The Young Man's GuideLilly, Wait, Colman, and Holden., 1834 - 303 стор. |
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... to another till he more than recovered his lost possessions , and died worth sixty thousand pounds sterling . You will derive much advantage from a careful IMITATE GOOD MODELS . 27 perusal of the lives of 26 THE YOUNG MAN'S GUIDE .
... to another till he more than recovered his lost possessions , and died worth sixty thousand pounds sterling . You will derive much advantage from a careful IMITATE GOOD MODELS . 27 perusal of the lives of 26 THE YOUNG MAN'S GUIDE .
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... thousand times his knowledge , they must feign a conviction of his superior understanding ; though knowing it is they who , in fact do all that he is paid for doing , it is destruction to them to seem as if they thought any portion of ...
... thousand times his knowledge , they must feign a conviction of his superior understanding ; though knowing it is they who , in fact do all that he is paid for doing , it is destruction to them to seem as if they thought any portion of ...
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... thousands upon thousands of them are , at this moment , in a state which may end in starvation not so much because they are too lazy to earn their bread , as because they are too proud ! A lazy And what are the consequences ? youth ...
... thousands upon thousands of them are , at this moment , in a state which may end in starvation not so much because they are too lazy to earn their bread , as because they are too proud ! A lazy And what are the consequences ? youth ...
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... thousands . The person who rises late , usually pleads ( for mankind are very ingenious in defence of what falls in with their own inclinations , ) that he does as much in the progress of the day , as those who rise early . This may ...
... thousands . The person who rises late , usually pleads ( for mankind are very ingenious in defence of what falls in with their own inclinations , ) that he does as much in the progress of the day , as those who rise early . This may ...
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... thousand and eighty - six millions of dollars ! But this is not the whole loss . The time of the young and old is beyond all price for the pur- poses of mental and moral improvement . Espe- cially is this true of the precious golden ...
... thousand and eighty - six millions of dollars ! But this is not the whole loss . The time of the young and old is beyond all price for the pur- poses of mental and moral improvement . Espe- cially is this true of the precious golden ...
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Сторінка 49 - And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice ; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
Сторінка 73 - I did he had never done, and never could do. Before my promotion, a clerk was wanted to make out the morning report of the regiment. I rendered the clerk unnecessary; and long before any other man was dressed for the parade, my work for the morning was all done, and I myself was on the parade, walking, in fine weather, for an hour perhaps.
Сторінка 74 - ... before me, ready to hang by my side. Then I ate a bit of cheese, or pork, and bread. Then I prepared my report, which was filled up as fast as the companies brought me in the materials. After this I had an hour or two to read, before the time came for any duty out of doors, unless when the regiment or part of it went out to exercise in the morning. When this was the case, and the matter...
Сторінка 73 - To this, more than to any other thing, I owed my very extraordinary promotion in the army. I was always ready: if I had to mount guard at ten, I was ready at nine: never did any man, or any thing, wait one moment for me. Being, at an age under twenty years, raised from Corporal to...
Сторінка 164 - Although it is said of plays, that they teach morality ; and of the Stage, that it is the mirror of human life : these assertions are mere declamation, and have no foundation in truth or experience : on the contrary, a Playhouse, and the regions about it, are the very hot-beds of vice.
Сторінка 265 - Upon which he withdrew, as soon as was consistent with the rules of politeness, resolved never to think more of a girl who possessed a needle only in partnership, and who, it appeared, was not too well informed as to the place where even that share was deposited.
Сторінка 83 - I observed that men in a passion always spake aloud ; and I thought if I could control my voice, I should repress my passion. I have, therefore, made it a rule, never to let my voice rise above a certain key ; and by...
Сторінка 14 - He that would pass the latter part of life with honour and decency, must, when he is young, consider that he shall one day be old ; and remember, when he is old, that he has once been young.
Сторінка 159 - It has been said that he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is a benefactor to his species.
Сторінка 265 - It was a story in Philadelphia, some years ago, that a young man, who was courting one of three sisters, happened to be on a visit to her, when all the three were present, and when one said to the others, " I wonder where our needle is.