The Every Day Book, for YouthHaswell, Barrington & Haswell, 1838 - 359 pages |
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... better to suffer wrong than to do it ; and happier to be sometimes cheated , than not to trust . He who is spontaneously suspicious , may be justly charged with radical corruption . " Though wisdom wake , suspicion sleeps At wisdom's ...
... better to suffer wrong than to do it ; and happier to be sometimes cheated , than not to trust . He who is spontaneously suspicious , may be justly charged with radical corruption . " Though wisdom wake , suspicion sleeps At wisdom's ...
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... better prog ; The worthless grapes , so green and sour , Are scarcely fit to feed a hog ! " HAPPINESS . VARIOUS , sincere , and constant are the efforts of men to procure that happiness which the nature of the mind requires ; but most ...
... better prog ; The worthless grapes , so green and sour , Are scarcely fit to feed a hog ! " HAPPINESS . VARIOUS , sincere , and constant are the efforts of men to procure that happiness which the nature of the mind requires ; but most ...
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... Better than any friend of mine : I have been looking for good cheer ; Lucky am I to find it here . " Then , full of hope , lured by the smell , He thrust his head within the shell . The Oyster , who had never met With so much ...
... Better than any friend of mine : I have been looking for good cheer ; Lucky am I to find it here . " Then , full of hope , lured by the smell , He thrust his head within the shell . The Oyster , who had never met With so much ...
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... better than a kite . " This proverb intimates , that things are not to be valued by their bulk , but ac- cording to their intrinsic worth and value . " A shoemaker must not go beyond his last . " The moral instruction of this proverb is ...
... better than a kite . " This proverb intimates , that things are not to be valued by their bulk , but ac- cording to their intrinsic worth and value . " A shoemaker must not go beyond his last . " The moral instruction of this proverb is ...
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... culti- vate a taste for natural history , cultivate , in conjunc- tion , religious affections and convictions . Men will sometimes perversely separate those things , which God intends to unite , and which always flourish better ,
... culti- vate a taste for natural history , cultivate , in conjunc- tion , religious affections and convictions . Men will sometimes perversely separate those things , which God intends to unite , and which always flourish better ,
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