The Every Day Book, for YouthHaswell, Barrington & Haswell, 1838 - 359 pages |
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Page 27
... human sagacity cannot foresee , we should not lightly venture to the verge of evil , nor strike at others , though with a reed , lest , like the rod of Moses , it become a serpent in our hand . " If a civil word or two will render a man ...
... human sagacity cannot foresee , we should not lightly venture to the verge of evil , nor strike at others , though with a reed , lest , like the rod of Moses , it become a serpent in our hand . " If a civil word or two will render a man ...
Page 38
... , the natural pride of human nature rises against him , who , by general censures , lays claim to general superiority . THE AMBITIOUS GOOSE . 39 THE AMBITIOUS GOOSE . A 38 AN EASTERN EVENING . - RIDICULE . An Eastern Evening, Ridicule,
... , the natural pride of human nature rises against him , who , by general censures , lays claim to general superiority . THE AMBITIOUS GOOSE . 39 THE AMBITIOUS GOOSE . A 38 AN EASTERN EVENING . - RIDICULE . An Eastern Evening, Ridicule,
Page 47
... human life . " Where dwells this sovereign bliss ? Where doth it grow ? Know , mortals , happiness ne'er dwelt below ; Look at yon heaven - go seek the blessing there , Be heaven thy aim , thy soul's eternal care ; Nothing but God , and ...
... human life . " Where dwells this sovereign bliss ? Where doth it grow ? Know , mortals , happiness ne'er dwelt below ; Look at yon heaven - go seek the blessing there , Be heaven thy aim , thy soul's eternal care ; Nothing but God , and ...
Page 56
... human nature . The religious man fears , the man of honor scorns , to do an ill action . The latter considers vice as something that is beneath him ; the other as something that is offensive to the Divine Being ; the one , as what is un ...
... human nature . The religious man fears , the man of honor scorns , to do an ill action . The latter considers vice as something that is beneath him ; the other as something that is offensive to the Divine Being ; the one , as what is un ...
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... skies , no realm may boast , Yet moral midnight wraps the mind , And Winter rules o'er human kind , Bids his dark storms unpitying roll , And famine blight the dwindled soul . 61 " Far hence , where western suns decline , Behold 6.
... skies , no realm may boast , Yet moral midnight wraps the mind , And Winter rules o'er human kind , Bids his dark storms unpitying roll , And famine blight the dwindled soul . 61 " Far hence , where western suns decline , Behold 6.
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