Life and
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共 867 题- LIFE
- AND
- LITERATURE
- BY
- J. PURVER RICHARDSON.
- PREFACE
- DEDICATED
- AFFECTIONATELY
- TO
- MY CHILDREN
- JOHN PURVER AND ANNIE SUE,
- AND
- CONTENTS
- LIFE AND LITERATURE
- ON LEAVING, AFTER A SHORT VISIT.
- CLERICAL AFFECTATION.
- AFFLICTION.
- THE APPROACH OF AGE.
- EVIDENTLY UNSATISFACTORY.
- ALMSGIVING.
- THE AMBITIOUS MAN.
- THE QUEST OF ANCESTORS.
- MERIT FROM ANCESTORS.
- HIS CREATURES.
- THE GRACIOUS ANSWER.
- APPEARANCES OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD.
- ASKING AND BESTOWING ASSISTANCE.
- BEAUTIFUL.
- FRAGILE IS BEAUTY.
- FACTS ABOUT THE BIBLE.
- 120a
- THE BIBLE.
- YOUTH.
- GOOD BOOK-KEEPERS.
- AN EXPERIENCE AND A MORAL.
- BOOKS.
- BOOKS.
- BOOKS.
- BOOK-LENDING.
- COSTLY, YET USEFUL BOOKS.
- GRACEFUL AND GALLANT.
- PARENTAL AUTHORITY.
- THE BLIND BOY.
- THE ORPHAN BOY'S TALE.
- WHAT WE OWE TO ROBERT BURNS.
- BUSYBODIES.
- CALAMITY.
- LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
- BROTHER AND SISTER.
- THE UPRIGHT CHARACTER.
- CHARACTER SHOULD NOT BE BELOW HOME STANDARD.
- LITTLE THINGS.
- CHARITY--IN WORD ONLY.
- CHARITY.
- CHARITY.
- CHARITY--INGRATITUDE FOR.
- INASMUCH.
- UNAWARES.
- A SERMON OF MOHAMMED.
- A CHILD'S SERMON.
- A SLEEPING CHILD.
- INSCRIPTION ON MY LITTLE SON'S SILVER PLATE.
- LINES ON MY NEW CHILD-SWEETHEART.
- INASMUCH.
- THE CHILD AND THE "RISING DAY"
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHILDREN.
- A BAD EXAMPLE.
- WOULD YOU HAVE ANSWERED SO?
- MY CHILDREN.
- MY CHILDREN STILL.
- IT'S ONLY ME.
- DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST.
- LAST SUPPER.
- IS NOT THIS THE CARPENTER?
- PLENTY OF ROOM.
- HOW THE CHURCH MUST GROW.
- HOW TO WARM UP THE CHURCH.
- LATE CHURCH-GOERS.
- BOTH KEPT AWAKE IN CHURCH.
- AN IDEAL.
- COMPENSATION.
- POOR AND RICH.
- CONTENTION--AVOIDING OF.
- RURAL LIFE.
- THE COUNTRY.
- LOVE OF COUNTRY.
- THE CRITIC.
- BEREFT OF AN ONLY DAUGHTER.
- THE REPROOF OF A FOOL.
- DECISION.
- NOBLE DEEDS.
- DESTINY.
- INSCRIPTION FOR A SUN-DIAL.
- RISE ABOVE YOUR DIFFICULTIES.
- DISCONTENT.
- THE FAITHFUL DOG.
- THE ORPHAN BOY'S DREAM.
- THE RIGHT ANSWER.
- 516a
- EXTERNAL SIGNS OF EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS.
- AVOIDING THE SUGGESTION OF EVIL.
- I am endowed by God with power to conquer all evil.
- OTHER'S EYES.
- I am no longer the fool I was, I have learned by experience.
- FACE PICTURES.
- THE MOUNTAIN FLOWER.
- FAMILY REUNION.
- FAREWELL.
- MAN AND THE FARM.
- A HINT TO A FARMER.
- MY FATHER.
- MY FATHER.
- A GREAT MAN'S FAULTS.
- FAVORITISM.
- FEASTING AND FASTING.
- FIDELITY.
- MY OWN FIRESIDE.
- A FOREST IDYL.
- THE ALTERNATIVES.
- FORGIVENESS.
- FORGIVE.
- SUPPOSE YOU TRY FORGIVENESS.
- GOD IN THE HEART.
- FREEDOM WEEPS.
- TIMON'S SOLILOQUY.
- LEAVE A FRIEND.
- AN OLD RHYME.
- A FRIEND THAT STICKETH CLOSER THAN A BROTHER.
- CHOOSING FRIENDS.
- FRIENDS--PAUCITY OF
- RECOGNITION IN HEAVEN.
- FRIENDSHIP--RARITY OF.
- THE HIGHER FRIENDSHIP.
- A GENTLEMAN.
- REAL AND ARTIFICIAL GENTLEMEN.
- THE BEST GIFTS.
- THE DYING GIRL TO HER LOVER.
- ADVICE TO A GIRL.
- THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS.
- THE HOUR GLASS
- THE FATHER'S LOVE.
- THE LOVE OF GOD.
- THE GOLDEN RULE.
- GOLF AND MATRIMONY.
- TOO LATE.
- GOOD-BY.
- GRACE.
- REBUKED BY A KING.
- THANKS--FOR FAVORS.
- GRATITUDE.
- AGAINST EXCESSIVE GRIEF.
- GOD'S SURE HELP IN SORROW.
- FOOTNOTES:
- 807a
- HA AND AH!
- How use doth breed a habit in a man!--
- HOW TO CORRECT A BAD HABIT.
- INNOCENCE AND GUILT.
- ELOQUENCE OF THE HANDS.
- THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HAND.
- TRUE HAPPINESS.
- A HAPPY COUPLE.
- I am almost frozen by the distance you are from me.
- HEALTH.
- A BROKEN HEART.
- PARTING.
- A ROYAL HEART.
- IS IT INSTINCT?
- MY HEART.
- DISSENSION BETWEEN HEARTS.
- HEAVEN.
- 868a
- THE DELIGHTS OF HEAVEN.
- BELIEVE AND LIVE.
- IS THAT ALSO THINE?
- THE BETTER LAND.
- HOME.
- DEFINITIONS OF "HOME."
- ONE'S OWN HOME.
- HOME--DEVOID OF LOVE.
- THAT LAND THY COUNTRY.
- TRUE NATURE OF HOME.
- THE WANDERER'S RETURN.
- HOME.
- GIVE GOOD MEASURE.
- COMMERCIAL HONESTY.
- REUBEN AND SANDY.
- JUDICIAL HONOR.
- HOSPITALITY.
- HOME.
- CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE.
- HUSBAND--EXCELLENCIES OF A.
- WHAT A SONG DID.
- LONGING AFTER IMMORTALITY.
- LIVING WITHIN OUR INCOME.
- BEGIN IT.
- INDEPENDENCE--CHECKED.
- THE INEVITABLE.
- THE NEW-COMER.
- NO ONE SHOULD BE BLAMED FOR HIS INFIRMITIES.
- PERSONAL INFLUENCE.
- HIS MOTHER'S INFLUENCE.
- POLITICAL INTEGRITY.
- MOTHER'S JEWELS.
- JOY.
- A CONSCIENTIOUS JUDGE.
- GRATITUDE OF AN INDIAN CHIEF.
- KINDNESS TO INSECTS.
- DEFINITIONS OF A KISS.
- KISSING--PROPRIETY OF.
- FOOTNOTES:
- LABOR.
- LABOR.
- A LABORING SCARECROW.
- ADVICE TO A YOUNG LADY.
- SCOTCH STUDENT AS LAMPLIGHTER.
- ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE.
- FOLLY OF GOING TO LAW.
- REQUISITES FOR GOING TO LAW.
- LEAVING THE LAWYERS A MARGIN.
- LAWYERS.
- Who swallows quick, can chew but little. (Applied to learning.)
- AUTUMN LEAVES.
- GENERAL LEE'S REPLY.
- FOR LIBERALITY.
- LIBERALITY.
- LIFE--DIFFERENT AGES OF.
- NOT A CANDIDATE.
- THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET.
- LIFE.
- LIFE--EVANESCENCE OF.
- HUMAN LIFE.
- A MISSION FOR EVERY ONE.
- YOUTH, MANHOOD, OLD AGE.
- LIFE REPRESENTED BY A NEWSPAPER.
- THE HAPPIEST LIFE.
- THE THREE LOOKS.
- LOVE.
- WHAT!
- LIFE WITHOUT LOVE.
- LOVE.
- FORGET THEE?
- THE MAIDEN IN LOVE.
- MORE THAN HIS SHARE.
- LOVE.
- ONE WHO LOVES.
- THE TRAGEDY OF FICKLE LOVE.
- OH, NO! WE NEVER MENTION HIM.
- MARTIN LUTHER AND HIS FRIENDS.
- LUXURY.
- A MAIDEN'S LAMENT.
- AN OLD MAN OF ACUTE PHYSIOGNOMY.
- MAN.
- MAN--ASSUMPTIONS OF.
- MAN.
- LIFE AND DEATH.
- THE UNPUNCTUAL MAN.
- NO.
- I am almost frozen by the distance you are from me.
- MANNERS.
- A MAIDEN'S TRUST IN MARRIAGE.
- ON A WEDDING DAY.
- A SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT.
- MARRIAGE,--CHOICE IN.
- THE NEWLY WEDDED.
- COMPANIONSHIP IN MARRIAGE.
- THE MARRIAGE VOW.
- MATRIMONY.
- MATRIMONY.
- FROM A WORK ENTITLED "SKETCHES OF PERSIA."
- Respect and protect the females of thy family."
- ABBOTSFORD.
- MEN--UNLUCKY.
- YOUNG MEN.
- MAN--THE CHILD OF MERCY.
- MERCY.
- MERCY.
- FRIENDS IN NEED.
- MIND.
- RESIGNATION.
- DUTY OF MINISTERS.
- CONSTANTINE AND THE MISER.
- MODERATION.
- THE CHARM OF MODULATION.
- A MONEY-LENDER.
- THE POWER OF MONEY.
- MOON.
- WHILE MOTHER WAS AWAY.
- THE DARING OF A MOTHER.
- FUNERAL OF A MOTHER.
- A MOTHER'S LOVE.
- MOTHERS AND MEN.
- MOTHER.
- MY MOTHER.
- A MOTHER'S EXAMPLE.
- A MOTHER'S SORROWS.
- THE MOTHER'S HOPE.
- TURF FROM MY MOTHER'S GRAVE.
- NATURE.
- A BIRD'S NEST.
- IMPORTANT.
- A CLEVER "TURN."
- WORDS.
- SELF-CONFIDENCE.
- OPPORTUNITY.
- OPPORTUNITY.
- OPPRESSORS--EVERYWHERE.
- ALL FOOLS NOW.
- PARTING.
- PARTING FROM FRIENDS.
- Every one utters the word "past" with more emotion than "future."
- HOW TO WAKE THE PEOPLE.
- SCOTTISH PERSEVERANCE.
- THE FATE OF PETITIONS.
- NAME OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
- MY FIRST PATIENT.
- THE BREVITY OF PLEASURES.
- ONE WAY OF AVOIDING PNEUMONIA.
- A BUDDING CHESTERFIELD.
- TRUE POLITENESS.
- THE COMPLAINTS OF THE POOR.
- ONE "ALWAYS RIGHT;" THE OTHER, "NEVER WRONG."
- CONCEALING POVERTY.
- POVERTY.
- PRAISE.
- DIRECTED IN A DREAM.
- A PRAYER "FOR ABSENT RELATIVES AND FRIENDS."
- NO ROOF ON THE HOUSE.
- A QUAINT OLD PRAYER.
- YESTERDAY, TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW.
- ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PRINCIPLES.
- FULFILMENT OF A PROPHESY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- JAPANESE PROVERBS.
- 1607a
- PUNCTUALITY AS A VIRTUE.
- CONSUMPTION OF THE PURSE.
- THE BEST TIME TO QUARREL.
- WHEN IT RAINS.
- THE PESSIMIST.
- THE OPTIMIST.
- Relaxation above produces remissness below. (In authority.)
- REPENTANCE.
- PERFECT RESIGNATION.
- REST.
- OUR PRESENT NEED.
- RUSKIN MEETS SOME TOURISTS.
- OPULENCE.
- SABBATH.
- SALT.
- A NAME ON THE SEA SAND.
- EMULATION IN A SCHOOL.
- THE DAME--SCHOOL.
- FOOTNOTES:
- EARLY TRIALS OF DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS.
- THOUGHTS AT SEA.
- CONCEIT OF SELF REBUKED.
- SELF-DENIAL.
- A CRUSHING ARGUMENT AGAINST MANUSCRIPT SERMONS.
- They urged, "What gars ye tak' up your bit papers to the pu'pit?"
- PREACHING.
- A SCOTCH PREACHER.
- THE BEST SERMONS.
- THE LOST SHEEP.
- A HAPPY USE OF SINGING.
- SLANDER AND EVIL SPEAKING.
- SLAVERY.
- A RESTFUL PREACHER.
- MYSTERY OF SLEEP.
- SMILES ALWAYS ATTRACTIVE.
- WHEN ADAM SMITH PROPOSED.
- LONGING FOR SOLITUDE.
- TO MY DEAR SON.
- TO MY SON.
- HIS FATHER'S ABILITY.
- BRIEF PULSATIONS OF JOY.
- SOMEWHERE.
- STORY OF A STANZA.
- MAN'S LITTLENESS IN PRESENCE OF THE STARS.
- THE PASSING STRANGER.
- FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
- SUCCESSFUL MEN WHO WERE NOT RICH.
- FOR LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS TO KNOW.
- A GOOD TEST.
- I LAY IN SORROW, DEEP DISTRESSED.
- TEARS--SILENCE OF
- ONE VIEW OF THEATRES.
- THUNDER.--A LOVER OF
- FOOTNOTES:
- ONE WAY OF ACQUIRING A TITLE.
- INFLUENCES OF FOREIGN TRAVEL.
- THE BEECH TREE'S PETITION.
- TROUBLE.
- PERFECT TRUST AND RESIGNATION.
- TRUTH, CONTRASTED WITH FALSEHOOD.
- ILL-JUDGING.
- TRUE TO TRUTH.
- TRUTH.
- A TOUCHING SCENE AT SEA.
- REWARD OF TRUTHFULNESS.
- SPEAK GENTLY.
- TRIUMPH OF VICISSITUDES.
- THE TONE OF VOICE.
- PALACE AND SWEATSHOP.
- OUR WANTS.
- A BEAUTIFUL CHERRY TREE.
- EXPLANATION OF THE WATER-CURE.
- Dig a well before you are thirsty. (Be prepared against contingencies.)
- A RECOMMENDATION.
- ADVICE TO A WIFE.
- I AM YOUR WIFE.
- THE WIFE.
- A GOOD WIFE.
- HUSBAND AND WIFE.
- WIFE.
- WIFE.
- WILLS.
- A WOMAN'S QUESTION.
- A WOMAN'S NOBLEST STATION.
- TAKE TO THE WOODS.
- RASH, ANGRY WORDS.
- AN ILL-TEMPERED LETTER.
- YOUTH AND OLD AGE.
- I am often tired in, but never of, my work.
- THE TENT.
- FROM "EVERY DAY CHRISTIAN LIFE."
- IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDING PUBLIC WORSHIP.
- HANDWRITING--NATIONALITY OF.
- YOUTH.
- YOUTH AND AGE.
- YOUTH.
- INDEX
- Abilities, No man's, are so remarkably, 1
- Absence, Pains of, wiped away, 2
- Abuse, Weapon of vulgar, 3
- Acorns, It is told of Admiral Collingwood, 4
- Acting, World practices, 11
- Actor, Compared with preacher, 19
- Adieu, Sweet, bids return, 20
- Affections, Sad to see them changed, 38
- Affronts, Young men soon give, 42
- Alcides, No equal but himself, 55
- Alone, What stamps the wrinkles deepest, 58
- Alphabet, Hawaiian in 1886, 59
- Ambition, Man of, has many masters, 60
- Amiability, Easy, when, 61
- Amusements, The mind ought, 64
- Ancestor, Merit of, effect of, on descendant, 65
- Answer, A gracious, 83
- Anxiety, The poison of human life, 84
- Appearances, Often misleading, instance of, 88
- Appetite, Riches cannot buy, 89
- Applause, To love it, praiseworthy, 90
- Apples, Good medicine, 91
- Appointments, May be given, but, etc., 92
- Approbation, If general, 93
- Arbitration, Makes an enemy, or a friend, 94
- Argument, Contend not with a fool, etc., 95
- Assistance, Asking and bestowing, 96
- Associates, Live not too near to, 97
- Association, Produces like characters, 98
- Audience, Interesting or fatiguing, it, 99
- Beautiful, The, never desolate, 100
- Bed, The, heaven to the weary head, 107
- Believe, Men generally, what, 108
- Benefactors, The kindest, 109
- Beneficent, A, person is like a fountain, 110
- Benevolence, Human, not always pure, 114
- Bereavement, Effect on heart, 115
- Betrothed, How to know him, 116
- Bird, "A little bird told me," origin of expression, 121
- Birds, Old, are hard to, 122
- Birthday, Has different sounds to different ages, 125
- Blessings, Those who give them, keep them, 126
- Boaster, World has no use for, 127
- Bore, Who is in society, 139
- Borrowers, What some do, 140
- Boys, What they should learn, 150
- Brain, (Mind), good to polish, 151
- Bread, Eaten, soon forgotten, 152
- Burdened, The, respect them,--Napoleon, 160
- Burns, Robert, what we owe to him, 163
- Busybodies, Know all things, 169
- Buyer, The, depreciates, etc., 170
- By-and-by, Road to, leads where, 171
- Calamity, Do not insult, etc., 172
- Can't, I, does nothing, 173
- Capacity, Deplorable, when, 176
- Care, Carry not to bed with you, 179
- Cares, Put them off, 180
- Cat, To win a, and lose a, 181
- Censure, Of one, makes two cordial, 186
- Certainty, That which has happened, 189
- Chalmers, Rev. Dr., in London, 190
- Chance, Heaven and earth not made by, 191
- Charitable, Give, and God repays, 211
- Cheat, On whom shame first time, 230
- Cheek, The, is apter to tell, 231
- Cheer, Speak word of, to the living, 232
- Chide, A friend in private, and, 236
- Childhood, Indicates the man, 262
- Christianity, No civilization without, 315
- Christmas, When truly merry, 316
- Circumstances, Men are dependent on, 327
- Clergyman, In city, what must have, 330
- Clock, An ideal example of work, 331
- College, Enter as early as possible, 334
- Company, Pleasant, shortens miles, 337
- Complain, Every one must see daily, 340
- Consistency, Thou art a, 365
- Constancy, None in earthly things, 366
- Conversion, Better to turn than to stray, 399
- Converses, He who, with no one, 400
- Corrupts, As rust, iron, so envy, 401
- Corporations, No souls have, etc., 402
- Corruption, A tree dropping infections, 403
- Cottage, When better than a palace, 404
- Counsellors, In many, safety, 408
- Courage, Want of, loss by, 419
- Covetousness, Keeps the eyes on the ground, 426
- Coward, Threatens when, 427
- Cradle, The hand that rocks the, 428
- Criticism, Fascinating to people of small caliber, 432
- Critics, Ready made, etc., 433
- Culture, The, of a man, 434
- Curiosity, All kneel before its altar, 435
- Custom, Forms us all, 436
- Day, Let it not slip uselessly away, 439
- Dead, He mourns, etc., 440
- Debt, Happiness to be out of, 445
- Debts, Avoid paying, by not making, 446
- Decay, Wealth and power not immortal, 447
- Decision, Of character, requires use, 448
- Deformity, Mock not at, 452
- Delicacy, True, exhibits itself, how, 455
- Demeanor, Be natural, etc., 456
- Dependents, Duty to, 457
- Descent, Honorable, is in all nations, 458
- Design, Think on means, etc., 459
- Desire, Increased with acquisitions, 460
- Destiny, Like ships on ocean, 461
- Dial, Sun, inscription for, 462
- Difficulties, Rise above your, 463
- Digestion, Mostly occurs in the mouth, 464
- Dignity, True, exists, how, 465
- Disappointment, All have met, and will meet, 466
- Discreet, Be, in all things, and so, 471
- Discretion, Thy friend's friend has a friend, 472
- Dishonest, The, woe to, etc., 473
- Disposition, No man's will alter, 474
- Distrustful, Be deceived, rather than, 477
- Doctor, The, when some adore him, some slight him, 478
- Doubt, If in, don't, 482
- Doubts, Traitors are, 483
- Dream, The orphan boy's, 484
- Dreams, Children of night and indigestion, 485
- Dun, Derivation of the word, 492
- Easy, Nothing is, to the unwilling, 503
- Efforts, All difficult, nearly, before easy, 517
- Eloquence, In tone, eye, etc., as in words, 518
- Emotion, External signs of, 519
- Enemy, Do good to, as a friend, 522
- Ever too near, 523
- Englishmen, Cold to strangers,--Dr. Johnson, 524
- Equals, Where all should be, 527
- Equivocation, First cousin to lie, 528
- Etiquette, Good taste rejects, excessive nicety, 532
- Events, Preceded by certain signs, 533
- Example, Given, must be tolerated, 545
- Examples, Noble, excite to noble deeds, 546
- Excuse, Accuses maker of, 547
- Exercise, Dispenses with physic, 548
- Extravagance, Keeps pace with prosperity, 551
- Fail, The surest way not to, 555
- Faithfulness, Encouraged by trustfulness, 561
- Familiarity, Mistake to indulge in, 564
- Faultless, Ne'er was, is, nor will be, 577
- Favoritism, Effect of, on children, 586
- Favors, One likes better to, 587
- Feast, What makes the best, 588
- Feelings, When too fine, 591
- Fidelity, True as needle to pole, etc., 592
- Fireside, My own, 593
- Fish, All that a, drinks, 594
- Force, Where it prevails, right dies, 612
- Foresight, Be not stingy of seed corn, 613
- Forest, An idyl of, 614
- Forget, Ability to, token of greatness, 615
- Free-thinker, One rebuked, 641
- Fruit, Good, never comes from, 721
- Fun, Nothing like it sometimes, 722
- Gains, No pains, no, 733
- Girls, How they should be educated, 753
- Give, No one can, 754
- Gladness, Not to all who dance, 755
- Glass, The hour, emblem of life, 756
- Golf, A rival to matrimony, instance of, 767
- Good-bye, Better than farewell, etc., 776
- Goodness, The sign of, 777
- Good-night, To all and each, 778
- Gospel, The cross is the guarantee, 779
- Governors, If families have no sons devoted to, 785
- Governs, He best who, 786
- Great, Desertion of the, 797
- Grumbling, Rebuked, instance of, 805
- Guilt, Cowardly always, 806
- Ha, Contrasted with Ah, 808
- Hand, To stop the, is the way to, 821
- History, Is little more than, 877
- Hook or Crook, By, derivation of, 917
- Hospitality, May give joy and honor, 930
- Hours, All our sweetest, 931
- Houses, Built to live in, etc., 937
- Household, What is an unhappy one, 938
- Humble, Full the, there is, 941
- Hymn, What one hymn accomplished, 950
- Ideas, Like beards, grown men have them, 953
- Imitation, Sign of esteem, 966
- Immortality, Man's longing after, 967
- Impertinence, Who guilty of, 968
- Importance, Self, as of, etc., 969
- Imports, Should be more than exports, 970
- Improvement, All not susceptible of, 971
- Inaction, It is better to have nothing to do, 972
- Inclinations, Men of all ages, have, 973
- Inconstancy, Expressed by Shakespeare, 976
- Inconsistency, Mankind made up of, 977
- Indecision, Lose this day loitering, 978
- Indigestion, Financial, sign of, 981
- Individuals, Qualities of, 982
- Industry, Makes the best gown, 983
- Inevitable, The, bear with a smile, 984
- Infirmities, Blame not one, for, 987
- Ingratitude, Common to hate benefactors, 990
- Inheritance, Thine, how to enter on it, 991
- Injuries, Write thine in the dust, 992
- Ink, Power of, 997
- Innocent, Better to be deceived, than to accuse the, 1001
- Intolerance, Index of weakness, 1009
- Irresolution, Don't stand upon, 1010
- Johnson, Samuel, on marriage, 1017
- Joke, Risk not one with ill-bred, 1018
- Judge, A conscientious, 1019
- Just, Any time proper to say what is, 1025
- Kissing, Some say that, 1051
- Knox, John, eulogy on, 1062
- Laborer, How he works by the day, 1069
- Lady, Young, advice to, 1070
- Lamplighter, Scotch student as, 1071
- Langsyne, Sweet to remember, 1072
- Language, Origin of, 1073
- Laughing, Overmuch, have aching heart, 1077
- Laziness, Begins in cobwebs, ends in chains, 1096
- Learned, May be taught, 1097
- Leaves, Autumn, lines on, 1102
- Legacy, Who watches for, like a raven, 1105
- Leisure, Sweet, if earned, 1106
- Libraries, Wardrobes of literature, 1111
- Listen, Be always ready to, 1151
- Listener, Poor, who is, 1152
- Litigation, Uncertainty of, certain, 1153
- Little, By little, if oft done, 1154
- Loneliness, What most lonely, 1155
- Looks, The three, of men, 1156
- Lost, The things, where we seek it, 1157
- Luxury, Cost of, may help industrious poor, 1194
- Magnanimous, He who is too much afraid of, 1195
- Maiden, Lament of, lines on, 1196
- Mansion, Be not inferior to thine, 1281
- Married, A girl should look happy, 1304
- Marshall, Chief Justice, anecdote of, 1305
- Maxims, From the Persian, 1313
- Meals, The, which are eaten in, 1314
- Meat, How poor, and rich get, 1315
- Melancholy, Johnson said of, 1316
- Merry, All not who dance lightly, 1341
- Metaphysics, Peculiar definition of, 1342
- Method, Teaches to win time, 1343
- Methodists, Noteworthy characteristic of, 1344
- Might, If right, right not upright, 1345
- Ministers, Of God, chief duty of, 1363
- Mirth, Ounce of, worth more, etc., 1364
- Misery, No thoroughly occupied man has, 1370
- Model, Copy not self, 1379
- Moderation, Lines on,--Cowper, 1380
- Modulation, Tis not enough the voice be, 1381
- Natures, Vulgar, handle firmly, 1432
- Neglect, Unmerited, a sharp sting, 1433
- Neighbors, Duty towards, 1437
- Nest, A bird's, 1438
- New, There is nothing new under the sun, 1439
- News, He bold is, who brings, 1440
- Nicknames, Which stick best, 1441
- No, Learn to say, 1445
- Nothing, By doing, we learn to, 1448
- Novelty, The young are fond of, 1449
- Numbers, Easily impress us, 1450
- Oats, Reply to Dr. Johnson's definition of, 1451
- Obscurity, People newly out of, etc., 1458
- Obstinacy, Is will asserting itself, 1459
- Ocean, The abode of the British, 1462
- Odd, Peculiar people, disagreeable, 1463
- Offense, How people oftenest offend, 1464
- Omissions, No less than commissions, 1467
- Oppressors, There are sharks in the ocean, 1481
- Orators, All, are dumb, when beauty, 1482
- Path, Beaten, safe one, 1497
- Pearl, Often hidden in ugly shell, 1498
- Pen, The tongue of the mind, 1499
- People, How to wake them, 1500
- Perfection, Not in this world, 1501
- Permanence, As the sun's shadow shifts, 1502
- Persistence, Necessity of, 1505
- Petitions, Strengthened by gold, 1506
- Phillips, Wendall, anecdote of, 1509
- Physic, For the most part, is, 1514
- Pity, Godlike, acted on, 1515
- Plants, Fresh and fair, when, 1516
- Pneumonia, One way of avoiding, 1525
- Poets, Modern, mix water with milk, 1526
- Politics, Are now, 1532
- Portraits, Husband and wife, mottoes under, 1543
- Position, Not every easy, is soft, 1544
- Practice, Strange, if what one preaches, 1553
- Prejudice, Opinions, most violent, 1570
- Prejudices, Who full of, 1571
- Presents, Many delight more in, 1574
- Pretence, Makes people nothing, 1575
- Prevention, An ounce of, is worth, 1576
- Procrastination, Effect of, 1583
- Professions, Without practice, worthless, 1584
- Profit, Not always an honor, 1585
- Progress, None for the slothful, 1586
- Promises, To keep, make not many, 1590
- Property, When not wise to give away, 1591
- Prophecy, Fullfilment of a, 1592
- Propose, Let those who, 1593
- Prospects, Distant, please us, 1594
- Proselyte, We love a, 1604
- Proverbs, Japanese, 1605
- Purposes, If not hatched, they decay, 1611
- Quakerwise, Instance of, 1615
- Quarrels, Have nothing to do with, 1619
- Question, Should be rational, 1620
- Rain, Ideas of pessimist and optimist of, 1621
- Rank, Quote not thy high birth, 1622
- Reading, Attempt not too much, 1623
- Recreation, Necessary to human nature, 1628
- Regret, Folly to shiver over, 1629
- Relaxation, Above, produces, 1630
- Reproof, A gentle, anecdote of Wesley, 1641
- Reputation, Man known by his, 1642
- Resignation, It is reported of a person, 1643
- Right, When one can do as he pleases, 1674
- Rising, Late, effect of, 1675
- Road, To wish for anything that is, 1676
- Robbery, What is not, 1677
- Roof, One, and two winds, 1678
- Root, Water and protect the, 1679
- Rose, Worth an empire, when, 1680
- Royalty, A feather in the cap, 1681
- Rudeness, There cannot be a greater, 1682
- Rumor, No, wholly dies, once, 1683
- Safety, Better a little in, 1688
- Said, More can be, in one minute, 1689
- Salt, Where a luxury, 1690
- Sand, Name on that of the sea, 1691
- Scholars, Early trials of, 1695
- Scotland, Climate of, etc., 1696
- See, Old people, best in the, 1700
- Self-interest, Is but the survival, 1745
- Self-praise, May be used but little, 1748
- Sermons, Best, to ourselves by ourselves, 1755
- Severe, Oh ponder well! 1756
- Shadows, We are--we pursue, 1757
- Shepherd, The good, and the lost sheep, 1758
- Sight, Out of, out of, 1761
- Silver, Plated, sarcasm for pretence, 1770
- Simplicity, Old, now rare, 1771
- Sincerity, Mislead not others, 1774
- Singing, Happy use of, 1775
- Sinks, He who stands stiff, 1776
- Slave, When one is, 1779
- Smith, Adam, anecdote of, 1801
- Smoke, Turned into gold, 1802
- Solitude, Longing for, etc., 1810
- Something, Do, however small, 1811
- Son-in-law, What gained or lost by, 1818
- Spend, Less than thou, 1837
- Spendthrift, Slave of others, 1838
- Stanza, Story of a, 1839
- Stomach, Empty, effect of, on wisdom, 1843
- Storm, Most violent, soonest over, 1844
- Summer-day, The, endures not ever, 1861
- Superiors, The ways of, are generally, 1866
- Swimming, Easy when held up, 1867
- System, A saver of time, 1874
- Tact, Shown in addressing at proper time, 1875
- Tardiness, Rebuke of, by Washington, 1885
- Taste, Cost, takes away, 1886
- Teaching, Learning twice, 1887
- Tear, Nothing dies sooner than, 1888
- Theatre, Opinion of, by some actors, 1901
- Theory, Worth less, than practice, 1902
- Thumb, It is said the, is stronger, 1912
- Thunder, Reason for liking to hear it, 1913
- Tickling, There is scarcely anyone, 1914
- Title, A peculiar way of acquiring, 1924
- Tobacco, What animals use, 1925
- To-day, Live, love and labor in, 1926
- Told, What cannot be, 1929
- Tourist, Some too busy traveling, to see, 1940
- Treasures, Hid in sand, instance of, 1948
- Trials, The greater, the more glory to overcome, 1951
- Trust, Perfect, instance of, 1956
- Truthfulness, Reward of, 1975
- Twilight, Nature hath appointed, 1976
- Unexpected, The, often happens, 1977
- Unfinished, The, is, 1978
- Unknown, The, often magnified, 1982
- Unreasonable, Things, never durable, 1983
- Unwritten, That alone belongs to thee, 1984
- Vicissitudes, But yesterday, the word of Caesar, 1985
- Village, I had rather be the, 1986
- Wages, Of palace and sweatshop, 1993
- Washington, George, story of cherry tree, 1997
- Water-cure, About three-fourths of the weight, 2001
- Wealthy, Many a lout is, 2007
- Weeping, Some satisfaction to grief, 2008
- Well, Dig a, before you are, 2013
- Whittier, Humorous lines by, 2014
- Wicked, Who sows thorns, should wear shoes, 2015
- Wills, What you leave at death, 2034
- Winter, Finds out what, 2037
- Wish, He who pursues, 2041
- Wishes, No avail without service, 2042
- Wishing, Worst of all employments, 2043
- Wit, Not found in beating the brain, 2044
- Witness, Eye, outweighs others, 2045
- Woe, None greater than, etc., 2046
- Woes, By telling our, 2047
- Woods, Take to, if worn, etc., 2064
- Worship, Public, necessary to religion, 2110
- Wrath, Soft answer turneth away, 2111
- Wretched, Call not that man, who, 2112
- Wrinkles, A good life, 2113
- Writ, What is, is, 2114
- Yankee, Derivation of the word, 2120
- Yawn, Why does one, make another? 2121
- Young, The, speak gently to, 2124
- Zeal, Excessive, better than none, 2134
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