 | 834 trang
...season throughout my life. I learned from it not to leave till to-morrow the work of to-day, or to be idle when I ought to be working. From that time I turned over a new leaf." He did indeed — worked in working hours, left off idle talk and the society of idlers, and became... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 504 trang
...of me again.' I have never forgotten it; and while l recollect anything, I never shall. To me it was the voice of God ; and it has been a word in season...life; — the folly of being wise my early history shows." It is not often that a boyish freak confers such a blessing upon man and the world. It was... | |
 | John Sartain, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1851 - 1054 trang
...again.' I have never forgotten it; and while I recollect anything, I never shall. To me it was the voioe of God ; and it has been a word in season throughout...trouble myself about matters which did not concern mo. The bliss of ignorance on political topics I often experienced in after life ; — the folly of... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1852 - 584 trang
...MAGAZINE. again.' I have never forgotten it ; and while I recollect anything, I never shall. To me it was the voice of God ; and it has been a word in season...after life ; the folly of being wise my early history shows." Industry and economy had " broken the neck of his difficulties,'' and left him with some degree... | |
 | 1852 - 372 trang
...me again.' I have never forgotten it ; and while I recollect anything, I never shall. To me it was the voice of God ; and it has been a word in season...life ; — the folly of being wise my early history shows." It is not often that a boyish freak confers such a blessing upon man and the world. It was... | |
 | Septimus Sears - 1859 - 964 trang
...season throughout my life. I learned from it not to leave till to-morrow the work of to day, or to be idle when I ought to be working. From that time I turned over a new leaf." CHRISTIAN GRACES. THERE is a pearl, a priceless gem, I'd rather wear around my brow, Than £he imperial... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1859 - 368 trang
...me that cry was as the voice of God, and it has been a word in season throughout my life. I learnt from it not to leave till to-morrow the work of to-day,...or to idle when I ought to be working." From that moment Drew dropped politics, and stuck to his daily work, and to self-improvement in his spare hours... | |
 | 1861 - 332 trang
...door, " Shoemaker ! shoemaker ! work by night, and run about by day !" " Had a pistol," said Drew, " been fired off at my ear, I could not have been more...trouble myself about matters which did not concern me." " During several years," he further wrote, " all my leisure-hours were devoted to reading or scribbling... | |
 | Jacob Halls Drew - 1861 - 314 trang
...in season throughout my life. I learned from it, not to leave till to-morrow the work of to-day, nor to idle when I ought to be working. From that time,...me. The bliss of ignorance on political topics, I have often experienced in after life : the folly of being wise, my early history shows." Having thus... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1870 - 552 trang
...shall never have that to say of me again ; ' I have never forgotten it, and while I recollect anything I never shall ; to me it was as the voice of God,...working ; from that time I turned over a new leaf." The story of his life of study is, however, very interesting. Samuel Drew was, as may be gathered from... | |
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I have never forgotten it ; and while I recollect anything, I never shall. To me it was the voice of God ; and it has been a word in season throughout my life. I learned from it not to leave till tomorrow the work of to-day, or to idle when I ought to... 
