 Straight is the line of duty, Curved is the line of beauty ; Follow the first, and thou shnlt see The second ever follow thee.  Schiller's poems - Stran 246avtor: Friedrich Schiller - 1905 - 381 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1921 - 1154 strani
...6 8. viii. 219, answered a like query thus : — " The proper rendering of the lines ... is : — " Straight is the line of duty ; Curved is the line of beauty ; Follow the straight line, thbu shall see The curved line ever follow thee. " They were written by William Maccall,... | |
 | Sophie May - 1868 - 194 strani
...never of the least use for little girls, or any one else, to expect to be happy in the wrong way. " Straight is the line of duty, Curved is the line of beauty; Follow one, and thou shalt see The other ever following thee." This means, when put into child's English,... | |
 | Theodore Davies - 1874 - 420 strani
...faithfully, neglect nothing, slight nothing, and you shall at least deserve reward. Remember the distich : ' Straight is the line of duty, Curved is the line of beauty : Follow one, and thou shalt see The other ever follow thee.' " Groping in the darkness, Bayner put forth his... | |
 | Sophia Matilda Holworthy - 1876 - 200 strani
...universe." "There was a good woman, of purpose sublime, Who meant to do all things, but never found time." "Straight is the line of duty, Curved is the line of beauty, Walk by the first, and thou shalt see The latter ever circling thee." OME years have elapsed. Our three... | |
 | Sue Perkins - 1879 - 280 strani
...BRIGHT. CHAP. XII. HONOR BRIGHT; BY THE AUTHORS OF " TWO BLACKBIRDS," " ROBIN AND LINNET,'" &*f. ' Straight is the line of duty, Curved is the line of beauty, Follow the one, and thou wilt sec The other ever follows thee." Honrjon : WILLIAM WELLS GARDNER, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS.... | |
 | Samuel Pearson - 1882 - 430 strani
...obtained on very easy terms, if we would repress our over-restless desires. If the saying be true that " Straight is the line of duty, Curved is the line of beauty," there is no reason why we should not now and again introduce a loop-line in the ordinary track of our... | |
 | 1887 - 454 strani
...Whose low descending sun Views from thy hand No worthy action done. Make hay while the sun shines. Straight is the line of duty. Curved is the line of beauty ; Follow the first, and thou shalt sec The second ever following thee. If you have a friend that is just and true, Change not the old... | |
 | 1900 - 124 strani
...And so make life, death, and that vast forever, One grand, sweet song. Charles Kingsley. " STKAIGHT is the line of duty, Curved is the line of beauty; Follow the one, and thou shalt see The other bending over thee." O WORLD as God has made it! All is beauty; And... | |
 | Joseph Husband - 1901 - 136 strani
...be more ornate than it would be if the cantilever was more open work. There was an old verse : — Straight is the line of duty, Curved is the line of beauty ; Follow the first, and thou shnlt see The second ever follow thee. It was true that a curve was a line of beauty, but it did not... | |
 | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1901 - 536 strani
...be more ornate than it would .e cantilever was more open work. There was an old Straight is the lino of duty, Curved is the line of beauty; Follow the first, and thou shall see The second ever follow thee. true that a curve was a line of beauty, but it did not ,t associations... | |
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