| Henry George Bohn - 1881 - Страниц: 738
...springs Have rise at first ; and great from abject things. Hifiddlelon. Think nought a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year ; And trifles life. Young, Love of Fame, vi. 208. TRIFLER. Whether he measure earth, compute the sea, Weigh sunbeams, carve... | |
| Amanda Bartlett Harris - 1881 - Страниц: 428
...angel fair Murmured, "God doth bless with angel's care." — T. Westwood. Think naught a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life. Young. OCTOBER 4TH. Let your hands be busy In some useful way; Don't neglect your study, Don't forget... | |
| Daniel Hack Tuke - 1882 - Страниц: 632
...have seemed very inadequate for the purpose. But the poet warns us to "Think naught a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life." And does not Joseph de Maistre well say, "Aucunc grande chose n'eut de grands commencements "• —... | |
| James Melville M'Culloch - 1882 - Страниц: 442
...respecting goodness in others, though we ourselves want it. — STEELE. Think nought a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life. YOUNO. He who tells a lie is not sensible how great a task he undertakes ; for he must be forced to... | |
| Walter Baxendale - 1882 - Страниц: 212
...the actions of the day Each night before I slept." — Chatterlon. " Think nought a trifle, though it small appear — Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life." — Young. And her motlw-in-law said, Where hast thou, etc. . . . Blessed be he, etc. . , . And she... | |
| William Mathews - 1882 - Страниц: 404
...not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. — FSANKLIN. Think naught a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles, life. — YOUNG. Believe me when I tell you that thrift of time will repay you in after-life with a usury... | |
| Anthropological Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.) - 1882 - Страниц: 222
...reasons for believing that all genuine loam is produced solely by worms. " Think naught a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life!" And now, ladies and gentlemen, the limit of time which custom and a due regard for your feelings have... | |
| Voice, J. E. - 1883 - Страниц: 212
...first, and then to come with healing in His wings. — Sibbes. Trifle. Think nought a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life. — Young. Trinity, mystery of the. You believe there is such a thing as light, whether flowing from... | |
| William Mathews - 1883 - Страниц: 396
...not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. — FKANKLIN. Think naught a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles, life. — YOUNG. Believe me when I tell you that thrift of time will repay you in after-life •with a usury... | |
| Familiar quotations - 1883 - Страниц: 942
...take her tea without a stratagem. Love of Fame. Satire vi. Line 190. Think naught a trifle, though it small appear ; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year, And trifles life. Line 208. One to destroy is murder hy the law, And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe ; To murder... | |
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