 | Benson John Lossing - 1857 - 702 trang
...young, and have tho world before you ; fitoop as you go through, and you will escape many hard thumps.1 This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently...been of use to me; and I often think of it when I see prido mortitied, and misfortunes brought upon people by carrying their heads too high." ' Page 130.... | |
 | 1857 - 426 trang
...beam. He was a man that never missed an occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to mo, 'You are young, and have the world before you; stoop as you go through it, and you will escape many hard thumps.' This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to mo ; and... | |
 | 1857 - 432 trang
...missed an occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, 'You are young, and have tho world before you; stoop as you go through it, and you will escape many hard thumps.1 Tins advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1858 - 236 trang
...could obey the warning, his head struck sharply against the beam. " You are young," said his friend, " and have the world before you ; stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps." Franklin recollected the caution, especially when he saw people mortified by carrying their heads too... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1859 - 274 trang
...the beam. He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instruction ; and upon this he said to me : " You are young, and have the world before...frequently been of use to me ; and I often think of it when 1 see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon, people by their carrying their heads too high... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1859 - 674 trang
...the beam. He was a man that never missed an occasion^ of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, ' You are young, and have the world before you ; stoop as you go through, and you will escape many hard thumps.' This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 668 trang
...to me, ' You are young, aud have the world before you ; stoop as you go through, and you will escape many hard thumps.' This advice, thus beat into my...mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by carrying their heads too high." ' Page 130. a This war cost England one hundred and fifty millions... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1861 - 304 trang
...until his head struck against the beam with considerable force. " There," said the Doctor, laughing, " you are young, and have the world before you ; stoop as you go through it, and you may miss many hard thumps." Nearly seventy years after, the recipient of this counsel wrote : — "... | |
 | William Makepeace Thayer - 1860 - 342 trang
...his head struck against the beam with considerable force. " There/' said the Doctor, laughing, ' ' you are young, and have the world before you ; stoop as you go through it, and you may miss many hard thumps." Anecdote of Dr. Mather an,l Franklin— Humility " beaten in!" See pai|e... | |
 | John Nicholas Norton - 1861 - 294 trang
...missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, "You are young, and have (he world before you ; STOOP as you go through it, and you, will mis» many hard thumps." This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use In 1717, James,... | |
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This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high. 
