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" not only in forgiving, but even in a desire of benefiting his destroyer; as the sandal tree, in the instant of its overthrow, sheds perfume on the axe which fells it;' and the latter would triumph in repeating the verse of Sadi, who represents a return... "
Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting ... - Page 153
1818
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The British review and London critical journal

1811 - 550 pages
...of destruction, not only in forgiving, but evenin a desire of benefiting his destroyer-; — as the sandal tree in the instant of its overthrow, sheds perfume on the axe which fells it; or the verse of Sadi, which represents a return of good for good as a slight reciprocity,...
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Letters on India

Lady Maria Callcott - India - 1814 - 428 pages
...says, it is enjoined to man even at the moment of destruction to wish to benefit his foes, " as the sandal tree in the instant of its overthrow sheds...and compiling such moral passages from the ancient Hindu books, as, taught to the young Indians, might improve them, and render them worthy of still further...
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Letters on India

Lady Maria Callcott - India - 1814 - 428 pages
...says, it is enjoined to man even at the moment of destruction to wish to benefit his foes, " as the sandal tree in the instant of its overthrow sheds...and compiling such moral passages from the ancient Hindu books, as, taught to the young Indians, might improve them, and render them worthy of still further...
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Letters on India

Lady Maria Callcott - India - 1814 - 432 pages
...says, it is enjoined to man even at the moment of destruction to wish to benefit his foes, " as the sandal tree in the instant of its overthrow sheds perfume on the axe that Jells it." How happy would it be if instead of fighting with the air as these good men persist in doing,...
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Political Fragments of Archytas, Charondas, Zaleucus, and Other Ancient ...

Ethics - 1822 - 150 pages
...destruction, to consist, not only in forgiving, but even in a desire of benefiting his destroyer — as the sandal tree, in the instant of its overthrow, sheds perfume on the axe which fells it. And the latter would triumph, in repeating the verse of SAD i, who represents a return...
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Discourses Delivered Before the Asiatic Society: And Miscellaneous Papers ...

Sir William Jones - Asia - 1824 - 356 pages
...destruction, to consist not only in forgiving, out even in a desire of benefiting his destroyer, as the sandal tree, in the instant of its overthrow, sheds perfume on the are which fells it; and the latter would triumph in repeating the verse of Sadi, who represents a return...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 16-17

1840 - 534 pages
...consists not only in forgiving, but even in a desire of benefiting, his destroyer; aa the sandal-tree, in the instant of its overthrow, sheds perfume on the axe that fells it. ON SKILLED LABOUR. IV. WE have pointed to procuring good apprenticeships in one or other of the many...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 16

Periodicals - 1840 - 274 pages
...consists not only in forgiving, but even in a desire of benefiting, bis destroyer ; as the sandal-tree, in the instant of its overthrow, sheds perfume on the axe that fells it. ON SKILLED LABOUR. IV. WE have pointed to procuring good apprenticeships in one or other of the many...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 16

Periodicals - 1840 - 272 pages
...consists not only in forgiving, but even in a desire of benefiting, bis destroyer; as the sandal-tree, in the instant of its overthrow, sheds perfume on the axe that lulls it. ON SKILLED LABOUR. IV. WE have pointed to procuring good apprenticeships in one or other...
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Floral Fancies and Morals from Flowers

Floral fancies - Conduct of life - 1843 - 372 pages
...destruction, to consist, not only in forgiving, but even in a desire of benefiting his destroyer, as the Sandal Tree, in the instant of its overthrow, sheds perfume on the axe which fells it. Hafiz, the Persian poet, has illustrated the same maxim in some elegantly fanciful...
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