| 1811 - 538 pages
...and observe the dreadful effects of attempting the work of reformation. The false and slaTJsh maxim, that it is «' Better to bear the ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of." is held out to us in terrorem, as if it were better to bear acturil, certain,... | |
| 1819 - 728 pages
...will be and should be generally read. Frorn its warning page* will be learned the important lesson, that it is better to bear the ills we have, than fly to others we know not of. A« t'i , our Author, after undergoing every privation and suffering, subsisting on... | |
| Great Britain - 1832 - 728 pages
...space for such subjects. The question on the Bank Charter resolves itself into another, — whether it is " better to bear the ills we have, than fly to others that we know not of." This author, who we have reason to believe is one who lately alarmed our war-department... | |
| Henry Roscoe - 1833 - 404 pages
...and observe the dreadful effects of attempting the work of reformation. The false and slavish maxim that it is ' better to bear the ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of," is held to us in terrorem, as if it were better to bear actual, certain, and... | |
| 1834 - 512 pages
...insurmountable difficulty and endless toil, but also of extreme danger; it is often far more prudent— " to bear the ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of." We can congratulate the ministers that they have found a point to which the spirit of reform can advantageously... | |
| Phrenology - 1838 - 478 pages
...of the present state of things may be ready to quote those much-abused words of Shakspeare, and say that " It is better to bear the ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of." But of how much evil an obedience to this maxim would be productive ! Everything... | |
| 1838 - 908 pages
...of the present state of things may be ready to quote those much- abused words of Shakspeare, and say that " It is better to bear the ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of." But of how much evil an obedience to this maxim would be productive! Everything... | |
| Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - Bethany (W. Va.) - 1838 - 540 pages
...life a blessing, and cling to it maugre all its troubles." And what is this but to say with the poet, "It is better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of"? — virtually making the love of life the choice of evils. "To be, or not to... | |
| Alexander Campbell - Future punishment - 1840 - 438 pages
...a blessing, and cling to it maugre all its troubles." And what is this but to say with the poet, " It is better to bear the ills we have, than fly to others that we know not of?"- — virtually making the love of life the choice of evils. " To be, or not to... | |
| Sir James Emerson Tennent - Belgium - 1841 - 324 pages
...assailed, by their dupes and victims. Belgium has, years ere this, discovered the truth of the maxim, that it is — " — better to bear the ills we have, Than fly to others we know not of." If, under the successive sovereignties of Austria and France, and as an integral VOL.... | |
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