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
Sleep, After dinner, etc., 1782
All equal, when asleep, 1783
Annihilater of time, 1784
Beloved from pole to pole, 1785
Characteristic of the sleeper is, 1786
Closes the windows of the eyes, 1787
Difference of, between poor and rich, 1788
Heaven trims our lamps while we sleep, 1789
Home to the homeless, etc., 1790
Induced by preacher, instance of, 1791
Judge between high and low, 1792
Omit not offer of, 1793
Patron of mankind, etc., 1794
Trust it not without prayer, 1795
Unsolved mystery, 1796
Smile, Always attractive, 1797
Brightened by a tear, 1798
Put one on your face, etc., 1799
Valuable and costs nothing, 1800
Smith, Adam, anecdote of, 1801
Smoke, Turned into gold, 1802
Society, Among unequals, no harmony, 1803
Built upon trust, one in another, 1804
No comfort to whom, 1805
One way to be agreeable in, 1806
Ready to worship success, 1807
Sir, your levellers wish to, 1808
True art of being agreeable in, 1809
Solitude, Longing for, etc., 1810
Something, Do, however small, 1811
Son, A, lines on 21st birthday, 1812
Advice to a, 1813
Best gift to, by parent, 1814
Conduct of, shames or praises his mother, 1815
His opinion of his father's ability, 1816
Love of home, a joy, etc., 1817
Son-in-law, What gained or lost by, 1818
Sorrow, Concealed, burns the heart, 1819
Employment, best antidote for, 1820
How many manage to enjoy it, 1821
Knits hearts as no gold can, 1822
Ransom for offense, 1823
Wake not sleeping, 1825
Sorrows, All are bearable if, 1826
Think of blessings and forget, 1827
Soul, Erring, leave to God, 1828
Judge thine, as it must be judged, 1829
Where is home of, 1830
Speech, Avoid evil, 1831
Gentle, and, 1832
Inaccurate, comes from loose thinking, 1833
Make not sharp, to lady, 1834
Too much, insipid and tedious, 1835
When becoming, to show boldness of, 1836
Spend, Less than thou, 1837
Spendthrift, Slave of others, 1838
Stanza, Story of a, 1839
Stars, Candles in heaven's air, 1840
Man little in presence of, 1841
The, govern men, but, 1842
Stomach, Empty, effect of, on wisdom, 1843
Storm, Most violent, soonest over, 1844
Stranger, Be gracious unto, 1845
Pity the miseries of, 1846
The passing, 1847
Success, Age contented with mediocrity, 1848
Dependent on zeal, 1849
How to succeed, 1850
Its worst use, 1851
Mediocrity succeeds best, 1852
Not always to most learned, 1853
Of men, not rich, 1854
Search for, and doubt not, 1855
Small, leads to great, 1856
Too dear when, 1857
Who sure of, never undertakes, etc., 1858
Sufficiency, No one has a, 1859
Who has, smiles at, etc., 1860
Summer-day, The, endures not ever, 1861
Sun, The glorious lamp of heaven, 1862
The, when it shines, etc., 1863
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