Enquire Within Upon Everything: To which is Added Enquire Within Upon Fancy NeedleworkHoulston & Wright, 1869 - 412 pages |
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... COMMON DOMESTIC FOWLS , when young , have the legs and combs smooth ; when old they are rough , and on the breast long hairs are found instead of feathers . Fowls and chickens should be plump on the breast , fat on the back , and white ...
... COMMON DOMESTIC FOWLS , when young , have the legs and combs smooth ; when old they are rough , and on the breast long hairs are found instead of feathers . Fowls and chickens should be plump on the breast , fat on the back , and white ...
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... common and homely saying , - " Always at trifles scorn to take offence , It shows great pride and very little sense . " P.S. - To save trouble to both parties , this invitation be deemed accepted , without the necessity to reply ...
... common and homely saying , - " Always at trifles scorn to take offence , It shows great pride and very little sense . " P.S. - To save trouble to both parties , this invitation be deemed accepted , without the necessity to reply ...
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... common waltz , three times , but differently divided . The first time consists of a gliding step ; the second a chassez , including two times in one . A chassez is performed by bringing one leg near the other , then moving it forward ...
... common waltz , three times , but differently divided . The first time consists of a gliding step ; the second a chassez , including two times in one . A chassez is performed by bringing one leg near the other , then moving it forward ...
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... common to say , " the man which . " This should now be avoided . It is now usual to say , " Our Father who art in heaven , " instead of " which art in heaven . " 2. Whose is , however , sometimes applied to things as well as to persons ...
... common to say , " the man which . " This should now be avoided . It is now usual to say , " Our Father who art in heaven , " instead of " which art in heaven . " 2. Whose is , however , sometimes applied to things as well as to persons ...
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... common consent , be used to denote other mean- ings ; such as , " There I agree with you , " Where we differ , " " We find pain where we expected pleasure , " " Here you mistake me . ' 36. Hence , whence , and thence , de- noting ...
... common consent , be used to denote other mean- ings ; such as , " There I agree with you , " Where we differ , " " We find pain where we expected pleasure , " " Here you mistake me . ' 36. Hence , whence , and thence , de- noting ...
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Page 332 - So much for Industry, my Friends, and Attention to one's own Business; but to these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly successful. A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
Page 333 - A fat kitchen makes a lean will; and Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting. 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 333 - If you would be wealthy, says he, in another Almanack, think of Saving as well as of Getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes are greater than her Incomes.
Page 333 - Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship"; and again, "Who dainties love, shall beggars prove"; and moreover, "Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Page 212 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner herein-after mentioned ; (that is to say,) it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction; and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation...
Page 333 - He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.
Page 197 - I was drawn along the surface of the water in a very agreeable manner. Having then engaged another boy to carry my clothes round the pond, to a place which I pointed out to him, on the other side, I began to cross ' the pond with my kite, which carried me quite over without the least fatigue, and with the greatest pleasure imaginable.
Page 196 - If therefore a person unacquainted with swimming and falling accidentally into the water, could have presence of mind sufficient to avoid struggling and plunging, and to let the body take this natural position, he might continue long safe from drowning till perhaps help would come.
Page 74 - Twas muttered in Hell, And echo caught faintly The sound as it fell. On the confines of earth 'Twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean Its presence confessed.
Page 74 - Twas in heaven pronounced, and 'twas muttered in hell, And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell ; On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confest.