Author: William Hardcastle BrownePublisher: Toronto ; London [etc.] : D. Biddle, 1901 [c1900]
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Odd Derivations of Words, Phrases, Slang, Synonyms and Proverbs ...
Author: William Hardcastle BrownePublisher: Toronto ; London [etc.] : D. Biddle, 1901 [c1900]
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Odd Derivations of Words, Phrases, Slang, Synonyms and Proverbs
Author: William Hardcastle BrownePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
3000-3999, Modern languages and literature
Author: Princeton University. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Classed List
Author: Princeton University. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
Book Description
Odd Derivations of Words, Phrases, Slang, Synonyms and Proverbs; Olla Podrida, Potpouri, Salmagundi, Melange
Author: William Hardcastle BrownePublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230418933
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... ignorant of certain matters; the first step to self-knowledge is selfdistrust; the more a man knows the more modest he appears; knowledge is the jewel that will not rust with time; there is no knowledge so dangerous as half knowledge; through being too knowing, the fox lost his tail; to know everything is to know nothing well; to know how to obey, is as essential as to know how to command; to know one perfectly, we must live in the same house with him; to know one's self is true progress; to know the disease is the commencement of the cure; who knows most, believes least, and says least; who knows nothing, doubts nothing; without knowledge, there is no sin. LABOR. Many hands make light work; industry supplies the want of parts; patience and diligence, like faith, remove obstacles; never despair, while there is ground for hope, but hope not beyond reason; it is wisdom to know when we have done enough; help thyself, and God will help thee; light is the task, where many share the toil; good material is half the work; work ill done must be twice done; woman's work is never done; a bad workman quarrels with his tools; nothing is achieved without toil; toil is prayer, and the lot of all; toil, without glory, is the menial's lot; when toil ceases, the people suffer; Schiller said, "the greatest happiness in life consists in the performance of some mechanical task; ' no thoroughly occupied man was ever yet entirely miserable; never suffer your energies to stagnate; temptation rarely comes in working hours; the less one has to do, the less time he finds to do it in; nature makes occupation a necessity to us, society makes it a duty, habit, a pleasure; we protract life by labor; to the community, sedition is a fever, corruption, a gangrene, and...
General Catalogue of the Public Library of Detroit, Mich. Supplement
Author: Detroit Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
Contents: 1. 1889-1893.--2. 1894-1898.--3. 1899-1903.
Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, at Washington, D.C.
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1560
Book Description
General Catalogue of the Public Library of Detroit, Mich
Author: Detroit Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
General Catalogue of the Public Library of Detroit, Mich. First-third Supplement. 1889-1903: 1899-1903
Author: Detroit Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
General Catalogue of the Books Except Fiction, French, and German, in the Public Library of Detroit, Mich
Author: Detroit Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description