John Ploughman's Talk: Or, Plain Advice for Plain People

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H. Altemus, 1896 - 234 Seiten
 

Inhalt

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7
II
22
III
33
IV
39
V
50
VI
57
VII
62
VIII
69
XIV
123
XV
131
XVI
140
XVII
148
XVIII
163
XIX
173
XX
185
XXI
197

IX
76
X
83
XI
89
XII
96
XIII
111

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Seite 126 - A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds...
Seite 47 - The rod and reproof give wisdom ; but a child left to himself, bringeth his mother to shame.
Seite 8 - The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
Seite 180 - God sends every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest: he gives us our daily bread, but it is through our own labor.
Seite 147 - Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Seite 85 - It is a good horse that never stumbles, and a good wife that never grumbles.
Seite 218 - DRUNKENNESS. JOHN ADAMS lies here, of the parish of Southwell, A Carrier who carried his can to his mouth well : He carried so much, and he carried so fast, He could carry no more — so was carried at last ; For, the liquor he drank, being too much for one, He could not carry off, — so he's now carri-on.
Seite 220 - LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done.
Seite 220 - E'en such is man ; whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers ; the blossom blasteth ; The flower fades ; the morning hasteth ; The sun sets, the shadow flies ; The gourd consumes; the man he dies...
Seite 61 - If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

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