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UNUS 2 MA The following fable was written by Cowper , and the moral , or
meaning of it , is this ; let no person be envi . ous or jealous of another . We know
, indeed , that flowers never speak or quarrel , as they are represented LIFE ,
DEATH ...
UNUS 2 MA The following fable was written by Cowper , and the moral , or
meaning of it , is this ; let no person be envi . ous or jealous of another . We know
, indeed , that flowers never speak or quarrel , as they are represented LIFE ,
DEATH ...
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MORAL . Humble usefulness is preferable to idle splendor . MAKING
RESOLUTIONS . NEVER form a resolution that is not a good one ; and when
once formed , never break it . If you form a resolution , and then break it , you set
yourself a bad ...
MORAL . Humble usefulness is preferable to idle splendor . MAKING
RESOLUTIONS . NEVER form a resolution that is not a good one ; and when
once formed , never break it . If you form a resolution , and then break it , you set
yourself a bad ...
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MORAL . It is a maxim in the schools , That “ Flattery ' s the food of fools ! " And
whoso likes such airy meat , Will soon have nothing else to eat . INGRATITUDE .
Blow , blow , thou wintry wind , Thou art not so unkind As man ' s ingratitude ; Thy
...
MORAL . It is a maxim in the schools , That “ Flattery ' s the food of fools ! " And
whoso likes such airy meat , Will soon have nothing else to eat . INGRATITUDE .
Blow , blow , thou wintry wind , Thou art not so unkind As man ' s ingratitude ; Thy
...
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MORAL . Every one thinks his own condition the hardest . SUSPICION .
SUSPICION is no less an enemy to virtue , than to happiness . He that is already
corrupt is naturally suspicious ; and he that becomes suspicious , will quickly be
corrupt .
MORAL . Every one thinks his own condition the hardest . SUSPICION .
SUSPICION is no less an enemy to virtue , than to happiness . He that is already
corrupt is naturally suspicious ; and he that becomes suspicious , will quickly be
corrupt .
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... reduced him to a mere Jackdaw , and drove him back to his brethren ; by whom
he was now equally despised , and justly punished with derision and contempt .
MORAL . False pretences are sure of detection THE CLOUDS . THE CLOUDS .
... reduced him to a mere Jackdaw , and drove him back to his brethren ; by whom
he was now equally despised , and justly punished with derision and contempt .
MORAL . False pretences are sure of detection THE CLOUDS . THE CLOUDS .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Every Day Book, for Youth |
| Author | Samuel Griswold Goodrich |
| Publisher | Haswell, Barrington & Haswell, 1838 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 2 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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