The book of good devices, ed. by G. GoldingGodfrey Golding 1873 |
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... important in them- selves , and within the comprehension of the youthful readers for whom they are intended . A wide range of subjects has been selected , and occasionally the same matters are treated by two or more authors .. The ...
... important in them- selves , and within the comprehension of the youthful readers for whom they are intended . A wide range of subjects has been selected , and occasionally the same matters are treated by two or more authors .. The ...
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... important in them- selves , and within the comprehension of the youthful readers for whom they are intended . A wide range of subjects has been selected , and occasionally the same matters are treated by two or more authors .. The ...
... important in them- selves , and within the comprehension of the youthful readers for whom they are intended . A wide range of subjects has been selected , and occasionally the same matters are treated by two or more authors .. The ...
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... importance of not despising the day of small things , in any condition or circumstance of life . All nature , in fact , is full of instructive lessons on this point , which it would be well for us more thoroughly to study and appreciate ...
... importance of not despising the day of small things , in any condition or circumstance of life . All nature , in fact , is full of instructive lessons on this point , which it would be well for us more thoroughly to study and appreciate ...
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... importance of early industry , since in youth habits are easily formed , and there is time to recover from defects . An Italian sonnet , justly as well as elegantly , compares procrastination to the folly of a traveller who pursues a ...
... importance of early industry , since in youth habits are easily formed , and there is time to recover from defects . An Italian sonnet , justly as well as elegantly , compares procrastination to the folly of a traveller who pursues a ...
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... important duty ; do not read with a view of making a display of your reading . Do not read too much at a time . Reflect on what you have read , and let it be a nourishment of the heart and soul , moderately enjoyed and well digested ...
... important duty ; do not read with a view of making a display of your reading . Do not read too much at a time . Reflect on what you have read , and let it be a nourishment of the heart and soul , moderately enjoyed and well digested ...
Términos y frases comunes
accommodation bills advice ALFRED BARRY become beginning BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Bernard Palissy better bless borrow character Cheltenham College Cloth gilt counsel courage debt desire despise difficulties diligence duty energy everything evil fall Fcap fear feel folly fool fortune gain gilt edges give GUSTAVE DORÉ habit hand happiness haste hath hear heart honest honour hope human idle industry J. G. HOLLAND keep knowledge labour live look Lord man's matter means mind moral morocco never perseverance person pleasure poor Richard says possess poverty pride racter remember resolution rich ruin SAMUEL SMILES SIR WALTER RALEIGH SIR WILLIAM SAVILLE soul speak spirit success sure suretyship thee thine things thou shalt thought thyself to-day to-morrow tongue trifles true trust truth unto virtue wealth wicked wisdom wise words worth young youth
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Página 102 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that The sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that There will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Página 223 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend ; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall : Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Página 106 - What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. "You may think perhaps, that a little Tea, or a little Punch now and then, Diet a little more costly, Clothes a little finer, and a little Entertainment now and then, can be no great Matter; but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again.
Página 158 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Página 223 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise...
Página 103 - Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him...
Página 237 - If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its Ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.
Página 112 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Página 233 - For time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer: welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Página 104 - The cat in gloves catches no mice, as Poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects; for, Constant dropping wears away stones; and, By diligence and patience the mouse ate in two the cable; and Little strokes fell great oaks, as Poor Richard says in his almanac, the year I cannot just now remember.