 | Joseph Williamson - 1896 - 698 Seiten
...Supreme Rudely appeal'd to, on each trifling themei Maintain your rank; vulgarity despise; To SWEAH is neither brave, polite, nor wise; You would not swear upon a hed of death ; Itefiecti Your Maker now could stop your breath." Kennebunk: Printed by James K. Remick.... | |
 | James Wells - 1898 - 200 Seiten
...who sell their birthright for less than one morsel of meat, and think that horrid oaths are manly. " Maintain your rank, vulgarity despise, To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise ; Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense." The Red Indians have not... | |
 | William Peter Pearce - 1903 - 368 Seiten
...where'er it grows." CHAPTER IV Be Choice of Language INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER IV BY GENERAL OO HOWARD "Maintain your rank, vulgarity despise, To swear is...nor wise; You would not swear upon a bed of death; Reflect — your Maker now may stop your breath." Anonymous. ONE moonlight night I was passing near... | |
 | Abram N. Coleman - 1903 - 310 Seiten
...CIVILITY AND GOOD MANNERS. It chills my heart to hear the blest supreme Lightly appealed to on each trifling theme. Maintain your rank, vulgarity despise; To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise. Cowper. 1. There is no policy like politeness ; and a good manner is the best thing in the world, either... | |
 | Walter Lorenzo Sheldon - 1903 - 280 Seiten
...showing how they disagree. CHAPTER XXIII. PROFANITY. Proverbs or Verses. "The language denotes the man." "Maintain your rank, vulgarity despise; To swear is neither brave, polite nor wise." "We will take thy word for faith, not ask thine oath; Who shuns not to break one will sure crack both."... | |
 | Hialmer Day Gould, Edward Louis Hessenmueller - 1904 - 920 Seiten
...to agonize. — Confucius. It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme rudely appealed to on each trifling theme. Maintain your rank, vulgarity despise. To swear • is neither brave, polite, nor wise. — Cowfer. Profanity is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman. — EH Chafin. Progress... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 Seiten
...finished devil. —S. if. Cox. It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme rudely appealed to on each JDJEJ A A — Cowper. Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word. — Shakespeare. Profanity is both an unreasonable... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Crafts - 1914 - 570 Seiten
...one of the useful rhymes that was taught me in my boyhood, which every youth should store in memory: "Maintain your rank, vulgarity despise, To swear is neither brave, polite nor wise." That last word hints at the reason why swearing is inconsistent with the second essential of manliness,... | |
 | 1914 - 200 Seiten
...one of the useful rhymes that was taught me in my boyhood, which every youth should store in memory: "Maintain your rank, vulgarity despise, To swear is neither brave, polite nor wise." That last word hints at the reason why swearing is inconsistent with the second essential of manliness,... | |
 | Ashley Montagu - 2001 - 388 Seiten
...my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appeal'd to on each trifling theme. Maintain your ranks, vulgarity despise: To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise. You would not swear upon the bed of death: ReflectI your Maker now could stop your breath. The sermonizing and publication of... | |
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appeal'd to on each trifling theme; Maintain your rank, vulgarity despise, To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise; You would not swear upon a bed of death: Reflect! 
