 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pagina’s
...springs Have rise at first ; and great from abject things. Hifiddlelon. Think nought a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year ; And trifles life. Young, Love of Fame, vi. 208. TRIFLER. Whether he measure earth, compute the sea, Weigh sunbeams, carve... | |
 | 1881 - 406 pagina’s
...murderous fangs reveal ; That child, a giant, crush thee 'neath his heel. Think naught a trifle, though it small appear. Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles, life.— Yeung. GEOFFREY CHAUCER. GEOFFREY CHAUCER. GEOFFREY CHAUCER has been styled the "father of English... | |
 | William Mathews - 1882 - 404 pagina’s
...not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. — FSANKLIN. Think naught a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles, life. — YOUNG. Believe me when I tell you that thrift of time will repay you in after-life with a usury... | |
 | Anthropological Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1882 - 222 pagina’s
...reasons for believing that all genuine loam is produced solely by worms. " Think naught a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life!" And now, ladies and gentlemen, the limit of time which custom and a due regard for your feelings have... | |
 | Walter Baxendale - 1882 - 212 pagina’s
...the actions of the day Each night before I slept." — Chatterlon. " Think nought a trifle, though it small appear — Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life." — Young. And her motlw-in-law said, Where hast thou, etc. . . . Blessed be he, etc. . , . And she... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1882 - 442 pagina’s
...respecting goodness in others, though we ourselves want it. — STEELE. Think nought a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life. YOUNO. He who tells a lie is not sensible how great a task he undertakes ; for he must be forced to... | |
 | Daniel Hack Tuke - 1882 - 632 pagina’s
...have seemed very inadequate for the purpose. But the poet warns us to "Think naught a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life." And does not Joseph de Maistre well say, "Aucunc grande chose n'eut de grands commencements "• —... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pagina’s
...take her tea without a stratagem. Love of Fame. Satire vi. Line 190. Think naught a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life. Line 208. One to destroy is murder hy the law, And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe ; To murder... | |
 | Manfred Powis Bale - 1883 - 414 pagina’s
...of great and increasing importance. Or as the poet Young says : — " Think naught a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life." A very large number of lubricating compounds are in use in America, some said to possess remarkable... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pagina’s
...themselves are elegant in him. 535*4 Pope : Epis. to Miss Blount. Line 4. Think nought a trifle, though it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year ; And trifles life. 5355 Young: Love of Fame. Satire vi. Liue 193 TRINITY. Since you're learn'd in Greek, let's see Something... | |
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Think nought a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life. 
