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
Children, A bond of union, etc., 263
Are tattlers, 264
Be not impatient with, 265
Certain care, uncertain comforts, 266
Dear to parents, 267
Dutifulness, foundation, of virtue in, 268
Ease cares, with bliss, 269
Effect of good instruction, and bad example, 270
Enjoy the present, 271
Father's best legacy to, 272
Flatter not, but encourage, 273
Good physiognomists, 274
Dr. Guthrie's opinion, 275
Indulgence to, breeds ingratitude, 276
Industrious habits, better than, etc., 277
Instruction to, better than riches, 278
Japanese, always obedient, 279
Jewels dropped from Heaven, 280
Know friend and foe, 281
Let them learn more than yourself, 282
Like the to-morrow of society, 283
Live in the present, 284
Love, as being fresh from God's hand, 285
Love of, sign of pure heart, 286
More precious than gold, etc., 287
Need models, not critics, 288
Not always indulge, 289
Parents should discipline, 290
Pastime with, 291
Poor men's riches, 292
Praise, effect of, 293
Prevent parents from being selfish, 294
Reflect manners of parents, 295
Should be taught sympathy, 296
Still ours, though in heaven, 297
Teach children to tell the truth, 298
Teach love to, 299
Travelers newly arrived, etc., 300
Treat yours all alike, 301
Usually what their mothers are, 302
What to discountenance in, 303
Will grow up substantially what, 304
Christ, Abide with us, 305
Description of person of, 306
His last supper, a memorial, etc., 307
If you profess Him, do His deeds, 308
Patron of poor and afflicted, 309
The, a carpenter's consolation, 310
Think rightly of Him, 311
Christian, A, is the highest style of, 312
He that is a good man, 313
None, if not Christlike, 314
Christianity, No civilization without, 315
Christmas, When truly merry, 316
Church, A rebuke for staying away from, 317
Bring self to, not your clothes, 318
Cannot alone make good, 319
How it may grow, 320
I was once preaching in Scotland, 321
Late goers to, rebuked, 322
Plan to keep awake in, 323
Remember God is there, 324
Take your children to, 325
Two classes in, 326
Circumstances, Men are dependent on, 327
Civility, Bases of large fortune, 328
What is, 329
Clergyman, In city, what must have, 330
Clock, An ideal example of work, 331
Clergyman, Life of, is it enviable? 332
Should be like engine, etc., 333
College, Enter as early as possible, 334
Companions, Lonely, when musing on those gone, 335
Whom to choose, 336
Company, Pleasant, shortens miles, 337
Compensation, Child and childless, 338
What rich and poor find, 339
Complain, Every one must see daily, 340
Compliment, How usually accompanied, 341
Illuminate me with a ray of, 342
Compliments, Deference, most elegant of, 343
Fishers for, get bites, 344
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