A dozen dialogues for children

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James Clarke & Company, 1875 - 176 sider

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Side 83 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Side 132 - Well, madam, and you ought to be perpetually watching. It is more from carelessness about truth, than from intentional lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world.
Side 148 - The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back How he esteems your merit, Is such a friend, that one had need Be very much his friend indeed To pardon or to bear it.
Side 37 - ... our country's story ; Happy when her welfare calls He who conquers, he who falls. Deeper, deeper, let us toil In the mines of knowledge , Nature's wealth, and learning's spoil, Win from school and college ; Delve we there for richer gems, Than the stars of diadems. Onward, onward, may we press Through the path of duty ; Virtue is true happiness, Excellence true beauty ; Minds are of celestial birth. Make we then a heaven of earth.
Side 117 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Side 63 - ... the good man say, that not right, the tobacco is yours, not the money; the bad man say, never mind, you got it, go buy some dram ; the good man say, no, no, you must not do so...
Side 19 - A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Side 112 - The heart is hard in nature, and unfit For human fellowship, as being void Of sympathy, and therefore dead alike To love and friendship both, that is not pleased With sight of animals enjoying life, Nor feels their happiness augment his own.
Side 7 - tis no disgrace, Though we may not win the race ; What should you do in that case ? Try, try, try again.
Side 103 - Please to remember The fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot ; I see no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.

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