The rational primer; or, First readerJohn Heywood, 1860 - 171 páginas |
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... Never should any word , sentence , allusion , place or event be allowed to pass before it is exactly and fully understood . Never is a word in itself a mere sound , never should a word be a mere sound to a child . Here is another and ...
... Never should any word , sentence , allusion , place or event be allowed to pass before it is exactly and fully understood . Never is a word in itself a mere sound , never should a word be a mere sound to a child . Here is another and ...
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... Never rob Peter to pay Paul . The worst slave is he who has himself for a master . Do not trust nor contend , nor borrow , nor lend , And you'll gain in the end . Doing nothing is doing ill . Defer not till to - morrow what may be done ...
... Never rob Peter to pay Paul . The worst slave is he who has himself for a master . Do not trust nor contend , nor borrow , nor lend , And you'll gain in the end . Doing nothing is doing ill . Defer not till to - morrow what may be done ...
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... never be lost . I am sorry for your loss , " said a prince to an ancient sage who had suffered shipwreck . " I have lost nothing , " was the reply , " for I carry all my property with me , and while I live I am and must be rich . " His ...
... never be lost . I am sorry for your loss , " said a prince to an ancient sage who had suffered shipwreck . " I have lost nothing , " was the reply , " for I carry all my property with me , and while I live I am and must be rich . " His ...
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... Never put all your eggs into one basket . He looks for his ass and sits on his back . The fox thinks everybody eats poultry like himself . The old cow fancies she was never a calf . He that hunts two hares will catch neither . If you ...
... Never put all your eggs into one basket . He looks for his ass and sits on his back . The fox thinks everybody eats poultry like himself . The old cow fancies she was never a calf . He that hunts two hares will catch neither . If you ...
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... never come single . A worm will turn if trod on . Folly is beauty's shadow . The kitchen must be built before the parlour . A pleasant fellow - traveller is better than a railway . Tell me your companions and I will tell you your ...
... never come single . A worm will turn if trod on . Folly is beauty's shadow . The kitchen must be built before the parlour . A pleasant fellow - traveller is better than a railway . Tell me your companions and I will tell you your ...
Términos y frases comunes
answer art thou beadle's bear beautiful beggar better bird bless blind bread child Christ Croesus DEANSGATE ears earth English language evil EXERCISES ON LESSON eyes faith father fear fire flowers fool fruit Give a word gold hath head hear heart heaven honour hope horse Jehovah JOHN HEYWOOD Jupiter kind labour Lebanon light literal or figurative live look looking-glass Lord man's MANCHESTER marriage mean meant mind mother neighbour never Nightingale pain peace pleasure poor pounds proverb Psalm pupil reap replied rich sentence sheep sixth sense Small Hand Solon sorrow soul speak Spell spider spirit sweet teach teacher thee thine things thou art thou hast thought thyself to-morrow tongue tree true truth unto wife wise word rhymes word which rhymes young youth
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Página 160 - ETERNAL spirit of the chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty, thou art ! For there thy habitation is the heart, — The heart which love of thee alone can bind ; And when thy sons to fetters are...
Página 91 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Página 111 - IN the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time ; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime.
Página 91 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Página 62 - And the bramble said unto the trees, ' If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Página 133 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude ; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude.
Página 161 - Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat Of hahit's devil, is angel yet in this; That to the use of actions fair and good He likewise gives a frock, or livery, That aptly is put on : Refrain to-night ; And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence : the next more easy : For use almost can change the stamp of nature, And either curb the devil, or throw him out With wondrous potency.
Página 123 - Speak gently to the aged one, Grieve not the careworn heart ; The sands of life are nearly run, Let such in peace depart.
Página 106 - Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Página 128 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.