Enquire Within Upon Everything: To which is Added Enquire Within Upon Fancy NeedleworkHoulston & Wright, 1869 - 412 pages |
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... spirit and in- tent will be better understood by the perusal of the few annexed remarks and rules from Yours sincerely , " They manage it better in France , " is a remark to be often applied with refer- ence to social life in England ...
... spirit and in- tent will be better understood by the perusal of the few annexed remarks and rules from Yours sincerely , " They manage it better in France , " is a remark to be often applied with refer- ence to social life in England ...
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... spirit , to be considered general and not personal , no umbrage is to be taken , and the reader is to bear in mind the common and homely saying , - " Always at trifles scorn to take offence , It shows great pride and very little sense ...
... spirit , to be considered general and not personal , no umbrage is to be taken , and the reader is to bear in mind the common and homely saying , - " Always at trifles scorn to take offence , It shows great pride and very little sense ...
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... spirit Mad - man Over - boil Over - value Pass - over Head - less In - tent Mag - pie Over - burden Over - work Pas - time Head - long Inter - meddle Main - mast Over - cast Our - selves Patch - work Head - stone Inter - sect Main ...
... spirit Mad - man Over - boil Over - value Pass - over Head - less In - tent Mag - pie Over - burden Over - work Pas - time Head - long Inter - meddle Main - mast Over - cast Our - selves Patch - work Head - stone Inter - sect Main ...
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... spirits such as a devoted wife and lov- ing children are done all within their power to ward off the blow but there he lay his raven hair smoothed off from his noble brow his dark eyes lighted with unnatural brightness and contrasting ...
... spirits such as a devoted wife and lov- ing children are done all within their power to ward off the blow but there he lay his raven hair smoothed off from his noble brow his dark eyes lighted with unnatural brightness and contrasting ...
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... spirit of turpentine as of varnish . it open . But the wrinkles of the carpet 345. CAST IRON WORK is best pre - were no longer there to stop it , and not served by the common method of rub - meeting with the expected resistance , bing ...
... spirit of turpentine as of varnish . it open . But the wrinkles of the carpet 345. CAST IRON WORK is best pre - were no longer there to stop it , and not served by the common method of rub - meeting with the expected resistance , bing ...
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Page 326 - 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 327 - 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 327 - 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 327 - 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 208 - 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 327 - 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 193 - 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 192 - 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 72 - 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 72 - 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.