Life doubled by the economy of time. By the author of “How a Penny became a Thousand Pounds” [Robert Kemp-Philp]. |
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... of this volume , he will begin to practice that Economy of his most precious possession , which must result in his becoming richer , wiser , and happier . London , 1858 . " To live much in a little Time is , viii PREFACE .
... of this volume , he will begin to practice that Economy of his most precious possession , which must result in his becoming richer , wiser , and happier . London , 1858 . " To live much in a little Time is , viii PREFACE .
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... become a terror or an honour to mankind . A fatal glance buries the shaft of love deep in the heart of youth ; and ... becomes bankrupt , his banners are trampled in the dust , " And for such as have not yet past the BY THE ECONOMY OF ...
... become a terror or an honour to mankind . A fatal glance buries the shaft of love deep in the heart of youth ; and ... becomes bankrupt , his banners are trampled in the dust , " And for such as have not yet past the BY THE ECONOMY OF ...
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... becoming resolution , thy allotted portion of human evil . " As the camel beareth labour , and heat , and hunger , and thirst , through deserts of sand , and fainteth not , so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils ...
... becoming resolution , thy allotted portion of human evil . " As the camel beareth labour , and heat , and hunger , and thirst , through deserts of sand , and fainteth not , so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils ...
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... become disunited from our years . Under this illusion , which reflection seldom comes forward to dissipate , and which the objects and incidents of the world conspire so artfully to cherish , we glide through the greater part of life ...
... become disunited from our years . Under this illusion , which reflection seldom comes forward to dissipate , and which the objects and incidents of the world conspire so artfully to cherish , we glide through the greater part of life ...
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... become analyzed , and divided into its constituent parts , by an habitual attention to the scale , by its frequent inspection , and by its annual rectifi- cation . And , as the subdivision of an unit into its frac- tional parts is a ...
... become analyzed , and divided into its constituent parts , by an habitual attention to the scale , by its frequent inspection , and by its annual rectifi- cation . And , as the subdivision of an unit into its frac- tional parts is a ...
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actions ADMIRAL NELSON allotted Ancient Bramin awake BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Bioscope blessing body Briggs called cerns cloth consider crown 8vo death Diagram dial diligence Doctor Duke Duke of Wellington duties earth Economy employed employment endeavour ETERNITY evil father Fcap Fleet Street FLOWERS folly fool Franklin give goeth habits hand happiness hath heaven heraldry honour HOULSTON human idle impressions improve industry JOHN FOX keep labour leave live look Lord Lord Chatham lost Mallem man's mankind means mind morning motto nature never night Nihil once persons Pikesville pleasure present profit reader reason redeem rich rise shillings SIR MATTHEW Sir Matthew Hale sleep sloth soul speak spend spirit strabismus TABLET talk temper thee Theophilus thine things thoughts thousand thy heart thyself tion truth unto virtues volume waste whole wisdom wise words
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 66 - AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run ; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise To pay thy morning sacrifice.
Seite 87 - INDUSTRY Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.
Seite 19 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Seite 66 - Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed : Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Seite 86 - In the various enumerations of the moral virtues I had met with in my reading, I found the catalogue more or less numerous, as different writers included more or fewer ideas under the same name. Temperance, for example, was by some confined to eating and drinking; while by others it was extended to mean the moderating every other pleasure, appetite, inclination or passion, bodily or mental, even to our avarice and ambition.
Seite 86 - I concluded, at length, that the mere speculative conviction that it was our interest to be completely virtuous, was not sufficient to prevent our slipping ; and that the contrary habits must be broken, and good ones acquired and established, before we can have any dependence on a steady, uniform rectitude of conduct.
Seite 87 - Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly; and, if you speak, speak accordingly. 8. JUSTICE Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty. 9. MODERATION Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
Seite 91 - ... satisfaction of seeing them diminish. To avoid the trouble of renewing now and then my little book, which, by scraping out the marks on the paper of old faults to make room for new ones in a new course, became full of holes...
Seite 97 - I was but a bad speaker, never eloquent, subject to much hesitation in my choice of words, hardly correct in language, and yet I generally carried my point.
Seite 78 - An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.