Lessons in General Knowledge ...Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856 - 372 páginas |
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Página 281 - Long in his highness' favour, and do justice For truth's sake and his conscience; that his bones, When he has run his course and sleeps in blessings, May have a tomb of orphans
Página 209 - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Página 278 - ... not only to be content, but also to be glad of his visitation. He sent us all that we have lost; and sith he hath by such a chance taken it away again, his pleasure be fulfilled!
Página 279 - And peradventure we have more cause to thank him for our loss than for our winning, for his wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves. Therefore, I pray you be of good cheer, and take all the household with you to church, and there thank God, both for that he...
Página 36 - The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Página 278 - ... bounden, not only to be content, but also to be glad of his visitation. He sent us all that we have lost: and sith he hath by such a chance taken it away againe, his pleasure be fulfilled.
Página 280 - that the king should show any more such mercy unto any of my friends; and God bless all my posterity from such pardons.'* The pageant was over, for such a trial was little more.
Página 349 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom. Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left hand, riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Página 16 - STILL. than the apparatus, and the end of pipe I be immersed therein, the weight of the atmosphere pressing upon the surface of the water will cause the supply to ascend as often as the cocks in the pipes J and K shall...
Página 278 - Christian religion ; for there is none therein but readeth or studieth the liberal sciences ; their special care is piety and virtue ; there is no quarrelling or intemperate words heard; none...