The Brief Remarker on the Ways of Man, Or, Compendious Dissertations, Respecting Social and Domestic Relations and Concerns, and the Various Economy of Life: Designed For, and Adapted To, the Use of American Academies and Common SchoolsJ.D. Bemis & Company, 1823 - 264 páginas |
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... circumstances imperatively de- mand that I should make use of it . To publish this edition without acknowledging the kindnesses shown to the prior one , would evince a cul- pable insensibility ; while , on the other hand , it would be ...
... circumstances imperatively de- mand that I should make use of it . To publish this edition without acknowledging the kindnesses shown to the prior one , would evince a cul- pable insensibility ; while , on the other hand , it would be ...
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... circumstances and ages of Life , XXXIX . Of keeping children from the company of children , · - XL . Of habitual discontent , arising from imaginary wants , XLI . Of Custom , as respects individuals and whole communities , XLII . Of one ...
... circumstances and ages of Life , XXXIX . Of keeping children from the company of children , · - XL . Of habitual discontent , arising from imaginary wants , XLI . Of Custom , as respects individuals and whole communities , XLII . Of one ...
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... circumstances by their indo- lence , others do it by their restlessness : always busy , but never pursuing any plan of regular industry . No sooner are they settled down in one business , than they change it for another . They are ...
... circumstances by their indo- lence , others do it by their restlessness : always busy , but never pursuing any plan of regular industry . No sooner are they settled down in one business , than they change it for another . They are ...
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... circumstance that has operated powerfully on young minds , and on minds not young , in rendering them dissatisfied with slow gains or small profits , and impatient of the drudgery of any laborious calling . Not to mention that our ...
... circumstance that has operated powerfully on young minds , and on minds not young , in rendering them dissatisfied with slow gains or small profits , and impatient of the drudgery of any laborious calling . Not to mention that our ...
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... circumstances , been made to give place to rashness of speculation and a restless spirit of adventure : an evil which nothing but length of time and the smart - giving rod of stern experience , will , in any likelihood , be able to cure ...
... circumstances , been made to give place to rashness of speculation and a restless spirit of adventure : an evil which nothing but length of time and the smart - giving rod of stern experience , will , in any likelihood , be able to cure ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 61 - Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd: For contemplation he and valour form'd; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace...
Página 198 - Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits and flocks, Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable, But all to please, and sate the curious taste...
Página 198 - A part how small of the terraqueous globe Is tenanted by man? the rest a waste; Rocks, deserts, frozen seas, and burning sands! Wild haunts of monsters, poisons, stings, and death Such is earth's melancholy map! but, far 'More sad! this earth is a true map of man: So bounded are its haughty lord's delights To woe's wide empire, where deep troubles toss.
Página 104 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep...
Página 114 - I made me great works ; I builded me houses ; I planted me vineyards : I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Página 178 - Apart, she sigh'd; alone, she shed the tear; Then, as if breaking from a cloud, she gave Fresh light, and gilt the prospect of the grave. One day he lighter seem'd, and they forgot The care, the dread, the anguish of their lot; They spoke with cheerfulness, and seem'd to think, Yet said not so — 'Perhaps he will not sink'.
Página 57 - O YE WHO HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF ALP ARSLAN EXALTED TO THE HEAVENS, REPAIR TO MARU, AND YOU WILL BEHOLD IT BURIED IN THE DUST!
Página 46 - That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. 8 And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord ; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor ; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
Página 150 - ... and not an artist : it is not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and sing, and draw, and dress, and dance ; it is a being who can comfort and counsel him; one who can reason, and reflect, and feel, and judge, and discourse, and discriminate; one who can assist him in his affairs, lighten his...
Página 171 - Lend to thy neighbour in time of his need, And pay thou thy neighbour again in due season. Keep thy word, and deal faithfully with him, And thou shalt always find the thing that is necessary for thee.