Western Miscellany, Volume 1Benjamin Franklin Ells |
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Page 55
... appearance which may easily be mistaken for death . In removing some bodies from the vault of a church in a neigh- boring city , on the occasion of erecting a new church , it was discovered that three bodies had assumed such a situation ...
... appearance which may easily be mistaken for death . In removing some bodies from the vault of a church in a neigh- boring city , on the occasion of erecting a new church , it was discovered that three bodies had assumed such a situation ...
Page 57
... appearance is that which bears the name of Peter Botte , from a person who is said by tradition to have climbed to its summit years ago , and to have lost his life in coming down again . This , however , is a mere unauthenticated rumor ...
... appearance is that which bears the name of Peter Botte , from a person who is said by tradition to have climbed to its summit years ago , and to have lost his life in coming down again . This , however , is a mere unauthenticated rumor ...
Page 74
... appearance , and when we came in view of the edifice of which all these were the outworks or appendages , we were at once struck with the simple beauty of the structure , and the quiet and secluded loveliness of its situation . The roof ...
... appearance , and when we came in view of the edifice of which all these were the outworks or appendages , we were at once struck with the simple beauty of the structure , and the quiet and secluded loveliness of its situation . The roof ...
Page 75
... appearance of the house , still there is an air of substance and comfort about it , that after all is far more satisfying than magnificence . Sending in our cards by an old servant , we were soon invited to enter.- Not having letters to ...
... appearance of the house , still there is an air of substance and comfort about it , that after all is far more satisfying than magnificence . Sending in our cards by an old servant , we were soon invited to enter.- Not having letters to ...
Page 84
... appearance , -after a while , they could be seen , folded in their robes , gradually sidling up towards the lodge , with a silly look upon their faces , which confessed at once that curiosity was leading them reluctantly where their ...
... appearance , -after a while , they could be seen , folded in their robes , gradually sidling up towards the lodge , with a silly look upon their faces , which confessed at once that curiosity was leading them reluctantly where their ...
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Popular passages
Page 96 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Page 94 - We are offered by the terms of this sale six months' credit; and that perhaps has induced some of us to attend it, because we cannot spare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But, ah ! think what you do when you run in debt. You give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor: you will be in fear when you speak to him ; you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking excuses, and, by degrees, come to lose your veracity, and sink...
Page 93 - What maintains one vice would bring up two children. You may think, perhaps, that a little tea or a little punch now and then, diet a little more costly, clothes a little finer, and a little entertainment now and then, can be no great matter: but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a little makes a mickle; and farther, 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 91 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while Laziness travels so slowly that Poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business : let not that drive thee ; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
Page 94 - When you have got your bargain, you may, perhaps, think little of payment; but creditors, Poor Richard tells us, have better memories than debtors; and in another place says, creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times. The day comes round before you are aware, and the demand is made before you are prepared to satisfy it; or if you bear your debt in mind, the term which at first seemed so long, will, as it lessens, appear extremely short. Time will seem to have added...
Page 94 - Experience keeps a dear school ; but fools will learn in no other...
Page 79 - But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 203 - And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.