 | 1807 - 458 頁
...read!" " As for praise," says this unhappy bard, in his preface, " I do not expect much of it." — Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed. " Contempt" is the only thing he fears — has he not reason ? The Pleasures of Human Life, investigated... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 662 頁
...the mock beatitude ascribed to Swift, may be repeated with great " emphasis and good discretion," " Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed." In a word, Sir, let us take a general survey of the misfortunes and asperities of life ; let us consider... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 頁
...the same expression, though with a meaning somewhat varied — be promoted or be hanged. Shenstone. Blessed is he that expecteth nothing for he shall not be disappointed.— Swift. 312 - >..- -~.. Canst thou then sink, thou daughter of the great, Sprung from the noblest guardians... | |
 | Henry Bathurst - 1837 - 382 頁
...and his ministry. My dear Henry, You recollect, I have no doubt, Swift's additional beatitude, — " Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed :" fortunately for me, I have adopted this beatitude invariably during the course of a very long life,... | |
 | John Wiggins - 1844 - 312 頁
...Relation of Landlord and Tenant in Ireland. Very patriotic and philanthropic, truly! but, let me ask, Cut bono? You certainly intend some good, either to yourself...Nobody minds them, if anybody reads, or ever did read 296 A FRIEND'S WARNING them. What is Ireland now the better for all the castigations which its landlords... | |
 | John Hopkins Morison - 1845 - 544 頁
...believe I find it as easy to make new acquaintances as most people, but even with me, tempora mutantur. ' Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.' " Two days later, from the same place he wrote : " I have escaped an unlooked-for calamity. Last evening... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1847 - 668 頁
...railway company, but I confess that I did not expect a reply ; and in that I have not been disappointed : "Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed." Now, Sir, I do not wish to monopolise all the merit in connection with the above subject, but I hope... | |
 | 1847 - 654 頁
...company, but I confess that I did not expect a reply ; and in that I have not been disappointed : " Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed." Now, Sir, I do not wish to monopolise all the merit in connection with the above subject, but I hope... | |
 | John Knox - 1851 - 216 頁
...Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. KnWAItl) O. JENKINS, 1-RINTEIt, auitKcl, New York. " BLESSED is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed," is the language of that sublime moralist, Sancho Panza ; and if the expectations of the reader are... | |
 | 1854 - 524 頁
...from Mr. Maurice. One is led to expect a rich supply of positive instruction. But, saith the proverb, Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed. That beatitude was not for us, in our study, such as it may have been, of his writings. Disappointed... | |
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Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed. 
