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... equal to his desires ; he only found him- self above want , whereas he desired to be pos- sessed of affluence . One day , as he was indulging these wishes , he was informed that a neighbour of his had found a pan of money under ground ...
... equal to his desires ; he only found him- self above want , whereas he desired to be pos- sessed of affluence . One day , as he was indulging these wishes , he was informed that a neighbour of his had found a pan of money under ground ...
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... equal ease , in pre- sence of one of the British outposts , destroyed and gorged a tiger ; but its gluttony caused its death , for after it had swallowed the animal , it became incapable of motion , and was killed without resis- tance ...
... equal ease , in pre- sence of one of the British outposts , destroyed and gorged a tiger ; but its gluttony caused its death , for after it had swallowed the animal , it became incapable of motion , and was killed without resis- tance ...
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... equal promptness and energy . The sentiments , indeed , which it manifests , however opposite in their natures , are all of a violent character : its hatred and its affection are both equally strong . An individual of this species ...
... equal promptness and energy . The sentiments , indeed , which it manifests , however opposite in their natures , are all of a violent character : its hatred and its affection are both equally strong . An individual of this species ...
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... equal to that animal in intelli- gence and fidelity . CUVIER . LESSON XVII . THE THREE BLACK CROWS . Two honest tradesmen meeting in the Strand , One took the other briskly by the hand ; " Hark - ye , " said he , " ' tis an odd story ...
... equal to that animal in intelli- gence and fidelity . CUVIER . LESSON XVII . THE THREE BLACK CROWS . Two honest tradesmen meeting in the Strand , One took the other briskly by the hand ; " Hark - ye , " said he , " ' tis an odd story ...
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... had employed in the siege . These they afterwards sold for three hundred talents , equal in value to three hundred thousand crowns , which they employed , with an additional sum of their own 151 The Colossus at Rhodes, Rollin.
... had employed in the siege . These they afterwards sold for three hundred talents , equal in value to three hundred thousand crowns , which they employed , with an additional sum of their own 151 The Colossus at Rhodes, Rollin.
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Popular passages
Page 65 - He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Page 58 - The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down...
Page 99 - No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword. No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May; No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest.
Page 159 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Page 135 - Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my Soul, can this be Death?
Page 286 - There is not, and there never was on this earth, a work of human policy so well deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic Church.
Page 95 - He that hath a Trade hath an Estate; and he that hath a Calling, hath an Office of Profit and Honour; but then the Trade must be worked at, and the Calling well followed, or neither the Estate nor the Office will enable us to pay our Taxes. If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for, as Poor Richard says, At the working Man's House Hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Page 58 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labor free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Page 96 - The cat in gloves catches no mice, as Poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects; for, Constant dropping wears away stones; and, By diligence and patience the mouse ate in two the cable; and Little strokes fell great oaks, as Poor Richard says in his almanac, the year I cannot just now remember.
Page 195 - The grand transition, that there lives and works A soul in all things, and that soul is God.