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46 MEDIAEVAL TRAITS.
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III . I prize From tlie vain instinct pretence that with can , proud turn disdain ;
Yet Pay more ing I credulity prize a simp with le pain hear . t , iy .
Y I bo T t w nobler t before freel is y th th some e e n obl grea e forg mind t wrong ven , forgives ;
Who bears that burden well , , and lives . V .
It may keep be h ard lowl t y o g st eadfas ; an t hear still t ; Ye A t he harder who and loses a , has truer to part fill .
VI . Glorious it is to wear the crown ,
He Of a deser knows ved how and to pure fail success has won ;—A crown whose lustre is not less .
VII . Great And may rule with be j wh ust and can tender command sway , ;
Ye Better t is div b iner y him wi who sdom can taug obey ht . VIII .
Blessed And earn are those the Mart who die ' s crown for God of ,
light—Yet A he greater who lives Conqueror for God in may His sight !
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«Upjp We Liave Always Considered It, To ...
« _UPJP We liave always considered it , to a certain degree , unfair to judge
of the manners and customs of extinct nations from their literary and artistic representations of themselves . For instance , we have
no doubt that many noble and respectable Egyptians , now officiating as mummies , would be extremely displeased if it were communicated
to them that certain modern nations believed that it was a common practice among the functionaries of the court of Kameses or
Nectanebes to sit down in the middle of the public thoroughfares with _, their chins against their knees and their arms encircling their legs ;
or that all their kings were by nature upwards of a furlong in height ,
and always stood , and sat , in the same attitude . We ourselves should
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1858, page 46, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091858/page/46/
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