...life and character. As Shakspeare, who said every thing, once said through the mouth of Portia : " If to do were as easy as to know what were good to...churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces." " If wishes were horses beggars would ride." And a great many people think that because they see what...

...happiness, therefore, to be seated in the mean; superuuity comes sooner by white hairs, but com|reteney painted maypole? speak ; How low am I ? I am not yet...thine eyes. /''''. I prayyou,thoughyoumock me. ge vf ere good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good...

...What, too, are the words that Shakspeare puts ioto the mouth of Portia ? (Aferch. ff Venice, i. 2*) 'If to do were as easy as to know what were good to...churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.' s ' And not without reason. Whatever his faults may have been, it was well known that he was not only...

...What, too, are the words that Shakspeare puts into the mouth of Portia ? (3ferch. of Venice, i. 2.) 'If to do were as easy as to know what were good to...chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages prinres' palaces.' 1 ' And not without reason. Whatever his faults may have been, it was well known...

...and deeper do they seem to be plunged into the mire of terrible uncertainty. Shakspere has said, ' If to do were as easy as to know what were good to...churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.' Yet the more thoughtful of us will readily admit that it is not always advisable to change a chapel...

...many serious difficulties. To will a thing and to do it would be practically the same. Portia says, "If to do were as easy as to know what were good to...churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces;" but, according to the conservation of energy and correlation of forces, thought ought to be reducible...

...many serious difficulties. To will a thing and to do it would be practically the same. Portia says, "If to do were as easy as to know what were good to...churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces ; " but, according to the conservation of energy and correlation of forces, thought ought to be reducible...

...surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. It is no mean happiness therefore, to be seated in the mean: superfluity comes sooner by white hairs,...were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men 's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions : I can easier...

...always accompanies the Iiealth of it • — so is decency of behaviour a concomitant of virtue." " If to do were as easy as to know what were good to...churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces." 4. ARTICULATION AND EMPHASIS. — Owing to habits acquired in early youth and often to defective education,...

...What, too, are the words that Shakspeare puts into the month of Portia ? (Merch. of Venice, i. 2.) ' If to do were as easy as to know what were good to...churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.' * ' And not without reason. Whatever his faults may have been, it was well known that he was not only...