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... and its value , is so common among us , even with those whose passion is the study of the literatures of other lands , that it is hoped that this volume may open the eyes of many to its interest and beauty . English literature V.
... and its value , is so common among us , even with those whose passion is the study of the literatures of other lands , that it is hoped that this volume may open the eyes of many to its interest and beauty . English literature V.
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... eye , present traits that distinguish them from their brethren across the sea , and we cannot imagine Franklin as the native of any land but our own . Certainly , from the end of the colonial period for- ward , the character of our ...
... eye , present traits that distinguish them from their brethren across the sea , and we cannot imagine Franklin as the native of any land but our own . Certainly , from the end of the colonial period for- ward , the character of our ...
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... eyes open , and seeing things as they be . The more they consider , and the more they know of the truth and reality of things , the more they know what is true concerning themselves , the state and condition they are in ; the more they ...
... eyes open , and seeing things as they be . The more they consider , and the more they know of the truth and reality of things , the more they know what is true concerning themselves , the state and condition they are in ; the more they ...
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... eyes from the light , and confining themselves to darkness ; whose peace is properly stu- pidity ; as the ease that a man has who has taken a dose of stupify- ing poison , and the ease and pleasure that a drunkard may have in a house on ...
... eyes from the light , and confining themselves to darkness ; whose peace is properly stu- pidity ; as the ease that a man has who has taken a dose of stupify- ing poison , and the ease and pleasure that a drunkard may have in a house on ...
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... eyes , and not trust too much to others ; for , as Poor Richard says : I never saw an oft - removed tree Nor yet an ... eye of a master will do more work than both his hands ; and again , Want of care does us more damage than want of ...
... eyes , and not trust too much to others ; for , as Poor Richard says : I never saw an oft - removed tree Nor yet an ... eye of a master will do more work than both his hands ; and again , Want of care does us more damage than want of ...
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American Prose: Selections, with Critical Introductions by Various Writers George Rice Carpenter Affichage du livre entier - 1918 |
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Page 263 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.
Page 113 - Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing for its motto no such miserable interrogatory as "What is all this worth?
Page 38 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
Page 80 - Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 263 - On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it.
Page 40 - What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. "You may think perhaps, that a little Tea, or a little Punch now and then, Diet a little more costly, Clothes a little finer, and a little Entertainment now and then, can be no great Matter; but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again.
Page 40 - If you would be wealthy, think of saving, as well as of getting. The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her outgoes are greater than her incomes.
Page 192 - The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.
Page 106 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Page 36 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.