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... cheerful , and his mind clear for the pur- suits of philosophy , to the age of more than ninety years . Food taken ... cheerfulness , and with gratitude , we comply with his appointment to nourish and gird up this curious structure of ...
... cheerful , and his mind clear for the pur- suits of philosophy , to the age of more than ninety years . Food taken ... cheerfulness , and with gratitude , we comply with his appointment to nourish and gird up this curious structure of ...
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... cheerful industry . It gathers its sweet food , with a song , amid the earliest dews of the morn- ing . A bee - hive , on a fine summer's day , is like a busy , and well - ordered city . Throngs are going forth to their accustomed toil ...
... cheerful industry . It gathers its sweet food , with a song , amid the earliest dews of the morn- ing . A bee - hive , on a fine summer's day , is like a busy , and well - ordered city . Throngs are going forth to their accustomed toil ...
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... and reads and meditates , and gathers wisdom . The long evening , and the cheerful fire , seem to open heart to heart . Social feelings expand , and friendships flourish . The student gains more time for 88 THE BOY'S READING - BOOK .
... and reads and meditates , and gathers wisdom . The long evening , and the cheerful fire , seem to open heart to heart . Social feelings expand , and friendships flourish . The student gains more time for 88 THE BOY'S READING - BOOK .
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... cheerfully to school , and came regu- Iarly home , and was content to do what his father and mother thought best . This good conduct gave to his countenance , an agreeable expression , so that people were in the habit of saying , that ...
... cheerfully to school , and came regu- Iarly home , and was content to do what his father and mother thought best . This good conduct gave to his countenance , an agreeable expression , so that people were in the habit of saying , that ...
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... cheerfully consulting their wishes , they will seek your society , and enjoy it . Thus you will acquire influence over them ; and this influence should be exerted for their good . You know that he who does good to another , uniformly ...
... cheerfully consulting their wishes , they will seek your society , and enjoy it . Thus you will acquire influence over them ; and this influence should be exerted for their good . You know that he who does good to another , uniformly ...
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The Boy's Reading-Book: In Prose and Poetry, for Schools Lydia Howard Sigourney No preview available - 2018 |
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Popular passages
Page 69 - Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Page 58 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth; While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings, as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 57 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Page 175 - ... the proportion which the aggregate of the other classes of citizens bears in any State to that of its husbandmen, is the proportion of its unsound to its healthy parts, and is a good enough barometer whereby to measure its degree of corruption.
Page 125 - O thou bounteous giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.
Page 119 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Page 96 - Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Page 71 - If I am asked, who is the greatest man ? I answer the best ; and if I am required to say who is the best? I reply he that has deserved most of his fellowcreatures.
Page 196 - This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says : " He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged".
Page 22 - Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.