| Christopher Anderson - 1848 - 432 Seiten
...is not to be ascribed to myself, but to the goodness of God." Being once asked by a friend, who had admired his patience under great provocations, whether he knew what it was to be angry ? he answered, with the utmost frankness and sincerity, that he was naturally quick of resentment ;... | |
| Christian classics - 1858 - 870 Seiten
...gone before. BOERHA AVE — SOCRATES. 169 One of the greatest philosophers of this age* being asked by a friend, who had often admired his patience under great provocations, by what means he had suppressed his anger? answered, " that he was naturally quick of resentment; but... | |
| James Hamilton - 1858 - 562 Seiten
...are gone before. BOERHA AVE SOCEATES. 169 One of the greatest philosophers of this age* being asked by a friend, who had often admired his patience under great provocations, by what means he had suppressed his anger? answered, " that he was naturally quick of resentment ;... | |
| James Hamilton - 1859 - 436 Seiten
...gone before. BOEKHAAVE — SOCKATES. 169 One of the greatest philosophers of this age* being asked by a friend, who had often admired his patience under great provocations, by what means he had suppressed his anger? answered, " that he was naturally quick of resentment; but... | |
| 1860 - 836 Seiten
...spirit, are gone before. One of the greatest philosophers of this age — Boerhaave — being asked by a friend, who had often admired his patience under great provocations, by what means he had suppressed his anger? answered, "that he was naturally quick of resentment; but... | |
| 1862 - 582 Seiten
...SELF-CONTROL, BOERHAVE. — Boerhave, being once asked by a friend, who admired his patience under provocation, whether he knew what it was to be angry, and by what means he had so entirely suppressed that impetuous and ungovernable passion, he answered, that he was naturally... | |
| John Laurie Blake - 1862 - 236 Seiten
...God, formed the basis of all his virtues, and the principle of his whole conduct. Being once asked by a friend, who had often admired his patience under great provocations, whether he had ever been under the influence of anger, and by what means he had so entirely suppressed that impetuous... | |
| William Leeke - 1866 - 454 Seiten
...patient, and calm. " The famous Dr. Boerhave was once asked by a friend who " admired his patience under provocations, whether he knew what " it was to be angry, and by what means he had so entirely sup"pressed that impetuous and ungovernable passion? He "answered, with the utmost frankness... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1868 - 384 Seiten
...attributed every good thought and every laudable action to the Father of Goodness. Being once asked by a friend, who had often admired his patience under great provocations, whether he had ever been under the influence of anger, and by what means he had so entirely suppressed that impetuous... | |
| John Ruskin - 1873 - 340 Seiten
...character but the second place; his virtue was yet much more uncommon than his learning. " Being once asked by a friend, who had often admired his patience under...what it was to be angry, and by what means he had so entirely suppressed that impetuous and ungovernable passion, he answered, with the utmost frankness... | |
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