The Boy Makes the Man: A Book of Anecdotes and Examples for the Use of YouthT. Nelson and Sons, 1867 - 208 páginas |
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... Never palter with the truth - The value of truthfulness -Sir Robert Peel - Duke of Wellington - Quotation from Tenny- son - Sir Philip Sidney - Napoleon I. - What truth is - The worldly utility of truthfulness- Quotations from Carlyle ...
... Never palter with the truth - The value of truthfulness -Sir Robert Peel - Duke of Wellington - Quotation from Tenny- son - Sir Philip Sidney - Napoleon I. - What truth is - The worldly utility of truthfulness- Quotations from Carlyle ...
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... never attained to eminence , and is wholly forgotten . And why ? Because he lacked per- severance ; that power of application which develops the mental faculties , and trains them to the successful performance of their allotted task ...
... never attained to eminence , and is wholly forgotten . And why ? Because he lacked per- severance ; that power of application which develops the mental faculties , and trains them to the successful performance of their allotted task ...
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... never been ac- customed to take anything upon trust , I was continually turning over the leaves of my Bible to find the passages referred to ; but finding this a troublesome task , I set about transcribing the catechism , with all the ...
... never been ac- customed to take anything upon trust , I was continually turning over the leaves of my Bible to find the passages referred to ; but finding this a troublesome task , I set about transcribing the catechism , with all the ...
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... never wholly forgotten . " In the month of March , 1736 , I was appointed excise - officer of the district in which I lived , and I found it would be needful for me not only to write , but to master the two primary rules of addition and ...
... never wholly forgotten . " In the month of March , 1736 , I was appointed excise - officer of the district in which I lived , and I found it would be needful for me not only to write , but to master the two primary rules of addition and ...
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... never to have lost sight of this object of emula- tion , and never to have remitted his exertions to elevate and conform himself to it in every particular . Though born in a condition very remote from affluence , he soon determined to ...
... never to have lost sight of this object of emula- tion , and never to have remitted his exertions to elevate and conform himself to it in every particular . Though born in a condition very remote from affluence , he soon determined to ...
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46 A HARD 47 panion admirable anagram apparently so hopeless appropriate a rendering better master took Callirhoe calls this pedantic career carking misery chapters of Livy Charles Kean Child is father consumed by inextinguishable contempt and hardship contrived to live-much courage crisis he obtained Daylesford dent's surprise destined to taste efforts of perseverance fall into conditions father father-the niggardliness found himself planted godfather Gomez groschen habits heart Henry Bickersteth Heyne Heyne's circumstances permitted honour increase his parents inextinguishable debt infrequent intervals doled John Adams labour learned leaving school Livy loaf longano Lord Langdale Lord Palmerston manhood mind mulatto never night novice in classical old Sebastian Seydel overwhelmed his young panion of genius pedantic adventure POOR SCHOLAR prey of desperation private lessons pseudo-patron-the chilling want remuneration was small rendering was increased resolute sent Sir William Jones study-is scarcely apparent three halfpence University of Leipzig unspeakable solicitations want and carking youth
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Página 97 - He fought his doubts and gather'd strength, He would not make his judgment blind, He faced the spectres of the mind And laid them : thus he came at length To find a stronger faith his own ; And Power was with him in the night, Which makes the darkness and the light, And dwells not in the light alone, But in the darkness and the cloud, As over Sinai's peaks of old, While Israel made their gods of gold, Altho
Página 50 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Página 97 - Perplext in faith, but pure in deeds, At last he beat his music out. — • There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds.
Página 154 - THERE is a book, who runs may read, Which heavenly truth imparts, And all the lore its scholars need, Pure eyes and Christian hearts. The works of God above, below, Within us and around, Are pages in that book, to show How God Himself is found.
Página 79 - He would be Hastings of Daylesford. This purpose, formed in infancy and poverty, grew stronger as his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking peculiarity of his character. When, under a tropical sun, he ruled fifty millions of Asiatics, his hopes, amidst all the cares of war, finance, and legislation, still pointed to Daylesford. And when his long public life, so singularly chequered with good and evil,...
Página 32 - ... length, between my eye and the stars ; sliding the beads upon it till they hid such and such stars from my eye, in order to take their apparent distances from one another; and then, laying the thread down on a paper, I marked the stars thereon by the beads, according to their respective positions, having a candle by me.
Página 151 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Página 142 - My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Página 50 - Save base authority from others' books. These earthly godfathers of heaven's lights, That give a name to every fixed star, Have no more profit of their shining nights, Than those that walk, and wot not what they are.
Página 14 - I inquired after my box, and what I was pleased to call my treasure. The box was produced, and opened; - but, reader, feel for me...