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... heaven and earth could come by chance , when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster ? To see rare effects , and no cause ; a motion , with- out a mover ; a circle , without a centre ; a time without an eternity ; a second ...
... heaven and earth could come by chance , when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster ? To see rare effects , and no cause ; a motion , with- out a mover ; a circle , without a centre ; a time without an eternity ; a second ...
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... heaven , than the martyr undergoes to gain it . - Colton . B. BABBLING . - Fire and sword are but slow engines of de- struction in comparison with the babbler . - Steele . BASENESS . - Every base occupation makes one sharp in its ...
... heaven , than the martyr undergoes to gain it . - Colton . B. BABBLING . - Fire and sword are but slow engines of de- struction in comparison with the babbler . - Steele . BASENESS . - Every base occupation makes one sharp in its ...
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... heaven to reveal to the eye of man the amazing glories of the far distant world . BIBLE . The Bible is a window in this prison of hope , through which we look into eternity . - Dwight , BIBLE , ARGUMENT FOR . - Bad men or devils THE ...
... heaven to reveal to the eye of man the amazing glories of the far distant world . BIBLE . The Bible is a window in this prison of hope , through which we look into eternity . - Dwight , BIBLE , ARGUMENT FOR . - Bad men or devils THE ...
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... heaven : the arch symbol- izes Mercy , it descends from heaven to earth . COMMENDATION . - Whenever you commend , add your rea- sons for doing so it is this which distinguishes the approba- tion of a man of sense from the flattery of ...
... heaven : the arch symbol- izes Mercy , it descends from heaven to earth . COMMENDATION . - Whenever you commend , add your rea- sons for doing so it is this which distinguishes the approba- tion of a man of sense from the flattery of ...
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... heaven , one to conduct an empire , and the other to sweep a street , they would feel no inclination to change employments .-- John Newton . CONTENTMENT . - The highest point outward things can bring unto , is the contentment of the ...
... heaven , one to conduct an empire , and the other to sweep a street , they would feel no inclination to change employments .-- John Newton . CONTENTMENT . - The highest point outward things can bring unto , is the contentment of the ...
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Page 237 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 402 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 190 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost,' being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Page 297 - I will give it to you in short: for ' a word to the wise is enough,' as poor Richard says." They joined in desiring him G 2. to speak his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows :— " Friends," says he, " the taxes are indeed very heavy ; and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride,...
Page 402 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 140 - He that hath a Trade hath an Estate, and He that hath a Calling hath an Office of Profit and Honor; but then the Trade must be worked at, and the Calling well followed, or neither the Estate, nor the Office, will enable us to pay our Taxes.— If we are industrious we shall never starve; for, as Poor Richard says, At the working Man's House Hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Page 314 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Page 138 - Insist on yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him.
Page 29 - I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are...
Page 58 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day ; demands it, before he can receive it, in a lump.