...indulgent to the faults of some of them. He has not forgotten the rule de mortuis nil nisi bonum: " Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind." It is sad to contemplate in bow many instances the fatal vice of intemperance (of which we get some...

...undergraduates," said he, " by the rule laid down by 'famed Matt Prior' for that of the ladies: — ' Be to their faults a little blind ; Be to their virtues very kind ; And clnp jonr padlock on the mind I ' " In his intercourse with them he always took it for granted...

...beau, and treated old John Bull too much as the poet advises us to treat young and fair ladies — Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind. But what a charming book is that old ' Sketchbook.' And what a charming essay that on our great Abbey,...

...other nations, she is disposed to judge her friends and servants more leniently than her foes, — to " Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind " ; — we may confess, with shame, that the language of our statesmen, especially of late, when they...

...normal state of society. The wisest and most humane rule for a traveller towards his companions is to ' Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind,' and to consider all that is said and done on board ship like what passes among the members of a club,...

...had been under a thousand obligations of the first magnitude " let us, as houe-t Mat Prior hath it: Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues, very kind. These people gave our bard pecuniary help in the bringing out of his work, besides subscribing for...

...would apply to the present French rulers (particularly Barras and Eeubel) the words of the poet — ' Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind, Let all their ways be unconfined, And clap the padlock on their mind !' And for these reasons, thanking...

...useless task of extenuating their shortcomings, but will venture the suggestion that if the couplet, " Be to their faults a little blind, Be to their virtues very kind," is to be departed from in their case, and they are all to be stoned by the rest of their fellow-citizens...

...would apply to the present French Rulers (particularly BAKRAS and REUBEL) the words of the poet :— " Be to their Faults a little blind ; " Be to their Virtues very kind, " Let all their ways be unconttn'd, " And clap the Padlock on their mind ! " And for these reasons,...

...them for the madness which you have occasioned ? Kather let prudence and temper come from this side. ' Be to their faults a little blind ; Be to their virtues very kind.' " At this time, when Pitt was declining office, Lord Temple writes from Stowe to Mr. Mackenzie (Oct....