Woodworth's Youth's Cabinet, Bind 3D.A. Woodworth, 1852 |
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Side 20
... mind , which sometimes attains such a gigantic growth , is a very small affair , comparatively , in childhood . All great men the greatest the world ever saw - were once children , and learned what they did , by little and little ...
... mind , which sometimes attains such a gigantic growth , is a very small affair , comparatively , in childhood . All great men the greatest the world ever saw - were once children , and learned what they did , by little and little ...
Side 21
... mind with useful knowledge . How often do I perceive , with pain , that I might now be a much more useful man in my profession , if I had spent fewer hours in idleness and more in study . My boy , I should not wonder at all if some of ...
... mind with useful knowledge . How often do I perceive , with pain , that I might now be a much more useful man in my profession , if I had spent fewer hours in idleness and more in study . My boy , I should not wonder at all if some of ...
Side 29
... mind that it was a common custom , reaching back for centuries , in Italy and other portions of Europe , to wish a person health , or happiness , whenever he was so fortunate as to sneeze . It is a strange custom , and almost universal ...
... mind that it was a common custom , reaching back for centuries , in Italy and other portions of Europe , to wish a person health , or happiness , whenever he was so fortunate as to sneeze . It is a strange custom , and almost universal ...
Side 30
... mind , and that they carried their reverence even to respect for the sneeze , which is one of the most manifest and sensible operations of the head . The for- mulas of blessing used by the Romans and Greeks , on occasions of sneezes ...
... mind , and that they carried their reverence even to respect for the sneeze , which is one of the most manifest and sensible operations of the head . The for- mulas of blessing used by the Romans and Greeks , on occasions of sneezes ...
Side 33
... mind . I early formed the habit of doing everything in time , and it soon became perfectly easy to do so . It is to this I owe my prosperity . " VOL . III . 2 * JY HOWLAND WHILE Crossing the Atlantic , I several times encountered A GOOD ...
... mind . I early formed the habit of doing everything in time , and it soon became perfectly easy to do so . It is to this I owe my prosperity . " VOL . III . 2 * JY HOWLAND WHILE Crossing the Atlantic , I several times encountered A GOOD ...
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Side 58 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve ; And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind ! we are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Side 17 - Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day. 2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. 3. Never spend your money before you have it. 4. Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you. 5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.
Side 57 - I trust that the request I make to your Excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Side 35 - And amidst the flashing and feathery foam The Stormy Petrel finds a home, — A home, if such a place may be, For her who lives on the wide, wide sea, On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young, and to teach them to spring At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing...
Side 160 - Little deeds of kindness Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, • Like the heaven above.
Side 33 - I could play with much more pleasure than if I had the thought of an unfinished task before my mind. I early formed the habit of doing everything in time, and it soon became easy to do so. It is to this I owe my prosper^." Let every one who reads this do likewise. COURTESIES. — How much does it cost you to say "I thank you" to your husband, your children, your domestics?
Side 32 - Instantly he turned his horse, and went off at full gallop to the place where he had stopped. He saw with half-averted eyes the scene where the tragedy was acted ; he perceived the traces of blood as he proceeded ; he was oppressed and distracted ; but in vain did he look for his dog — he was not to be seen on the road. At last he arrived at the spot where he had alighted. But what were his sensations ! His heart was ready to bleed ; he execrated himself in the madness of despair.
Side 32 - Oh, could I find any one to perform this cruel office for me ! but there is no time to lose ; I myself may become the victim if I spare him.
Side 248 - If an acorn be suspended by a piece of thread within half an inch of the surface of some water contained in a hyacinth glass, and so permitted to remain without being disturbed, it will, in a few months, burst, and throw a root down into the water, and shoot upwards its straight and tapering stem, with beautiful little green leaves.
Side 32 - With these words, he drew a pistol from his pocket, and with a trembling hand, took aim at his faithful servant. He turned away in agony as he fired ; but his aim was too sure. The poor animal...