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... ponder this notable story , Ye masters and misses of mine ; And learn from the instance before ye , Care , neatness , and skill to combine . FINIS . A SELECTION OF FABLES FROM FLORIAN AND OTHER AUTHORS , SAVES NINE . 45.
... ponder this notable story , Ye masters and misses of mine ; And learn from the instance before ye , Care , neatness , and skill to combine . FINIS . A SELECTION OF FABLES FROM FLORIAN AND OTHER AUTHORS , SAVES NINE . 45.
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... Author of the " Eigh- teen Maxims of Neatness and Order . " BY LEMUEL GULLIVER , JUN . N.B. This little fable is an attempt to convey , in as short a compass as possible , a clear idea of the character and offices of the Parts of Speech ...
... Author of the " Eigh- teen Maxims of Neatness and Order . " BY LEMUEL GULLIVER , JUN . N.B. This little fable is an attempt to convey , in as short a compass as possible , a clear idea of the character and offices of the Parts of Speech ...
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... Author , 12mo . 58 . Mary and Florence at Sixteen . A continuation of " Grave and Gay . " 12mo . 6s . cloth . Miriam ; or the Power of Truth ; a Jewish Tale . Fifth Edition . 12mo . 6s . cloth . The Reciter : a Work particularly adapted ...
... Author , 12mo . 58 . Mary and Florence at Sixteen . A continuation of " Grave and Gay . " 12mo . 6s . cloth . Miriam ; or the Power of Truth ; a Jewish Tale . Fifth Edition . 12mo . 6s . cloth . The Reciter : a Work particularly adapted ...
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... Author , THE PEEP OF DAY ; Or a Series of the earliest Religious Instruction the Infant Mind is ca pable of receiving . The Fourth Edition , corrected and enlarged , 18mo , 3s . cloth . JUVENILE SUNDAY LIBRARY , contain- ing the LIVES ...
... Author , THE PEEP OF DAY ; Or a Series of the earliest Religious Instruction the Infant Mind is ca pable of receiving . The Fourth Edition , corrected and enlarged , 18mo , 3s . cloth . JUVENILE SUNDAY LIBRARY , contain- ing the LIVES ...
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Page 3 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Page 27 - ... life's highest prize her latest hour ; That hour, so late, is nimble in approach, That, like a post, comes on in full career : How swift the shuttle flies, that weaves thy shroud ! Where is the fable of thy former years ? Thrown down the gulf of time > as far from thee As they had ne'er been thine ; the day in hand, Like a bird struggling to get loose, is going...
Page 42 - Take care of small things, and great things will take care of themselves.
Page 29 - Never remain engaged in a favourite employment longer than the duties of the day will allow; and recollect that there is often more true diligence in leaving off than in beginning. Refrain, too, from taking up a book, or even a newspaper, merely because it happens to lie before you, though unattended by any circumstance to render it interesting, as it induces a desultory mode of reading, and enervates the mind.
Page 20 - Acquire a habit of folding or rolling up. Many a fine print or drawing has been ruined, many a cloak crumpled, and many a shawl trailed on the floor, for want of this timely neatness...
Page 18 - ... no time is so completely lost as in hunting for lost things ; but that is so much saved, which has been employed in providing a place for every article, and by that means enabled you to find it readily even in the dark. The necessity of a neat arrangement of letters, papers, and accounts, to...