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... , which must often occur where there is no pocket . * It is also * In olden time it was thought characteristic of an unbred person , to come into a room , or sit expedient to carry about you a purse , a thimble 22 EIGHTEEN MAXIMS OF.
... , which must often occur where there is no pocket . * It is also * In olden time it was thought characteristic of an unbred person , to come into a room , or sit expedient to carry about you a purse , a thimble 22 EIGHTEEN MAXIMS OF.
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... sitting down to a writing - desk , or piano- forte , to place it by her side . This appendage , being forgotten when she has finished her occupa- tion and goes out of the room , is often left , an unfortunate memorial of its owner , and ...
... sitting down to a writing - desk , or piano- forte , to place it by her side . This appendage , being forgotten when she has finished her occupa- tion and goes out of the room , is often left , an unfortunate memorial of its owner , and ...
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... sitting there . X. Disdain not an acquaintance with common things ; and among these , the geography of the roads or streets you are to traverse in your morning expe- ditions , that you be not compelled to measure back your steps between ...
... sitting there . X. Disdain not an acquaintance with common things ; and among these , the geography of the roads or streets you are to traverse in your morning expe- ditions , that you be not compelled to measure back your steps between ...
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... sitting by the fire , and encourage indo- lent habits . Nor is it allowable at any time , to toss your bonnet , shawl , and gloves upon half a dozen chairs or tables . Either carry them up to your own room , or fold them neatly , to ...
... sitting by the fire , and encourage indo- lent habits . Nor is it allowable at any time , to toss your bonnet , shawl , and gloves upon half a dozen chairs or tables . Either carry them up to your own room , or fold them neatly , to ...
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... sits down at table , and the latter drives away with- out waiting for the frightened fair - one , who looks like a poule mouillée , and no one pities her . * If a friend is to call for her , the mischief is still more compli- cated , as ...
... sits down at table , and the latter drives away with- out waiting for the frightened fair - one , who looks like a poule mouillée , and no one pities her . * If a friend is to call for her , the mischief is still more compli- cated , as ...
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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...