 He only is advancing in life, whose heart is getting softer, whose blood warmer, whose brain quicker, whose spirit is entering into Living* peace. And the men who have this life in them are the true lords or kings of the earth — they, and they only.  John Ruskin: A Study - Page 74by Robert Percival Downes - 1890 - 119 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1883 - 452 pages
...advancing in life " cannot possibly mean getting more fortune, and footmen, and public honour ; but that " he only is advancing in life whose heart is getting...quicker, whose spirit is entering into living peace. (2) He raises before us again the ideal of honour, and conjures us to shame it no more. A man's honesty... | |
 | 1873 - 332 pages
...into nothingness under the power of Mr. Posnett's cogent Scriptural reasoning. THOUGHTS AND HINTSHE only is advancing in life whose heart is getting softer,...quicker, whose spirit is entering into living peace. How often we feel and act as if our mood were the atmosphere of the world ? It may be a cold frost... | |
 | 1875 - 252 pages
...horses, and more servants, and more fortune, and more public honor, and — not more personal soul. He only is advancing in life whose heart is getting...lords or kings of the earth — they, and they only. 55. UNCROWNED KINGS. OYE uncrowned but kingly kings ! Made royal by the brain and heart ; Of all earth's... | |
 | John Dempster Bell - Conduct of life - 1878 - 482 pages
...in the National Magazine for September. 1835. And here I will III. MASTERFULNESS AND TENDERNESS. " He only is advancing in life whose heart is getting...lords or kings of the earth — they, and they only." RUSKIN, Sesame and Lilies, p. 67. " The man most man, with tenderest human hands, Works best for men,... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - Elocution - 1879 - 358 pages
...horses, and more servants, and more fortune, and more public honor, and — not more personal soul. He only is advancing in life whose heart is getting...lords or kings of the earth — they, and they only. 63. THE AMERICAN FLAG.—/. X. Drake. When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - Elocution - 1879 - 350 pages
...may fall on the clause next to the last. He dnly is advancing in life whose heart is getting sdfter, whose blood warmer, whose brain quicker, whose spirit is entering into living peace. If it does not close the sentence, the voice may fall on the last clause. The laugh of mirth that vibrates... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1880 - 216 pages
...more horses, and more footmen, and more fortune, and more public honour, and—not more personal soul. He only is advancing in life, whose heart is getting...this life in them are the true lords or kings of the earth—they, and they only. All other kingships, so far as they are true, are only the practical issue... | |
 | William Harvey Wells - English language - 1880 - 208 pages
...perfect and most delightful of all our senses." — Addison. 3. "The shortest days are in December." 4. " He only is advancing in life whose heart is getting...quicker, whose spirit is entering into living peace." — Ruskin. 5. " That man is the happiest who has the fewest wants." 6. " We venture to say that no... | |
 | Hannah Bradbury Goodwin - 1881 - 380 pages
...the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.' CHAPTER XIII. MAKIN i " PROGRESS. " He only is advancing in life whose heart is getting...quicker, whose spirit is entering into Living Peace.'* KUSKIN. EDNA SHREVE'S visit to Captain Ashmead was not so happy in its results as the doctor and his... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1882 - 224 pages
...horses, and more footmen, and more fortune, and more public honour, and — not more persona] soul. He only is advancing in life, whose heart is getting...have this life in them are the true lords or kings of tha earth — they, and they only. All other kingships, so far as they are true, are only the practical... | |
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