Wit and Wisdom; Jokes, Conundrums, Sentiments, and Aphorisms1860 |
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Strana 9
... into his printing office with an old Bible in her hand . " I want , " said she , " that you should print it over ag'in . It's gettin a little blurred , sort of , and my eyes isn't wot they was . How much do you ax ? " 66 " Fifty 9.
... into his printing office with an old Bible in her hand . " I want , " said she , " that you should print it over ag'in . It's gettin a little blurred , sort of , and my eyes isn't wot they was . How much do you ax ? " 66 " Fifty 9.
Strana 18
... hand to his throat . " I have got a COW ! " " Well , I am not a cow doctor , " said the medical adviser ; 66 why do you send for me to see your cow ! " " O , you vil not understand me , " said the disconcerted Frenchman ; here is my cow ...
... hand to his throat . " I have got a COW ! " " Well , I am not a cow doctor , " said the medical adviser ; 66 why do you send for me to see your cow ! " " O , you vil not understand me , " said the disconcerted Frenchman ; here is my cow ...
Strana 19
... hand of the Dauphin . When Gourville first was per- mitted to see the young daughter of Sophia , then in her twelfth year , he said , " This is a fair and beautiful Princess , worthy of the highest destiny . May I ask what religion she ...
... hand of the Dauphin . When Gourville first was per- mitted to see the young daughter of Sophia , then in her twelfth year , he said , " This is a fair and beautiful Princess , worthy of the highest destiny . May I ask what religion she ...
Strana 24
... hand . " Well , Izaak , what are you doing in that dangerous place ? " he inquired . Fiffin , " was all the reply Walton made . " Fishing , you mean , " said the other . " Yiff , " and Walton closed his lips more tightly . " What have ...
... hand . " Well , Izaak , what are you doing in that dangerous place ? " he inquired . Fiffin , " was all the reply Walton made . " Fishing , you mean , " said the other . " Yiff , " and Walton closed his lips more tightly . " What have ...
Strana 39
... hand in marriage , he frankly said to her , " Mademoiselle , I am very old , and you are very young , and will you do me the honour to become my widow ? " Fontenelle one day said to Marivaux , that he flattered himself he had a good ...
... hand in marriage , he frankly said to her , " Mademoiselle , I am very old , and you are very young , and will you do me the honour to become my widow ? " Fontenelle one day said to Marivaux , that he flattered himself he had a good ...
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Strana 42 - In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
Strana 253 - There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence; virtue itself looks like weakness; the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice.
Strana 251 - A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday.
Strana 5 - you have the honour of seeing the two greatest men in the world.' 'I don't know how great men you may be,' said the Guinea man, ' but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much better than both of you, all muscles and bones, for ten guineas.
Strana 254 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination ; a purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Strana 260 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Strana 224 - See, from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down : Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown ? 4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.
Strana 237 - Come, my good friends, since the old gentleman is gone to bed, I think we may venture to crack another bottle...
Strana 77 - We read that the traveller asked the boy if the swamp before him had a hard bottom. The boy replied that it had. But presently the traveller's horse sank in up to the girths, and he observed to the boy, " I thought you said that this bog had a hard bottom.
Strana 137 - Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles .in hour, CHAP. XI. THE CROSS-EXAMINATION. 207 and that a cow were to stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ? "