 | John Mason Good - 1831 - 482 ページ
...thought it necessary to confute them. He adopted the sentiment of Boerhaave, who said, " They are sparks which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. The surest remedy against scandal is, to live it down by perseverance in well-doing ; and by praying to... | |
 | 1832 - 548 ページ
...who hai many enemies, used to say that he never thought it necessary to repeat their calumnies.— " They are sparks, said he " which, if you do not blow them, will go out of ihemst lve». The surest method a^ainu scandal is to lite it down by perseverance in well doing and... | |
 | 1839 - 756 ページ
...their principals, very little blood would be shed in that way. — COI.TON. Calumnies are as sparks, which if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. There are three things in the world that know no kind of restraint, and are governed by no laws, but... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 286 ページ
...and detraction, (for Boerhaave himself had enemies,) nor ever thought it necessary to confute them. " They are sparks," said he, " which, if you do not blow them, will go out themselves. The surest remedy against scandal, is. to live it down by perseverance in well doing ;... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 302 ページ
...pleasure in inventing, and the other half in believing. SCANDALOUS REPORTS— says Boerhaave, are sparks, which if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. They have, perhaps, been better compared to volcanic explosions, of which the lighter portions are... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 426 ページ
...pleasure in inventing, and the other half in believing. SCANDALOUS REPORTS— says Boerhaave, are sparks, which if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. They have, perhaps, been better compared to volcanic explosions, of which the lighter portions are... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 ページ
...unfortunate, affected his countenance. He was always cheerful, and desirous of promoting mirth by a facetious gance of posterity. All the rays of romantic heat, whether themsefves." Yet he took care never to provoke enemies hy severity of censure, for he never dwelt on... | |
 | Joshua Noble Danforth - 1837 - 334 ページ
...Boerhaave did not condescend to refute calumny and detraction. He was accustomed to say, " They are sparks, which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. The surest re Tiedy against scandal is, to live it down, by persevering in well doing, and by praying to... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1888 - 406 ページ
...detraction ; (for Boerhaave himself had enemies ;) nor ever thought it necessary to confute them. " They are sparks," said he, " which if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves. The surest remedy against scandal, is, to live it down oy perseverance in well-doing; and by praying to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1838 - 716 ページ
...was never soured by calumny and detraction, nor ever thought it necessary to confute them ; " forthey are sparks," said he, " which, if you do not blow them, will go out of themselves." Ytit he took care never to provoke enemies by severity of censure, for he never dwelt on the faults... | |
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He was always cheerful, and desirous of promoting mirth by a facetious and humorous conversation; he was never soured by calumny and detraction, nor ever thought it necessary to confute them; "for they are sparks," said he, " which if you do not blow... 
