The Blade and the Ear: a Book for Young MenW. P. Nimmo, 1865 - 224 pagina's |
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Pagina 12
... important , therefore , as this , -Who is a real man ? What constitutes true manliness ? To be a man , some say , is to put on a bold air , great pretensions , and to use words with a tinge of pro- fanity . But to us , this conception ...
... important , therefore , as this , -Who is a real man ? What constitutes true manliness ? To be a man , some say , is to put on a bold air , great pretensions , and to use words with a tinge of pro- fanity . But to us , this conception ...
Pagina 15
... importance to the com- munity from their spirit of enterprise . The bane of all progress , individual or social , is irresolution and timidity . We pronounce things too difficult for our abilities , when the truth is , they often appear ...
... importance to the com- munity from their spirit of enterprise . The bane of all progress , individual or social , is irresolution and timidity . We pronounce things too difficult for our abilities , when the truth is , they often appear ...
Pagina 38
... importance of home as a school for character . Where can one acquire the deeper and higher Christian quali- ties better than at home ? He who , next to his God , gives his strongest affections to his family circle - who thinks his most ...
... importance of home as a school for character . Where can one acquire the deeper and higher Christian quali- ties better than at home ? He who , next to his God , gives his strongest affections to his family circle - who thinks his most ...
Pagina 59
... important application . Not only the intellect needs to be educated , but also the tastes , the affections , the manners , and the character . There is diversity of talents , of gifts , and of opportuni- ties . It is our duty to use ...
... important application . Not only the intellect needs to be educated , but also the tastes , the affections , the manners , and the character . There is diversity of talents , of gifts , and of opportuni- ties . It is our duty to use ...
Pagina 60
... importance of self - education is seen . The young should begin with a standard of excellence before them , to which they should resolutely conform themselves . There should be a fixed determination to make the best of one's self , in ...
... importance of self - education is seen . The young should begin with a standard of excellence before them , to which they should resolutely conform themselves . There should be a fixed determination to make the best of one's self , in ...
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Pagina 13 - Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
Pagina 155 - I have regularly and attentively perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been written.
Pagina 145 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Pagina 102 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard -table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day ; demands it, before he can receive it, in a lump.
Pagina 9 - This elegant and useful Series of Books has been specially prepared for School and College Prizes : they are, however, equally suitable for General Presentation. In selecting the works for this Series, the aim of the Publisher has been to produce books of a permanent value, interesting in...
Pagina 19 - LIFE IN HEAVEN. THERE, FAITH is CHANGED INTO SIGHT, AND HOPE is PASSED INTO BLISSFUL, FRUITION.
Pagina 130 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Pagina 100 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Pagina 155 - And there was the hiding of his power. Before him went the pestilence, And burning coals went forth at his feet. He stood, and measured the earth: He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the everlasting mountains were scattered, The perpetual hills did bow: His ways are everlasting.
Pagina 18 - ... describe what heaven Is, as shown by the light of reason and Scripture; and we promise the reader many charming pictures of heavenly bliss, founded upon undeniable authority, and described with the pen of a dramatist, which cannot fail to elevate the soul as well as to delight the imagination. Part Second proves, in a manner as beautiful as it is convincing, the DOCTRINE OF THE RECOGNITION OF FRIENDS IN HEAVEN, — a subject of which the author makes much, introducing many touching scenes of...