Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and ConductJohn Murray, 1859 - 347 páginas |
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... determined to go forward with the work they had taken in hand . They resolved , therefore , to hire a room ; and , on making inquiry , they found a large , dingy apart- ment to let , which had been used as a temporary Cholera hospital ...
... determined to go forward with the work they had taken in hand . They resolved , therefore , to hire a room ; and , on making inquiry , they found a large , dingy apart- ment to let , which had been used as a temporary Cholera hospital ...
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... was a novel ( ' Falk- land ' ) , and it proved a failure too . A man of weaker stuff would have dropped authorship ; but Bulwer had pluck and perseverance ; so he worked on , determined to succeed . 20 MR . DISRAELI . CHAP . I. He was c 2.
... was a novel ( ' Falk- land ' ) , and it proved a failure too . A man of weaker stuff would have dropped authorship ; but Bulwer had pluck and perseverance ; so he worked on , determined to succeed . 20 MR . DISRAELI . CHAP . I. He was c 2.
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... determination will do ; for Disraeli earned his position by dint of patient industry . He did not , as many young men do , having once failed , re- tire dejected , to mope and whine in a corner , but pluckily set himself to work . He ...
... determination will do ; for Disraeli earned his position by dint of patient industry . He did not , as many young men do , having once failed , re- tire dejected , to mope and whine in a corner , but pluckily set himself to work . He ...
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... determined to push his trade , announced his determination to give " A clean shave for a halfpenny . " After a few years he quitted his cellar , and became an itinerant dealer in hair . At that time wigs were worn , and this was an ...
... determined to push his trade , announced his determination to give " A clean shave for a halfpenny . " After a few years he quitted his cellar , and became an itinerant dealer in hair . At that time wigs were worn , and this was an ...
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... determined on packing up his model and removing to a less dangerous locality . He went accordingly to Not- tingham , where he applied to some of the local bankers for pecuniary assistance ; and the Messrs . Wright consented to advance ...
... determined on packing up his model and removing to a less dangerous locality . He went accordingly to Not- tingham , where he applied to some of the local bankers for pecuniary assistance ; and the Messrs . Wright consented to advance ...
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acquired action admirable afterwards amidst amongst application artist became become British called career CHAP character courage cultivated difficulties diligent Duke of Wellington duty eminent enabled energetic energy England English father Flaxman genius gentleman George Stephenson Granville Sharp habit hand Hanway highest honest honour Hugh Miller humble illustration improved indefatigable India individual industry invention John John Flaxman John Hunter JONAS HANWAY JOSIAH WEDGWOOD knowledge labour living London Lord Lord Mansfield Lord Tenterden mainly man's manufacture master means mechanical ment mind moral nature never noble observed once patient perseverance person Phipps poor possessed practical proved purpose pursuit racter remarkable replied resolution result Richard Arkwright Roderick Murchison Samuel Drew says self-culture slave society spirit Stephenson success things thought tion trade true Wedgwood Wellington whilst young youth СНАР
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Página 326 - Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in Thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And speaketh the truth in his heart.
Página 257 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Página 212 - Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire: Who comprehends his trust, and to the same, Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim...
Página 333 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Página 316 - And to this habit (after my character of integrity) I think it principally owing that I had early so much weight with my fellow-citizens when I proposed new institutions, or alterations in the old, and so much influence in public councils when I became a member; for I was but a bad speaker, never eloquent, subject to much hesitation in my choice of words, hardly correct in language: and yet I generally carried my points.
Página 303 - Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a Master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Página 6 - ... studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
Página 159 - This purpose, formed in infancy and poverty, grew stronger as his intellect expanded and as his fortune rose. He pursued his plan with that calm but indomitable force of will which was the most striking peculiarity of his character. When, under a tropical sun, he ruled fifty millions of Asiatics, his hopes, amidst all the cares of war, finance, and legislation, still pointed to Daylesford. And when his long public life, so singularly chequered with good and evil, with glory and obloquy, had at length...
Página 212 - Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim; And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state; Whom they must follow; on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna, if they come at all...
Página 222 - Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience ; you will find it a calamity. Poverty takes away so many means of doing good, and produces so much inability to resist evil, both natural and moral, that it is by all virtuous means to be avoided.