as you value the blessing of domestic peace and... | |
 | 1861 - 378 pages
...more of sympathy, for woman more of discretion : — " The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear ; And something every day they live To pity, and perhaps forgive." LEAVES FOR THE LITTLE ONES UNCLE HERBERT'S WEDDING. BY YSN " Cousin Caroline, were you ever a bridesmaid... | |
 | Martha Careful (pseud.) - 1851 - 146 pages
...should learn on her wedding-diiy his compressed idea that " The kindest and the happiest pair, Will find occasion to forbear, And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive." The most congenial minds will sometimes agree to differ, and one cannot suppose that, however deeply affection... | |
 | Christian souvenir - 1851 - 286 pages
...household will pass without some little trial of temper : " The best and kindest human pair — may find occasion to forbear, And something every day they live — to pity, and, perhaps, forgive." There are times when to forbear, requires even more self-control than to bear; for the heart is naturally... | |
 | Francis Busteed Ashley - 1851 - 188 pages
...unsuitable returns. Perfection is not to be expected. " The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear, And something every day they live To pity, and perhaps forgive." 30 It behoves each to make many concessions and allowances, and to persevere in the duty of the relation,... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1851 - 964 pages
...with sympathy endure Those evils it would gladly care. The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear, And something every day they live To pity, and perhaps forgive." Thus sang our dear Cowper, and we continue his song. Young wife! read it again ; try to sing it, it... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - 624 pages
...fretful passion, On every trivial provocation ? The kindest and the happiest pair Will find oecasion to forbear : And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive. But if infirmities, that fall In common to the lot of all, A blemish or a sense impaired, Are crimes... | |
 | 1859 - 748 pages
...likes also the voice. . . . '. . Love . . . 'Tis gentle, delicate and kind, To faults compassionate, or blind ; And will with sympathy endure, Those evils it would gladly cure.' This is a practical as well as a poetical world. Wisdom consists in a combination of each. I have to... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1852 - 564 pages
...other's infirmities, is only common civility. Cowper. The kindest and the happiest pair, Will find occasion to forbear, And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive. 471. INFLUENCE. Roscoe. Our minds are formed, and our characters modified by those master-spirits,... | |
 | 1852 - 340 pages
...long-suffering, forbearing one another in love. — EPH. i?. 2. THE kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear ; And something every day they live To pity, and perhaps forgive. 779242 A APRIL 24. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption ; i ib is sown in dishonor,... | |
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear ; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive. 
