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... Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged - Page 195edited by - 1780Full view - About this book
| English literature - 1777 - 756 pages
...gracious King, be up by peep of day ; " Let not the fun look down, and lay, Inglorious here he lies!'1 Handle your tools without mittens; remember, that...It is true, there is much to be done, and perhaps yon are weak-handrd ; but (lick to it fteadfy, and you will fee great effects ; for, " Conftant dropping... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - American prose literature - 1779 - 610 pages
...yourfelf, your family, your country, and your ' king. Handle your tools without mittens, re' member, that, " The cat in gloves catches no " mice," as Poor...there is ' much to be done, and, perhaps, you are weakc handed; but uHck to it -fteadily, and you will fee ' great effedls ; for " Conftant dropping... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 614 pages
...you then your own mafter ? be afnamed to catch yourfelf idle, when there is fo much to be done for yourfelf, your family, your country, and your king....; but ftick to it fteadily, and you will fee great effects; for " Conftant dropping wears away ftones; and by diligence and patience the motifs ate in... | |
| several hands - 1780 - 612 pages
...you then your own mafter ? be aftiamed to catch yourftlf idle, when there is fo much to be done for yourfelf, your family, your country, and your king....to be done, and, perhaps, you are weak-handed ; but fticlc to it fteadily, and you trill fee great eflecls ; for " Conftant dropping wears aw«y (tones... | |
| James Anderson - Scotland - 1791 - 422 pages
...gracious king, be up by peep of day ; "let not the fun look down, and fay, inglorious here he lies!" Handle your tools without mittens ; remember, that...; but ftick to it fteadily, and you will fee great effects) for, " couftant dropping wears away ftones, and, by diligence and patience the moufe ate into... | |
| Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...your king. Handle your tools without mittens ; remember, that " The cat In gloves catches no-mice," a* Poor Richard fays. It is true, there is much to be done, and, perhaps, you are wcak-haiided; but 1 i _____ , . ftick to it ficadily, and vou will f« great ef- j again, " Want of... | |
| Chapbooks - 1796 - 34 pages
...tools without mittens: remember, that " The, ca£ 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... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...be done for yourfelf, your family, your country, and your king. Handle your twob without nuttens : remember, that " The cat in gloves catches no mice,"...weak-handed; but ftick to it fteadily, and you will fee great effefts ; for " Confiant dropping wears away Hones : and by diligence and patience the moufe ate in'... | |
| 1797 - 522 pages
...yourielf idle, when there is fo much to be done for vourfelf, your family, your country, and ) our k'-ng. Handle your tools without mittens : remember, that...to be done, and, perhaps, you are weak-handed; but flick to it fteadily, and you will fee great effecls ; for '« Conflant dropping wears away flones... | |
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