The Every Day Book, for YouthHaswell, Barrington & Haswell, 1838 - 359 pages |
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Page 16
... 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 I LIFE , DEATH AND ETERNITY . 17 to do. 16 THE LILY AND THE ROSE ...
... 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 I LIFE , DEATH AND ETERNITY . 17 to do. 16 THE LILY AND THE ROSE ...
Page 21
... MORAL . Humble usefulness is preferable to idle splendor . 21 and MAKING RESOLUTIONS . NEVER form a resolution that is not a good one ; when once formed , never break it . If you form a re- solution , and then break it , you set ...
... MORAL . Humble usefulness is preferable to idle splendor . 21 and MAKING RESOLUTIONS . NEVER form a resolution that is not a good one ; when once formed , never break it . If you form a re- solution , and then break it , you set ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 32
... MORAL . Every one thinks his own condition the hardest . SUSPICION . SUSPICION is no less an enemy to virtue , than to hap- piness . He that is already corrupt is naturally suspi- cious ; and he that becomes suspicious , will quickly be ...
... MORAL . Every one thinks his own condition the hardest . SUSPICION . SUSPICION is no less an enemy to virtue , than to hap- piness . He that is already corrupt is naturally suspi- cious ; and he that becomes suspicious , will quickly be ...
Page 36
... to his brethren ; by whom he was now equally despised , and justly punished with derision and contempt . MORAL . 6 THE CLOUDS . THE CLOUDS . O CLOUDS ! ye. False pretences are sure of detection. 36 THE VAIN JACKDAW . Sir Walter Scott, 85 ...
... to his brethren ; by whom he was now equally despised , and justly punished with derision and contempt . MORAL . 6 THE CLOUDS . THE CLOUDS . O CLOUDS ! ye. False pretences are sure of detection. 36 THE VAIN JACKDAW . Sir Walter Scott, 85 ...
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