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... better regulation of these , such hints deserve to be kindly received , attentively considered , and cheerfully acted upon . 4. Many books have been written on such subjects . Some of them have been too expensive or too learned for ...
... better regulation of these , such hints deserve to be kindly received , attentively considered , and cheerfully acted upon . 4. Many books have been written on such subjects . Some of them have been too expensive or too learned for ...
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... better be pursued , and when , and how - and what had better be let alone , done without , or deferred . This quality will be especially called into exercise in the choice of a partner for life — an imprudent step here would be the ruin ...
... better be pursued , and when , and how - and what had better be let alone , done without , or deferred . This quality will be especially called into exercise in the choice of a partner for life — an imprudent step here would be the ruin ...
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... better let alone ; ) aye , and they could find time , too , to sew all their shreds together into bed quilts and table tops against they set up housekeep- ing . There was Yorkshire Molly ' for one , who lived years in the house of my ...
... better let alone ; ) aye , and they could find time , too , to sew all their shreds together into bed quilts and table tops against they set up housekeep- ing . There was Yorkshire Molly ' for one , who lived years in the house of my ...
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... better pay when he is himself a journeyman : perhaps ( for such advancements have been ; -perhaps ) quali- fying himself , at some distant period , to overlook journeymen , clerks , and apprentices , as head of the establishment . Or ...
... better pay when he is himself a journeyman : perhaps ( for such advancements have been ; -perhaps ) quali- fying himself , at some distant period , to overlook journeymen , clerks , and apprentices , as head of the establishment . Or ...
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... better is pos- sessed by their neighbour , and might have been theirs , but for this , that , or the other circumstance , which , though they cannot alter , they will not cease to bewail . Such murmurers are the bane of all enjoyment ...
... better is pos- sessed by their neighbour , and might have been theirs , but for this , that , or the other circumstance , which , though they cannot alter , they will not cease to bewail . Such murmurers are the bane of all enjoyment ...
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Seite 18 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Seite 231 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; not with eye-service, as menpleasers ; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart...
Seite 231 - Godliness is profitable for all things; having the promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come.
Seite 88 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost,' being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Seite 228 - Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things written in the book of the law to do them.
Seite 11 - I can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet.
Seite 231 - How can I do this great wickedness, and sin against my God ?
Seite 207 - The children of Holland take pleasure in making, What the children of England take pleasure in breaking;" I believe their bijouterie and nouveautes are chiefly manufactured for the foreign markets.
Seite 20 - I'll try if I can get it. Upon this he set down his basket in the road, and began to climb up the tree. He had half ascended, when, casting a look at his basket, he saw a dog with his nose in it, ferreting out the piece of kid's flesh.
Seite 4 - HONESTY THE BEST POLICY. A NOBLEMAN travelling in Scotland, about six years ago, was asked for alms in the High street of Edinburgh, by a little ragged boy. He said he had no change ; upon which the boy offered to procure it. His lordship, in order to get rid of his importunity, gave him a piece of silver, and the boy conceiving it was to be changed, ran off for that purpose.