Overdoing a thing-, they call " a hunchback making a bow." — A spendthrift they compare to "a rocket,'' which goes off at once. — Those who expend their charity on remote objects, but neglect their family, are said to " hang a lantern on a pole,"... The Youth's Dayspring - Página 401850Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Sir John Francis Davis - 1836 - 582 páginas
...falling into a scale, and weighing itself." — Overdoing a thing-, they call " a hunchback making a bow." — A spendthrift they compare to "a rocket,''...pole," which is seen afar, but gives no light below. But to return to their regular literature, of which histories may be said to occupy the second class,... | |
| Sir John Francis Davis - 1836 - 478 páginas
...falling into a scale, and weighing itself." — Overdoing a thing, they call " a hunchback making a bow." — A spendthrift they compare to "a rocket,''...on a pole, which is seen afar, but gives no light helow. But to return to their regular literature, of which histories may be said to occupy the second... | |
| sir John Francis Davis (1st bart.) - 1836 - 484 páginas
...falling into a scale, and weighing itself." — Overdoing a thing, they call " a hunchback making a bow." — A spendthrift they compare to "a rocket,''...charity on remote objects, but neglect their family, * Dr. Milne remarked the similitude to Proverbs xxv. 3. " The heaven for height, and the earth for... | |
| Sir John Francis Davis - 1840 - 422 páginas
...falling into a scale, and weighing itself." — Overdoing a thing, they call " a hunchback making a bow."— A spendthrift they compare to " a rocket,"...pole," which is seen afar, but gives no light below. But to return to their regular literature, of which histories may be said to occupy the second class,... | |
| Sir John Francis Davis - 1840 - 486 páginas
...Overdoing a thing, they call " a hunchback making a bow." — A spendthrift they compare to' " a rocket,'1 which goes off at once. — Those who expend their...pole, which is seen afar, but gives no light below. But to return to their regular literature, of which histories may be said to occupy the second class,... | |
| 1874 - 898 páginas
...a rat falling into a scale and weighing itself.' Overdoing a thing they call 'a hunchback making a bow.' A spendthrift they compare to 'a rocket,' which...pole,' which is seen afar, but gives no light below." From The Leisure Hour. TEN POINTS OF A GOOD WIFE. ROBERT BURNS, the Scottish poet, speaking of the... | |
| 640 páginas
...thing, they call " a hunchback making a bow." A spendthrift they compare to a rocket which goes olf at once. Those who expend their charity on remote...pole, which is seen afar but gives no light below." ANALOGIES FOR A CHRISTIAN. THE swan subdues the eagle when he attacks her on her own element ; so the... | |
| 564 páginas
..." rat falliug into a scale and weighing itself." Overdoing a thing they call "a hunchback making a bow." A spendthrift they compare to a rocket which...pole, which is seen afar, but gives no light below." A Pun NOT IN JOE MILLER. — An elderly gentleman, who was remarkable for the frequent and successful... | |
| Tracts for the people - 1847 - 800 páginas
...thing they call " a hunchback making a bow." A spendthrift they compare to a rocket which goes- off af once. Those who expend their charity on remote objects,...said, to "hang a lantern on a pole, which, is seen afw, but gives no light belovr." MAREIAGH :BY TELEOKAPH.-t-The'Aiherican journals report a »tory;... | |
| sir John Francis Davis (1st bart.) - 1851 - 584 páginas
...emperor, and absorbed in him." thrift they compare to " a rocket," which goes off at once.—Those who expend their charity on remote objects, but neglect...pole," which is seen afar, but gives no light below. The same writer quotes a native authority in support of that scepticism regarding the earlier or mythological... | |
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