Life and Literature: Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers,; and classified in alphabetical orderRichardson, John Purver
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Life and Literature: Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers,; and classified in alphabetical order
Richardson, John Purver
Quotations
Character, An admirable, described, 194
Best, not without fault, 195
Crown jewel of, sincerity, 196
Delicacy, inseparable from sweetness of, 197
Description of upright, 198
Illustrated, by little things, 199
Keep it abroad, as at home, 200
Kindness, better for, than talents, 201
Man of, shown by merely naming him, 202
Men believed, or not, because of, 203
None suddenly very good, or very bad, 204
Of public man, a football, 205
One to be admired, 206
Prosperity brings forth hidden, 207
The history of a man, 208
What firm and weak feet do, 209
What shows strength of, 210
Charitable, Give, and God repays, 211
Charity, In word only, 212
Begins at home,--its home, 213
Cast thy bread upon the waters, 214
Compared with politeness, 215
Do good by stealth, etc., 216
Duty is, where there is plenty, 217
Exalts, though we stoop to bestow, 218
Fountain of, always clear, 219
Give freely to the deserving, 220
How to give it, 221
Not to excite hope when, 222
Relieve fellow man in distress, 223
See Leviticus XXV, 35, 224
Visit of, to needy, visit of the Savior, 225
What given in, is kept, 226
What is, and what its reward, 227
Who at fault with regard to, 228
Who gives double, 229
Cheat, On whom shame first time, 230
Cheek, The, is apter to tell, 231
Cheer, Speak word of, to the living, 232
Cheerfulness, Refreshes by its presence, 233
Smoothes the road of, 234
Suggests good health, etc., 235
Chide, A friend in private, and, 236
Child, A short sermon by one, 237
A sleeping, 238
Beautiful as rose, etc., 239
Bruise not its heart, 240
Correct, etc., 241
Destiny of, work of the mother, 242
Eyes of, beautiful, etc., 243
Her little shoes, lines on, 244
Inscription on silver plate of, 245
Judicious praise of, 246
Learns indoors, what he tells, 247
Lines on, by Thomas Campbell, 248
One who was a Christ-child, 249
Questions of, as teachers, 250
Restless observation of, 251
Speak gently to, 252
Take care of Christian instruction of, 253
Teach it ideas, not phrases, 254
Tear on cheek of, 255
The, and the "Rising Day", 256
The beginning of discipline for, 257
The way to spoil, or to benefit, 258
Trained by example, 259
Unhappy end of, 260
What it should be taught, 261
Childhood, Indicates the man, 262
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