 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - عدد الصفحات: 260
...principles. The changing times and seasons, the removing and setting up kings, belong to Providence alone. The middle station of life seems to be the most advantageously situated for gaining of wisdom. Poverty turns our thoughts too much upon the supplying our wants ; and riches, upon... | |
 | Brandon Turner - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 258
...fearing to be surrounded on all sides, wheeled about and halted, with the river on their backs." — Id. Poverty turns our thoughts too much upon the supplying...wants ; and riches upon enjoying our superfluities. EXAMPLES FOR PARSING. CHAP. VIII. SYNTACTICAL. In the Eighth Chapter are exemplified the Exceptions... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 262
...principles. The changing times and seasons, the removing and settmg up kings, belong to Providence alone. The middle station of life seems to be the most advantageously situated for gaining of wisdom. Poverty turns our thoughts too much upon the supplying our wants ; and riches, upon... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 204
...peace." 1 He prepared them for this event, by the sending to them proper information." situated for gaining of wisdom. Poverty turns our thoughts too much upon the supplying our wants ; and riches upon the enjoying our superfluities." " A person may be great or rich " Pliny,... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 202
...peace." 1 He prepared them forthis event, by the sending to them proper information." situated for gaining of wisdom. Poverty turns our thoughts too much upon the supplying our wants; and riches upon the enjoj'ing our superfluities." " A person may be great or rich " Pliny,... | |
 | Lindley MURRAY, Charlotte KENNION - 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 180
...may be rich or great by chance ; but he cannot be wise or good without the taking pains for it. 4. The middle station of life seems to be the most advantageously situated for gaining of wisdom. Poverty turns our thoughts too much upon the supplying our wants ; and riches upon... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 144
...pains for it. Nothing could have made her so unhappy, as marrying a man who possessed such principles. The middle station of life seems to be the most advantageously situated for gaining wisdom. Poverty turns our thoughts too much upon supplying our wants ; and riches upon enjoying... | |
 | Peter Bullions - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 252
...communications corrupts good manners. Hannibal was one of the greatest generals whom the world ever saw. The middle station of life seems to be the most advantageously situated for gaining of wisdom. 8. These are the rules of grammar, by the observing which you may avoid mistakes.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 252
...principles. The changing times and seasons, the removing and setting up kings, belong to Providence alone. The middle station of life seems to be the most advantageously situated for gaining of wisdom. Poverty turns our thoughts too much upon the supplying our wants ; and riches, upon... | |
 | Stephen W. q (Stephen Watkins) Clark - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 242
...preposition. EXAMPLES—" In the BEGINNING." " I return to your INVITING me to your forests."—Pope. " Poverty turns our thoughts too much upon the sUPPLYING of our wants: Riches, upon ENJOYING our superfluities." Addison. NOTE II. A Participle used as a JVoun, ie, as the... | |
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The middle condition seems to be the most advantageously situated for the gaining of wisdom. Poverty turns our thoughts too much upon the supplying of our wants, and riches upon enjoying our superfluities ; and, as Cowley has said in another case, " It... 
