 Stoop, stoop!" I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, "You are young, and have the world before you; STOOP as you go through it,...  The Eclectic Review - Side 453redigeret af - 1818Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 sider
...you ; STOOIas you go through it, and you will missiiittity liaid thump». This advice fhus beat ji.to my head has frequently been of use to me, and I often...upon people by their carrying their heads too high. BERANKLIK. To WILLIAM STRAHAN, Esa. (King's Printer, London.) Invites him to Passy. — Annihilation... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1793 - 282 sider
...advice, thus beat into my heart, has frequently been of ufe to me; and I often think of if, when I fee pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high. I long much to fee again my native place; and once hoped to lay my bones there. I left it in 1723.... | |
 | 1801 - 576 sider
...advice, thus beat into my heart, has frequently been of ufe tome: and I often think of it, when I fee pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people, by their carrying their heads to6 high." Dr. Franklin, in the fame letter, obferves that he was firft ftimulated to the improving... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1794 - 348 sider
...advice thus beat into my heart, has frequently been of ufeto me ; and I often think of it, when 1 fee pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their. carrying their heads too high. I long much to fee again my 'native place ; am once hoped to lay my bones there. I left it id i723.... | |
 | William Smith - 1803 - 492 sider
...many hard thumps. This advice, " thus beaten into my head, has often been of use to me through " life, and I often think of it when I see pride mortified, and mis" fortunes brought upon people by carrying their heads to* " high." POSTSCRIPT. •'.-•.,' May... | |
 | William Smith - 1803 - 528 sider
...many hard thumps. This advice, " thus beaten into my head, has often been of use to me through " life, and I often think of it when I see pride mortified, and mis" fortunes brought upon people by carrying their heads to* « high." POSTSCRIPT. , May \st, 1802.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 590 sider
...stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps." This advice, thus beat into my heart, has frequently been of use to me: and I often think...upon people by their carrying their heads too high. I long much to see again my native place ; and once hoped to lay my bones there. 1 left it in 1723.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 sider
...stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps." This advice, thus beat into my heart, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think...mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by theircarrying their heads too high. I long much to see again my native place; and once hoped to lay... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 310 sider
...stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps " This advice, thus beat into my heart, has frequently been of use to me ; and I often think...upon people by their carrying their heads too high. I long much to see again my native place ; and once hoped to lay my bones there. I left itin!72S. I... | |
 | 1810 - 332 sider
...zcorldbeforeyoit; STOOP as you go through it,andj/outeill miss many hard thumps. This advice, thus bnat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and...upon people, by their carrying their heads too high." A STRING OF COMPARISONS. How brittle is gin ss, and how slipp'ry the ice! Hnw fleeting a shadow...... | |
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