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" Since Trifles make the Sum of human things And half our misery from our foibles springs... "
John Heywood's complete series of home lesson books - Page 52
by Alfonzo Gardiner - 1872
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Home: A Novel, Volume 4

Margaret Cullen - English fiction - 1802 - 332 pages
...accuse her of ill temper." " Let no one say," cried Constantia, "that ill temper is a small evil! " Since trifles make the sum of human things, " And half our misery from our foibles spring-.; " Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, " And low can save or serve, bill all...
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English 18th Century Dances, Volume 1

Akeroyde's padd (Dance) - 1812 - 356 pages
...and suffering n** ture writhes in prolonged agonies. Since trifles make the sum of human things, Anil half our misery from our foibles springs ; Since life's...peace and ease, And few can save or serve, but all may please ; Oh ! let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence ;...
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Tales of Fashionable Life, Volume 5

Maria Edgeworth - 1812 - 412 pages
...and had long and earnestly desired to Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our mis'ry from our foibles springs; Since life's best joys consist...peace and ease, And few can save or serve, but all may please r Oh ! let th" ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkinclness is a great offence.'...
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The Duties, Advantages, Pleasures, and Sorrows of the Marriage State

John Ovington - Marriage - 1813 - 168 pages
...There are many little attentions to he observed in our duties, which cannot fully be described : — ' Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs, O let th* ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. Large bounties to...
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Introduction to the English Reader; Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1814 - 234 pages
...IMPORTANCE TO THE HAPPINESS OF 1IFE SINCE trifles make the sum of human things, And half our mis'ry from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And fe\v can save, or serve, but all can please ; Oh ! let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small...
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Introduction to the English Reader, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1816 - 236 pages
...importance to ffie happiness of life. 1. SINCE trifles make the sum of human things, And half our mis'ry from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys...few can save or serve, but all can please; Oh ! let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. 2; Large bounties to bestow,...
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New Tales: The confessions of an odd-tempered man. The ruffian boy. The ...

Amelia Alderson Opie - Children - 1818 - 380 pages
...happiness of wedded life depends. Well has that woman said, who is an ornament to her sex, that " ' Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half...misery from our foibles springs; Since life's best gifts consist in peace and ease, And few can save, or serve, but all may please ; — O ! let the ungentle...
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The confessions of an odd-tempered man. The ruffian boy. The welcome home ...

Amelia Alderson Opie - 1818 - 380 pages
...make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs; Since life's best gifts consist in peace and ease, And few can save, or serve, but all may please ; — . ,- .. < . . O ! let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is...
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The poetical monitor: consisting of pieces select and original [ed. by E. Hill].

Poetical monitor - 1819 - 168 pages
...Heaven. THE IMPORTANCE OF TRIFLES. SINCE trifles make the sum of human things, And half our inis'ry from our foibles springs; Since life's best joys consist...can save, or serve, but all can please ; Oh ! let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. Large bounties to bestow...
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The Juvenile Mentor, Or Select Readings: Being American School Class Book No ...

Albert Picket - American literature - 1820 - 314 pages
...SINCE trifles make the sum of human things, And hail' our mis'ry from our foibles springs; Since tile's best joys consist in peace and ease, . • And few can save, or serve, but all can please* O! let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence : ' Large bounties...
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