| James Stark - 1890 - 200 Seiten
...In cheerful godliness ; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on itself did lay." — WORDSWORTH. " Do the work that's nearest, Though it's dull at whiles,...Helping, when you meet them, Lame dogs over stiles." — CHARLES KINGSLEY. AT WORK. j$M|& MODERN writer who wields a pen of titanic ^ffa£ power has given... | |
| Edna Lyall - 1892 - 478 Seiten
...motto, though.' He opened Kingsley's life, which was lying on the table, and pointed to the following1 lines : Do the work that's nearest, Though it's dull...Helping when you meet them, Lame dogs over stiles. Til be your "lame dog " for this afternoon, and yon shall pi nee this bachelor room and pour out tea... | |
| Edna Lyall - 1894 - 472 Seiten
...and pointed to the following- lines : Do the work that's nearest, Though it's dull at whiles, Helpiug when you meet them, Lame dogs over stiles. 'Ill be...your " lame dog " .for this afternoon, and you shall p-ince this bachelor room and pour out tea for us. By-the-by, talking of bachelors, how is old Mr.... | |
| Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1895 - 604 Seiten
...chances. And we need not go far for them, either. I always liked Charles Kingsley's little verse, — "Do the work that's nearest, Though it's dull at whiles, Helping, when we meet them. Lame dogs over stiles." A cheering word comes from Littleton, NH , where a new guild... | |
| Alison McLean - 1895 - 328 Seiten
...advice given by Charles Kingsley came into her mind — ' Do the work that 's nearest, Though it 's dull at whiles ; Helping, when you meet them, Lame dogs over stiles.' ' That is just what I cannot bear doing,' she said to herself again; 'it is the "work that's nearest... | |
| Arthur Rogers - 1898 - 418 Seiten
...Wales. " Though me earn our bread, Tom, By the dirty pen, What we can we will be, Honest Englishmen. Do the work that's nearest, Though it's dull at whiles, Helping, when we meet them, Lame dogs over stiles; See in every hedge-row Marks of angels' feet, Epics in each pebble... | |
| Charles Kingsley - 1898
...Sakarran; Tho' we earn our bread, Tom, By the dirty pen, What we can we will be, Honest Englishmen. Do the work that's nearest, Though it's dull at whiles; Helping, when we meet them, Lame dogs over stiles ; See in every hedgerow Marks of angels' feet, Epics in each pebble... | |
| 1899 - 728 Seiten
...one, which Chelsea China thinks well worth consideration. Miranda very good. ' Don YE NEXTE THYNGE.' ' Do the work that's nearest, Though it's dull at whiles. Helping, when we meet them, Lame dogs over stiles.' Of course my favourite saying is a trite one, merely another... | |
| Ella Reeve Ware - 1899 - 244 Seiten
...Kingsley: "Tho" we earn our bread, Tom By the dirty pen, What we can, we will be, Honest Jinglishmen. "Do the work that's nearest, Though it's dull at whiles; Helping when we meet them, Lame dogs over stiles. "Sec in every hedge row, Marks of angels' feet; KpicH in each... | |
| Charles William Stubbs - 1899 - 246 Seiten
...we take. Though we earn our bread, Tom, By the dirty pen, What we can we will be, Honest Englishmen. Do the work that's nearest Though it's dull at whiles. Helping, when we meet them, Lame dogs over stiles ; See in every hedgerow Marks of angels' feet, Epics in each pebble... | |
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