Friendship first springs from sympathy of mind, Which to complete the virtues all combine, And only found 'mongst men who can espy The merits of his friend without envy.
But Anna pleaded in vain--on the subject of Elizabeth's merits he kept silence.
It certainlymerits its name--it is indeed a Wood House.
Let not this detract from the merits of those other and equally gallant spirits, leaders or men, who have nobly breasted the waves of adversity; who shall blame them if at times they felt the current overwhelming?
Sometimes the merits of the different commandoes would be discussed.
For what did these poor Lancashire lads know or care about the merits of the war?
That several of the British-born officials had played the despicable part of spy is undoubted, but their villainy served but as a foil to show more clearly the merits of those who remained honest men.
The doctor should be an educator, so hemerits consideration here.
In spite of its merits as a food some writers on dietetics advocate that adults stop using it, giving it only to the young.
And yet, here is your letter before us, requesting 'an opinion of the merits of your piece, in the entertaining gossip of the Editor's Table!
We have not found leisure to read one of its pages; but if we may judge of its merits from the encomiums of two or three of our contemporaries of the daily press, it should prove a work of the most sterling attraction.
New-York justly merits the appellation of the 'Empire State.
If the people of England are largely indebted to America for being made acquainted with the merits of their authors, are not these latter also indebted to America for much of their pecuniary reward?
France is a dog-hole, and it no more merits 265 The tread of a man's foot: to the wars!
On the contrary, let him rush forward and throw himself down prostrate before that Dread Presence, and plead the merits of the Son of God, before it.
The merits and righteousness of Christ so clothe the guilty soul, that it can endure the otherwise intolerable brightness of God's pure throne and presence.
The three dialogues on the virtues of Eastern Monks and on the merits of St. Martin, may be regarded as a supplement to the Vita.
By means of faith it thus secures the forgiveness of sin as primum beneficium through appropriating the merits of Christ and in part the powers of the divine life through the implanting of living fellowship with Christ (in baptism).
Amadis of Gaul and Palmerin of England show merits of narrative sequence and elegance of expression which did not belong to the earlier romances, of which the "Morte d'Arthur" formed a compendium.
But Godwin gave one book to the world which has acquired a notoriety which entitles it to a more extended notice than its intrinsic meritswould otherwise justify.
The publication of "Evelina," in 1778, made a sensation which the merits of the work fully justified.
The very merits of "The Castle of Otranto" sustain this decision.
He becomes familiar with the respective merits and prowess of a hundred different champions.
His "Life of Chaucer" has the merits of a compilation, but not those of an original literary work.
These few words are not an inaccurate statement of the merits and demerits of the "Vicar of Wakefield.
On the testimony of Wesley and of Kingsley, all the merits of a moral nature which they claim for the "Fool of Quality" will readily be accorded to it.
Footnote 64: Another of Greene's tales, possessing much the samemerits and the same defects as those already mentioned is "Never too Late.
His novels are coarse to a degree which may nullify their merits in the eyes of some readers of the present day, and may unfit them for the perusal of very young people.
Cecilia" has much the same merits which distinguished "Evelina," and the two novels bid fair to hold their own as long as English fiction retains its popularity.
All who know Worcestershire, says the Spectator, "are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger.
The old is contrasted with the new and the merits of both are expressed.
Real electric generating machinery is being manufactured and sold on its merits in small units.
Even the minor merits of a grave and commanding presence were there; for Addington, in his early years, was of as striking a countenance and figure as in old age he was gentle and amiable.
His verses in praise of Zoedone are a fine example of didactic poetry, his elegy on the death of Jumbo is quite up to the level of the subject, and the stanzas on a watering-place, Who of its merits can e'er think meanly?
As for the relative merits of Moliere and Shakespeare, M.
Linton's fame as a wood-engraver has somewhat obscured the meritsof his poetry.
Under the ethics of the family the greatest benefits must be given where the merits are smallest; under the ethics of the State the benefits must be proportioned to the merits.
The best that we can say of it is that it is a Sentimental Journey through Literature, the worst that any one could say of it is that it has all the merits of such an expedition.
This place was headquarters for the politicians, and it was there the merits and demerits of candidates were discussed and their success or defeat was determined upon.
Though a few fragments of the tragedies of Pacuvius remain, our opinion of his dramatic merits can be formed only at second hand, from the observations of those critics who wrote while his works were yet extant.
As not a vestige of their writings remains, it is impossible to judge of the merits of their literary compositions.
Their respectivemerits are very well summed up by Vavassor.
The comedies of Caecilius, which amounted to thirty, are all lost, so that our opinion of their meritscan be formed only from the criticisms of those Latin authors who wrote before they had perished.
But whatever may have been the merits of the works of Ennius, of which we are now but incompetent judges, they were at least sufficiently various.
During a residence of nine years in Norfolk, I lost sight of her, but never forgot the goodness of her heart, or the talents and professional merits of her younger years.
These extracts will enable our readers to judge for themselves of the merits of M.
One of the gentlemen then turned to the Irish judge, and asked his opinion of the merits of the controversy.
I know as well as any person, that the merits of Jenny Lind are the best capital to depend upon to secure public favor, and I have thus far acted on this knowledge.
It may not be wholly due to perversity if the characteristics of these long biographical novels should overshadow the sharp merits of, say, Carnival.
The sequence has been too rapid to show much development; both his merits and his faults are what they were.
Their merits are never more clearly displayed than when they are compared to the poems of the imitators who have sprung up like mushrooms since Mr. Sassoon began publishing.
Here and there, too, trying everything "on the dog," he reveals unexpected merits in English writers.
But as a text-book it has merits above the average.
Notwithstanding all the difficulties of forming a correct judgment on the merits of military operations, there is perhaps no subject upon which public opinion expresses itself so quickly and so decidedly.
Sir George Prevost had early evinced his opinion of General Brock's merits and talents, in a private communication to him of the 22d Jan.
The defence of Dominica, and the preservation of the Canadas against greatly superior forces, attested his merits as officer, and excited the admiration of some of the first soldiers of the age.
The public knows little or nothing of those merits in the quest of which you are condemned to spend the bulk of your endeavours.
Perceiving recondite merits very hard to attain, making or swallowing artistic formulae, or perhaps falling in love with some particular proficiency of his own, many artists forget the end of all art: to please.
Merits of design, the merit of first-hand energy, the merit of a certain cheap accomplishment which a man of the artistic temper easily acquires - these they can recognise, and these they value.
Their merits and their faults contributed alike to the ruin of the former landholders.
No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, Where they alike in trembling hope repose, The bosom of his Father and his God.
But if the truth is looked for or abided by, it will stand as the most unquestionable certainty that Mr. Badger adopted none of the theories of Universalism, whatever may be their merits or defects.
And when the sun and moon shall fall, And Nature's beauties each decay, Christ's merits I will then extol, When all my tears are wiped away.
It was rumored that his brethren then held a council and told him that this must be stopped; that he must debate the questions on their merits or quit; that he was bringing the cause into disrepute.
His power to save is not in the innocence of His life, but the merits of His death.
The Eastern empire was once shaken to its foundation by parties which differed only about the merits of charioteers at the amphitheater.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "merits" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: deserts; dues; merit
