Getting on in the World: Or, Hints on Success in LifeS. C. Griggs, 1883 - 365 Seiten |
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... the sleepless soul , that perished in his pride , " was but eight years old , a manufacturer , desiring to pre- sent him with a cup , asked him what device should be in- scribed on it . " Paint me an angel , CHOICE OF A PROFESSION . 43.
... the sleepless soul , that perished in his pride , " was but eight years old , a manufacturer , desiring to pre- sent him with a cup , asked him what device should be in- scribed on it . " Paint me an angel , CHOICE OF A PROFESSION . 43.
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... asked whether they can ride on horseback , can answer with Mark Meddle , the dashing gentleman in " London Assurance , " that they were born on horseback . Nor is unfitness for a calling marked , in all cases , as unmistakably as in ...
... asked whether they can ride on horseback , can answer with Mark Meddle , the dashing gentleman in " London Assurance , " that they were born on horseback . Nor is unfitness for a calling marked , in all cases , as unmistakably as in ...
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... asked if he enjoyed the full assurance of faith , re- plied , “ I think I do , except when the wind is from the east . " It is now conceded on all hands that the mind has no right to build itself up at the expense of the body ; that it ...
... asked if he enjoyed the full assurance of faith , re- plied , “ I think I do , except when the wind is from the east . " It is now conceded on all hands that the mind has no right to build itself up at the expense of the body ; that it ...
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... asked why he did not marry , he replied , " Painting is my wife , and my works are my children . " " Mr. A. often laughs at me , " said a learned American chemist , " because I have but one idea . He talks about everything , aims to ...
... asked why he did not marry , he replied , " Painting is my wife , and my works are my children . " " Mr. A. often laughs at me , " said a learned American chemist , " because I have but one idea . He talks about everything , aims to ...
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... asked me if I did not think he would make a great painter ? I said , " No , never ! " " Why not ? " " Because he has six thousand a year . " - NORTHCOTE . OF " Our motive power is always found in what we lack . " - F all the elements of ...
... asked me if I did not think he would make a great painter ? I said , " No , never ! " " Why not ? " " Because he has six thousand a year . " - NORTHCOTE . OF " Our motive power is always found in what we lack . " - F all the elements of ...
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Seite 87 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks...
Seite 173 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Seite 105 - Insist on yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous, half possession.
Seite 96 - Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.
Seite 192 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Seite 238 - ... is a clear, cold, logic engine, with all its parts of equal strength, and in smooth working order ; ready, like a steam-engine, to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind...
Seite 97 - Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias, or trowel of the Egyptians, or the pen of Moses, or Dante, but different from all these.
Seite 127 - Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Seite 5 - Woe waits the insect and the maid ; A life of pain, the loss of peace, From infant's play, and man's caprice : The lovely toy so fiercely sought Hath lost its charm by being caught...
Seite 335 - At half past nine by the meet'n'-house clock,— Just the hour of the Earthquake shock! —What do you think the parson found, When he got up and stared around? The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground! You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once,— All at once, and nothing first,— Just as bubbles do when they burst.