He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 4321840Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - France - 1790 - 370 pages
...ftrengthens our nerves, and fharpens our flcill. Our antagonift is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to confider it in all its relations. It will not fuffer us to be fuperficial. It is the want of nerves... | |
| Edmund Burke - France - 1790 - 380 pages
...our nerves, and fharpens our _>_ fkill. CO"/ antagonift is our helper.) This amicable — ' conffict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to confider it in all its relations. It -will not fuffer us to be fuperficial. It is the want of nerves... | |
| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 458 pages
...ftrengthens our nerves, and Sharpens our fkill. Our antagonift is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to confidcr it in all its relations. It will not fuffer us to be fuperficial. It is the want of nerves... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...that we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. Pater ipse colendi haudfacilem esse viam voluit. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and...skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to... | |
| Edmund Burke - Political science - 1804 - 228 pages
...that we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. Pater ipse colendi haudfacilem esse viam voiuit. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and...skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to... | |
| 1813 - 574 pages
...sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us 1o an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels...relations- It will not suffer us to be superficial." To pass without notice the observations of this eminent lady upon the duties of moral instruction,... | |
| 1811 - 334 pages
...we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. Pater ipse colendi hand fa,' cilem esse viam voluit. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and...skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels, us to... | |
| France - 1811 - 338 pages
...than we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. Pater ipse culendi haudfacilem esse viam voluit. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and...skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to... | |
| English literature - 1813 - 580 pages
...we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. Pater ipue cotendi hand facilem este -iiain I'oluit. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and...skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to... | |
| Edmund Burke - France - 1814 - 258 pages
...than we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. Pater ipse colendi baudfacilem esse viam voluit. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and...skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to... | |
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