"Advantageous" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Agricola! I begin to understand how it may sometimes be advantageous to do good, even ...
— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue
... 'Montcalm and Wolfe', 1885, ii. 296-7.) In his 'History of England in a Series of Letters', 1764, ii. 241, Goldsmith says of this event:—'Perhaps the loss of such a man was greater to the nation than the conquering of all Canada was advantageous; but it is the misfortune of humanity, that we can never know true greatness till the moment when we are going to lose it*.' The present stanzas were first published in 'The Busy Body' (No. vii) for Tuesday, the 22nd October, ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith • Oliver Goldsmith
... got up, and two anchors got ready and sent ahead, by which means we began to gain ahead of the enemy. They however soon saw our boats carrying out the anchors, and adopted the same plan, under very advantageous circumstances, as all the boats from the ship furthermost off were sent to tow and warp up those nearest to us, by which means they again came up, so that at 9 the ship nearest us began firing her bow guns, which we instantly returned ...
— The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 • J. F. Loubat
... you refuse so advantageous an investment of money; for right sure am I that no other investment you can make will turn out as this would have done. But, as you have declined, I will not offer a share in my good fortune to any one else; but prosecute the work to my ...
— True Riches - Or, Wealth Without Wings • T.S. Arthur
... Sidney Colvin will not agree with our view. The angles of observation are different. The angle at which we have placed ourselves is not wholly advantageous—from it Sir Sidney's book could not have been written—but it has this advantage, that from it we can read his book with a heightened interest. As we look out from it, some things are increased and some diminished with the change of perspective; and among those which are ...
— Aspects of Literature • J. Middleton Murry
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