The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 6-7John William Parker, 1835 |
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... means of gratifying it , and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man , unless , indeed , you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books . You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history ; with ...
... means of gratifying it , and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man , unless , indeed , you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books . You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history ; with ...
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... means of the basket - like instru- ment , seen on the left of the workman , and while lying in this form on the board , it is pressed into a more firm substance , by the hardening- skin , a piece of half - tanned leather . When ...
... means of the basket - like instru- ment , seen on the left of the workman , and while lying in this form on the board , it is pressed into a more firm substance , by the hardening- skin , a piece of half - tanned leather . When ...
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... mean , that each particular body invariably passes from the solid to the fluid state , when it has attained a certain ... means of estimating comparative degrees of temperature , simply by the expansibility of the fluid contained in its ...
... mean , that each particular body invariably passes from the solid to the fluid state , when it has attained a certain ... means of estimating comparative degrees of temperature , simply by the expansibility of the fluid contained in its ...
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... means remarkable for size . As the river descends to the southward , however , it is of finer growth ; and about latitude 30 ° , vegetation becomes marked by a degree of rankness and luxu- riance which I have never seen any where else ...
... means remarkable for size . As the river descends to the southward , however , it is of finer growth ; and about latitude 30 ° , vegetation becomes marked by a degree of rankness and luxu- riance which I have never seen any where else ...
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... means of education , and the application of scientific truths , expressed in language rich in thought , and vigorous in expression , could not fail of its effect ; " his society thenceforth , was courted by all , and all were proud of ...
... means of education , and the application of scientific truths , expressed in language rich in thought , and vigorous in expression , could not fail of its effect ; " his society thenceforth , was courted by all , and all were proud of ...
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Page 14 - If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be' as Poor Richard says, 'the greatest prodigality;' since, as he elsewhere tells us, ' Lost time is never found again ; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.
Page 14 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, diligence is the mother of good luck, as Poor Richard says, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep, while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep, says Poor Dick.
Page 14 - He that hath a trade, hath an estate ; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor," as poor Richard says ; 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, " at the working man's house, hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Page 141 - Paul's ministry, shall be his hope, and joy, and crown of rejoicing "in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming
Page 233 - Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Page 14 - 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...
Page 6 - By degrees we let fall the remembrance of our original intention, and quit the only adequate object of rational desire. We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and Anxiety obstruct our way.
Page 225 - There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itself looks like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice.
Page 192 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent ; they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ; Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Page 76 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.