 | Christian biography - 1810 - 332 pages
...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...... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1810 - 292 pages
...was a man \vho never missed any occasion ol giving insuuction : and upon this he said to me : " Y 'u are young, and have the world before you : stoop -as...miss many hard thumps." This advice, thus beat into m\ ruart.tias frequently been of use to me ; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1811 - 196 pages
...the beam. He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instruction ; and upon this he said to me : " You are young, and have the world before...many hard thumps." This advice, thus beat into my heart, has frequently been of use to me ; and I often, think of it, when I see pride mortified, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1811 - 190 pages
...the beam. He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instruction j and upon this he said to me : " You are young, and have the world before...many hard thumps." This advice, thus beat into my heart, has frequently been of use to me ; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and... | |
 | 1812 - 314 pages
...head hit against the beam. He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instruction ; and said to me, "You are young and have the world before you;...when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought on people by their carrying their heads too high." If we may judge from many parts of l)r. Franklin's... | |
 | 1812 - 314 pages
...head hit against the beam. He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instruction ; and said to me, " You are young and have the world before you;...hard thumps." This advice, thus beat into my head, ha; frequently been of use to me ; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes... | |
 | George Miller - 1813 - 638 pages
...against the beam. He was a. nan who never missed an occasion of giving instruction j md upon this he said to me : — " You are young, and have the world before...advice, thus beat into my head, "has frequently been of me to me ; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes, brought upon people... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1817 - 524 pages
...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;...misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their beads too high. I long much to see again my native place, and to lay my bones there. I left it in 1723... | |
 | A citizen of Pittsburgh - Readers - 1818 - 276 pages
...the beam. He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instructions, and upon this he said to me : " You are young, and have the world before...been of use to me ; and I often think of it, when 1 see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 542 pages
...of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, you are young, and /have the world before yon; STOOP as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps- This advice thus beat into my bead, has frequently been of use to me, and I often think of, it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes... | |
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This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high. 
