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The Persians are called the French of the East; we will call the Arabs Oriental Italians. A gifted noble people; a people of wild strong feelings, and of iron restraint over these: the characteristic of noble-mindedness, of genius.
"Oh, no!" said the parson; "no cat has any sympathy. A dog has: a man is more of a dog." "Noble-mindedness," said John. "That will not do either," said the parson. "Cats are not noble-minded; it's preposterous!" "Perfect case of manner," said John. "Perfect indifference of manner," said the parson." "No vanity," said John. "No sense of humour," said the parson. "Plenty of wit," said John.
But indeed, have we not from of old the noblest of proofs, still palpable to every one of us, of what devoutness and noble-mindedness had dwelt in these rustic thoughtful peoples? I call that, apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with pen.
'T is the fault of language which enables arrant scoundrels to use fine words that they have never felt. Humility, self-sacrifice, noble-mindedness, are phrases easily picked up by people for whom their only meaning is in the dictionary, and who know it is the correct thing to admire them.
"But, Mamma, suppose I loved a girl who has no fortune, would you expect me to sacrifice my feelings and my honor for the sake of money?" he asked his mother, not realizing the cruelty of his question and only wishing to show his noble-mindedness. "No, you have not understood me," said his mother, not knowing how to justify herself. "You have not understood me, Nikolenka.
But who knows? perhaps, for that very reason, she will one day hate him. Noble-mindedness is so soon forgotten! It is the solid weight that sinks to the bottom, while light deeds float on top. Mankind is not fond of being grateful. I would like to know whether Berlin will ever show a due appreciation of this noble man?"
I fancy our love of paradox makes us prone to associate noble-mindedness with cantankerousness at all events, nobody ever called me noble-minded. But such is life." "Then this new situation is a permanent thing for him?" suggested the boundary man. "For Alf? No; I'm sorry to say, it's not." "Why?" "Because Stewart's about sixty, and Alf's somewhere in the neighbourhood of thirty-seven.
Will you cause her to come before me?" "Curiously," said Carlo, "I kept her for some purpose of the sort. Will I? and have a scandal now? Oh! no. Let her sleep." Whether he spoke from noble-mindedness or indifference, Merthyr could not guess. "I have a message from your friend Luciano.
So early as the first year of their establishment, the general indignation set bounds to their intrigues: so that the strict measures adopted by the Emperor Charles IV., and Pope Clement, who, throughout the whole of this fearful period, manifested prudence and noble-mindedness, and conducted himself in a manner every way worthy of his high station, were easily put into execution.
The noble-mindedness and statesmanlike gifts of the great antagonists are no less apparent in the magnanimous submission of Hannibal to what was inevitable, than in the wise abstinence of Scipio from an extravagant and insulting use of victory.
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