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... hand into a heap of gold up to the elbow ! " Such reflections only served to make the miller unhappy he discontinued his former assiduity ; he was quite disgusted with small gains , and his customers began to forsake him . Every day he ...
... hand into a heap of gold up to the elbow ! " Such reflections only served to make the miller unhappy he discontinued his former assiduity ; he was quite disgusted with small gains , and his customers began to forsake him . Every day he ...
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... hand , to the mill , and began to undermine that part of the wall which the vision directed . The first omen of success that he met was a broken ring ; digging still deeper , he turned up a house - tile , quite new and entire . At last ...
... hand , to the mill , and began to undermine that part of the wall which the vision directed . The first omen of success that he met was a broken ring ; digging still deeper , he turned up a house - tile , quite new and entire . At last ...
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... sweet potatoes . Cane brakes also are found in several places . On the other hand , the decaying trunks of great trees disfigure the land , and they float upon the surface of the muddy river , and drift against the banks 14.
... sweet potatoes . Cane brakes also are found in several places . On the other hand , the decaying trunks of great trees disfigure the land , and they float upon the surface of the muddy river , and drift against the banks 14.
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... hand of the executioner . But another victim must be sacrificed to the offended deities of Japan . His virgin daughter , Martina , is de- manded for the offering . " Hasten to the king , my child , " says the heroic father , " and tell ...
... hand of the executioner . But another victim must be sacrificed to the offended deities of Japan . His virgin daughter , Martina , is de- manded for the offering . " Hasten to the king , my child , " says the heroic father , " and tell ...
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... hands be- fore they come to be sold . It is reckoned , that twenty - five persons are successively employed in making each pin , between the drawing of the brass wire and sticking the pin into the paper . When 27 Manufacture of Pins ...
... hands be- fore they come to be sold . It is reckoned , that twenty - five persons are successively employed in making each pin , between the drawing of the brass wire and sticking the pin into the paper . When 27 Manufacture of Pins ...
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Popular passages
Page 65 - He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Page 58 - The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down...
Page 99 - No product here the barren hills afford, But man and steel, the soldier and his sword. No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May; No zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast, But meteors glare, and stormy glooms invest.
Page 159 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Page 135 - Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my Soul, can this be Death?
Page 286 - There is not, and there never was on this earth, a work of human policy so well deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic Church.
Page 95 - He that hath a Trade hath an Estate; and he that hath a Calling, hath an Office of Profit and Honour; 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, as Poor Richard says, At the working Man's House Hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Page 58 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labor free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Page 96 - 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 the mouse ate in two the cable; and Little strokes fell great oaks, as Poor Richard says in his almanac, the year I cannot just now remember.
Page 195 - The grand transition, that there lives and works A soul in all things, and that soul is God.