 | Henry William Herbert - Rome - 1853 - 512 pages
...his own private chamber whither none dared intrude unsummoned. CHAPTER XI. THE RELEASE. And, for that right Is right, to follow right Were wisdom, in the scorn of consequence. TXNUVIIOIT. (Etton. PATJLLUS ARVINA sat alone in a small chamber of his own house. Books were before... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1854 - 286 pages
...her snow-cold breast and angry cheek Kept watch, waiting decision, made reply. " ' Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead...follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, barken ere I die, Again she said: ' I woo thee not with gifts. Sequel of guerdon... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1856 - 400 pages
...three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power, (power of herself Would come uncall'd for) but to live by law, Acting the law we live by...follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, harken ere I die. Again she said : ' I woo thee not with gifts. Sequel of guerdon... | |
 | 1856 - 602 pages
...Power ; has not even one of their own most idolised teachers told us all that it is our bounden duty "To live by law Acting the law we live by without...follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence." And, when we speak of the Gospel, it is superfluous to add where alone we believe it is to be found... | |
 | Marguerite A. Power - 1857 - 360 pages
...way clear, once she could perceive the right path stretch before her, she pursued it unswervingly. " And because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence." So she thought and so she acted, in contempt of policy and of expediency. Strong herself, few were... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 520 pages
...' Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Y^t not for power, (power of herself Would come uncalled...follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.' " Dear mother Ida, barken ere I die, Again she said : ' I woo thee not with gifts. Sequel of guerdon... | |
 | Anne Judith Penny - Conduct of life - 1859 - 358 pages
...it would be sacrificed ; and I hardly need remind you that, in this as in every other contingency, " Because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence :" no one being able to count upon consequent advantagea, when the least part of kntnon duty is neglected,... | |
 | Lawrence Peel - 1860 - 332 pages
...These three alone lead life to sovereign power : Yet not for power (power of herself Would come nncalTd for), but to live by Law, ยป Acting the law we live...follow right Were wisdom, in the scorn of consequence." BEFORE I begin my account of the public life of the late statesman, I will describe his person, manners,... | |
 | Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1860 - 642 pages
...alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power, (power of herself Would come uncalled-for,) but to live by law, Acting the law we live by without...right, to follow right Were wisdom, in the scorn of consilience." It is provocative of melancholy reflections that the vast majority, even of intelligent... | |
 | 1860 - 452 pages
...alone lend life to sovereign power, Yet not for power (power of herself Would come uncalled for), bnt to live by law, Acting the law we live by without...follow right, Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence." Encouraging those who have met with undeserved disaster, he shows that energy and perseverance can... | |
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Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power (power of herself Would come uncalled for) but to live by law, Acting the law we live by without fear; And, because right is right, to follow... 
