 | Sally Nelson Robins - History - 1923 - 180 pages
...progress; but let these be withdrawn and it may be stifled in its birth or much stunted in its growth. and therefore ought to be, under the guidance of reason,...propriety of adhering to the latter resolution, at least, till you have secured your game, or the way by which it may be accomplished. When the first is beginning... | |
 | Eugene Ernst Prussing - Presidents - 1927 - 588 pages
...Georgetown. It is curious as a specimen of Washington's counsel in love matters. . . . (He wrote) " Although we cannot avoid first impressions, we may assuredly place them under guard. . . . When the fire is beginning to kindle and your heart growing warm, propound these questions to... | |
 | George Washington - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 142 pages
...impressions are generally the most lasting. To George Steptoe Washington, Mount Vernon, March 23, 1789 Although we cannot avoid first impressions, we may assuredly place them under guard. To Eleanor Parke Custis, Philadelphia, January 16, 1795 Flattery Be no flatterer. Rules of Civility,... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - Biography & Autobiography - 204 pages
...not because there is any dimunition in the charms of the lady, but because there is an end of hope. Hence it follows, that love may and therefore ought...to be under the guidance of reason, for although we can not avoid first impressions, we may assuredly place them under guard; and my motives for treating... | |
 | Will Morrisey - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 294 pages
...inflammable matter, however dormant it may lie for a time." Love is governable, but not easily so; it "may and therefore ought to be under the guidance...impressions, we may assuredly place them under guard." In order "to love with moderation," one must question one's warming heart, asking it, "Who is this... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1879 - 716 pages
...Not because there is any diminution in the charms of the lady, but because there is an end of hope. Hence it follows that love may and therefore ought...be under the guidance of reason ; for, although we can not avoid first impressions, we may assuredly place them under guard : and my motives for treating... | |
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When the fire is beginning to kindle, and your heart growing warm, propound these questions to it. Who is this invader? Have I a competent knowledge of him? Is he a man of good character; a man of sense? 
