| 1873 - 744 str.
...an evil meaning. cxxx. Honesty is true honour. cxxxi. A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. cxxxn. "He that would thrive, must rise at five ; he that hath thriven, may lie till seven." SCRIPTURE QUESTIONS IN RHYME. Give chapter and verse for the following facts. PROPHET told a scribe... | |
| 1846 - 300 str.
...in your heart; And when your heart begins to bleed, You 're dead, and dead, and dead, indeed. LXXVI. HE that would thrive Must rise at five; He that hath thriven May lie till seven; LXXVII. SEE a pin and pick it up, All the day you'll have good luck; See a pin and let it lay, Bad... | |
| Congregational union of England and Wales - 1850 - 758 str.
...to-day is worth two to-morrows. Handle your tools without mittens — a cat in gloves catches no mice. He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. HEAETY READING. CURIOSITY is a passion very favourable to the love of study ; and a passion very susceptible... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 614 str.
...keep thee ; ' and again, ' If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send ; ' and again, ' He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.' neglect may breed great mischief ; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for a want of shoe the horse... | |
| Percy Society - 1847 - 358 str.
...the week long will be with you the Dcevtl. When Skiddaw hath a cap, Scruffel wots full well of that.f He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. The morn to the mountain, The evening to the fountain. which is perhaps but the continuation of on... | |
| Jesse Buel - 1844 - 278 str.
...industry, guided by prudence and animated by hope. And it is here that the maxim of Poor Richard, that " He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive," emphatically applies. We are fearful that too many of the Virginia farmers have trusted too much to... | |
| Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 534 str.
...will keep thec ; and again, If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send ; and again — He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. And again, The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands; and again, Want of care does... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 430 str.
...not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds. Pay what you owe, And what you're worth you'll know. He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. There's nothing agrees worse, Than a prince's heart and a beggar's purse. As a man lives, so shall... | |
| 1850 - 492 str.
...to that of the excellent old proverbs which declare " He that endureth is not overcome," and 11 Who that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive." But while our fathers had ever an eye to worldly wisdom, yet they had a thought also to the still better... | |
| Dean Dudley - 1851 - 262 str.
...scriptural idea, " earn thy bread by the sweat of thy brow," and also that maxim of Poor Richard, to wit : " He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.'' Sunday in Yankeedom. We were astonished at the strictness with which Yankees observe the sabbath. Their... | |
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