 Stoop, stoop!" I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, "You are young, and have the world before you; STOOP as you go through it,...  The Eclectic Review - עמוד 453נערך על ידי - 1818תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 668 דפים
...aud have the world before you ; stoop as you go through, and you will escape many hard thumps.' This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been...mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by carrying their heads too high." ' Page 130. a This war cost England one hundred and fifty millions... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1861 - 304 דפים
...thumps." Nearly seventy years after, the recipient of this counsel wrote : — " This advice, thus beaten into my head, has frequently been of use to me ; and...upon people by their carrying their heads too high." Benjamin's old companion, Collins, was delighted with his account of Philadelphia, and resolved to... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1860 - 342 דפים
...186. Nearly seventy years after, the recipient of this counsel wrote : — " This advice, thus beaten into my head, has frequently been of use to me ; and...upon people by their carrying their heads too high." Benjamin's old companion, Collins, was delighted with his account of Philadelphia, and resolved to... | |
 | John Nicholas Norton - 1861 - 294 דפים
...shipwreck of Captain Worthelake and his two daughters. This ballad had an extensive sale, and the auto me ; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes br* ught upon people by their carrying their heads too high.— Sparfa' Collection of Franklin's Writings,... | |
 | 1862 - 582 דפים
...world before you : learn to stoop as you go through it, and you will avoid many hard thumps.' This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been...upon people by their carrying their heads too high." HUMILITY, LEADS TO EXALTATION. — In the evening of the day that Sir Eardley Wilmot was appointed... | |
 | 1863 - 858 דפים
...and have the world before you. STOOP as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps. This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been...often think of it when I see pride mortified, and misfortune brought upon people by carrying their heads too high." HARDNESS OF THE RICH MAN'S ENTERING... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 668 דפים
...and have the world before you ; STOOP us you (jo through it, and you will miss many hard thumps. This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been...people, by their carrying their heads too high."* With the blessing and approbation of his parents, and some small gifts, as tokens of their affection,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 דפים
...and have the world before you : stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.' This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been...upon people by their carrying their heads too high. I long much to see again my native place ; and once hoped to lay my bones there. I left it in 1723.... | |
 | 1865 - 138 דפים
...thumps." Nearly seventy years after, the recipient of this counsel wrote:— " This advice, thus beaten into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and...people by •their carrying their heads too high." "But since he will not set you up," said the Governor, " I will do it myself. Give me an inventory... | |
 | 1866 - 358 דפים
...Advice, thus beat into my Head, has frequently been of Ufe to me ; and I often think of it, when I fee Pride mortified, and Misfortunes brought upon People by their carrying their Heads too high." This Moral, fo eflentially good in itfelf, does not need the high Recommendation of a Franklin, though... | |
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