When the farmer came down to breakfast that morning, upon looking at the clock, he declared that his watch had gained half an hour in the night. MORAL. 9 A celebrated modern writer says, " Take care of the minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves. The Christian Repository - Página 301824Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| T. B. S. - 1866 - 312 páginas
...had been the matter. When the farmer came down to breakfast, he declared upon looking at the clock, that his watch had gained half an hour in the night. MORAL. " Take care of the minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves," is an admirable remark, and... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 372 páginas
...kitchen, shining full upon the dial-plate, it brightened up, as if nothing had been the matter. 9. When the farmer came down to breakfast that morning,...watch had gained half an hour in the night. MORAL. 10. A celebrated modern writer says, "Take care of the minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves."... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 páginas
...kitchen, shining full upon the dial-plate, it brightened up, as if nothing had been the matter. 9. When the farmer came down to breakfast that morning,...watch had gained half an hour in the night. MORAL. 10. A celebrated modern writer says, " Take care of the minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves."... | |
| Jane Taylor, Ann Taylor, Jefferys Taylor, Mrs. Jemima Taylor Herbert - 1867 - 874 páginas
...kitchen shutter, shining full upon the dial-plate, it brightened up as if nothing had been the matter. When the farmer came down to breakfast that morning,...watch had gained half an hour in the night. MORAL. It is said by a celebrated modern writer, " Take care of the minutes, and the hours will take care... | |
| Popular educator - 1884 - 900 páginas
...thy brawling cease; he opee his eyes," said Eustace, "peace!" A celebrated modern writer says, " Tuke care of the minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves." This 1« an admirable remark, and might be very seasonably recollected when we begin to be " weary in well-doing,"... | |
| Charles Anson Farnell - 1885 - 120 páginas
...pence and the pounds will take care of themselves." This, we may, by a slight alteration make read as " Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves." A long experience has led us to the conclusion that in a majority of schools a very appreciable percentage... | |
| William Swinton - 1886 - 396 páginas
...if nothing had been the matter. 13. When the farmer came down to breakfast that morning, and looked at the clock, he declared that his watch had gained half an hour in the night. LANGUAGE EXERCISE. I. Old-fashioned clocks had pendulums, in place of which a spring is used in most... | |
| 1886 - 588 páginas
...turning the tallow into moulds and letting them harden. EBK Enfield, Oct. 1886. DEAK CHILDREN : — " Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves. " Your time i« flying, Oh so fast ! Let each hour and moment in virtuous work be passed. So live that... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Tweed - 1886 - 136 páginas
...without study, and knows without learning. (10) When the farmer came down to breakfast the next morning, he declared that his watch had gained half an hour in the night. EXERCISE II. Invert as above, and punctuate. (See Rules.) (1) A straw will furnish the occasion when... | |
| William Hone - 1888 - 876 páginas
...full upon the dial-plate, it brightened up as if nothing had been the matter. When the fermer carne down to breakfast that morning, upon looking at the clock, he declared that his watch had gained half-an-hour in the night. A celebrated modern writer says, " take care of the minute», and the Hour*... | |
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