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
Mother, A royal, obedience of her children, 1399
Child and, Danish proverb, 1400
Daring of a, 1401
Funeral of a, 1402
Hallow her memory, 1403
Heart of, child's school-room, 1404
Heart, reached through child, 1405
Helpful comforter, 1406
Her history is written in her child, 1407
Moulds the man, 1408
Old, duty of children to, 1409
On death of,--Cowper, 1410
Ounce of, worth more, etc., 1411
Results of her examples, 1412
Sorrows of, 1413
Story of that of Pomponius Atticus, 1414
The, laughter of child, sweet to, 1415
True estimate of, 1416
Turf, from grave of, 1417
Whom can we better trust than? 1418
Music, Heart not touched by, forlorn, 1419
Loosens heart, bound by care, 1420
No, is so charming to my ear, 1421
Sometimes in a footstep, 1422
Nature, Errs not, though art may, 1423
Exists by motion, 1424
Good and ill, contrasted, 1425
Good, beauty of, 1426
Good, preserves good looks, 1427
Laws of, man cannot override, 1428
One follows the inclinations of his own, 1429
Pleasure of mingling with, 1430
Who can paint like, 1431
Natures, Vulgar, handle firmly, 1432
Neglect, Unmerited, a sharp sting, 1433
Neighbor, Profitable to know him, 1434
Put not off obliging, 1435
Very few live by choice, 1436
Neighbors, Duty towards, 1437
Nest, A bird's, 1438
New, There is nothing new under the sun, 1439
News, He bold is, who brings, 1440
Nicknames, Which stick best, 1441
Night, Brings coolness and counsel, 1442
The outlaw's day, 1443
Time for rest, 1444
No, Learn to say, 1445
Nobody, Who is, in the commonwealth, 1446
Who is, thinks everybody else is, 1447
Nothing, By doing, we learn to, 1448
Novelty, The young are fond of, 1449
Numbers, Easily impress us, 1450
Oats, Reply to Dr. Johnson's definition of, 1451
Obedience, Most important word in education, 1452
One of most beautiful things, 1453
Wise, modest, 1454
Obligation, Haste to discharge, sort of ingratitude, 1455
Most men remember, etc., 1456
Published, paid, 1457
Obscurity, People newly out of, etc., 1458
Obstinacy, Is will asserting itself, 1459
Occupation, Thrice happy those who have, 1460
A man should follow, 1461
Ocean, The abode of the British, 1462
Odd, Peculiar people, disagreeable, 1463
Offense, How people oftenest offend, 1464
Office, Power of, dog even obeyed in, 1465
Bad man in, public calamity, 1466
Omissions, No less than commissions, 1467
Opinion, It has been shrewdly said, 1468
No liberal man, 1469
Opportunities, Often lost by want of self-confidence, 1470
Past gone, future may never come, 1471
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