| Timothy Flint - 1828 - 828 Seiten
...delicacy, and self-respect. ORLANDO. JEMIMA O'KEEFY. — A SEXTIMEVTAL TALE. One person, says the proverb, is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and another with a wooden ladle. One person is born to empire, and another to saw wood, and make ditches. These truths are clearly set... | |
| Old Sailor - 1826 - 534 Seiten
...elements to strife. For all that he has endured, our marine has only been made a gunner's mate; but "one man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and another with a wooden ladle." Poor Bill was not a spoon-bill. :.He was brought up to the sea ; :for he was born on board ship, :cradled... | |
| 1830 - 288 Seiten
...entitled5' to clothing and maintenance during the rest of my life; but that was not my chance6° : one man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and anolher with a wqoden ladle. However, blessed be God, I enjoy good health, and will for ever lore liberty... | |
| 1832 - 240 Seiten
...elements to strife. For all that he has endured, our mariner has only been a gunner's mate: but, " one man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and another with a wooden ladle. " Poor Bill was not a spoon-bill. He was brought up to the sea ; for he was born on board ship, cradled... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 Seiten
...king's ship, and not aboard a privateer, I should have been entitled to clothing and maintenance during the rest of my life ; but that was not my chance. One man's born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and another with a wooden ladle. However, I enjoy good... | |
| George Miller - 1833 - 428 Seiten
...ship, and not on board a privateer, I should have been entitled to clothing and maintenance during the rest of my life ; but that was not my chance : — ONE MAN is BORN WITH A SILVEE SPOON IN HIS MOUTH, AND ANOTHER WITH A'WOODEN LADLE." Now, although I am neither a convert to... | |
| George Miller (of Dunbar) - 1833 - 422 Seiten
...entitled to clothing and maintenance during the rest of my life ; but that was not my chance:—ONE MAN is BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN HIS MOUTH, AND ANOTHER WITH A WOODEN LADLE." Now, although I am neither a convert to that part of the doctrine, in the introduction to the story,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 362 Seiten
...a king's »hip, and not a privateer, I should have been entitled to clothing and maintenance during the rest of my life ; but that was not my chance :...and another with a wooden ladle. However, blessed be God, I enjoy good health, and have no enemy in this world that I know of, but the French and the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 362 Seiten
...once more. ship, and not a privateer, I should have been entitled to clothing and maintenance during- the rest of my life ; but that was not my chance :...and another with a wooden ladle. However, blessed be God, I enjoy good health, and have no enemy in this world that I know of, but the French and the... | |
| 1836 - 480 Seiten
...elements to strife. For all that he has endured, our marine has only been made a gunner's mate ; but " one man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and another with a wooden ladle." Poor Bill was not a spoon-bill. He was brought up to the sea ; for he was born on board ship, cradled... | |
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