The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 6-7John William Parker, 1835 |
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... ; and the mode of living Man is of one nation appears incredible to another . possessed of a highly muscular and pliable form , 163-2 1 THE ISLE OF WIGHT . FAMILIAR ILLUSTRATIONS OF EXPERI- MENTAL 1835 1 19 THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE .
... ; and the mode of living Man is of one nation appears incredible to another . possessed of a highly muscular and pliable form , 163-2 1 THE ISLE OF WIGHT . FAMILIAR ILLUSTRATIONS OF EXPERI- MENTAL 1835 1 19 THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE .
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... living objects , save the huge alligators , which float past , apparently asleep , on the drift - wood ; and an occasional vulture , attracted by its impure prey on the surface of the waters ; the trees , with a long and hideous drapery ...
... living objects , save the huge alligators , which float past , apparently asleep , on the drift - wood ; and an occasional vulture , attracted by its impure prey on the surface of the waters ; the trees , with a long and hideous drapery ...
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... living of Hinton , to which he had been presented by St. Peter's College , Cambridge . At the restoration , his character for integrity and judicious zeal was generally appreciated , and in 1663 , he was consecrated Bishop of Sodor and ...
... living of Hinton , to which he had been presented by St. Peter's College , Cambridge . At the restoration , his character for integrity and judicious zeal was generally appreciated , and in 1663 , he was consecrated Bishop of Sodor and ...
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... living of St. Peter's , Cornhill , London . Here he so steadfastly and kindly discharged the duties of his pastoral care ; and so happily were his labours crowned with success , that his parish was quoted as the best model and pattern ...
... living of St. Peter's , Cornhill , London . Here he so steadfastly and kindly discharged the duties of his pastoral care ; and so happily were his labours crowned with success , that his parish was quoted as the best model and pattern ...
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... living " at their hearts ' ease as servants and vassals unto the Gods : " they were main- tained " with bread , fruit , flesh , fish , and fire - wood , as much as they needed , " all their expenses being defrayed out of the revenues of ...
... living " at their hearts ' ease as servants and vassals unto the Gods : " they were main- tained " with bread , fruit , flesh , fish , and fire - wood , as much as they needed , " all their expenses being defrayed out of the revenues of ...
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Page 14 - If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be' as Poor Richard says, 'the greatest prodigality;' since, as he elsewhere tells us, ' Lost time is never found again ; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.
Page 14 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, diligence is the mother of good luck, as Poor Richard says, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep, while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep, says Poor Dick.
Page 14 - He that hath a trade, hath an estate ; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor," as poor Richard says ; 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, " at the working man's house, hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Page 141 - Paul's ministry, shall be his hope, and joy, and crown of rejoicing "in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming
Page 233 - Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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Page 6 - By degrees we let fall the remembrance of our original intention, and quit the only adequate object of rational desire. We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and Anxiety obstruct our way.
Page 225 - There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itself looks like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice.
Page 192 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent ; they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ; Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Page 76 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.