 | William Otter - 1824 - Počet stránok 700
...D'Oyly, in 1816, " I senectute, for I knock up sometimes with my duty at Harlton. Yet I have lived to know that the great secret of human happiness is...have too many ; poker, tongs, and all — keep them all going." Nor was it in truth so much the number and variety of his employments that broke down his... | |
 | Počet stránok 496
...was unwilling to decline any fresh imposition of labour. " I have lived," he writes to a friend, " to know that the great secret of human happiness is...have too many ; poker, tongs, and all — keep them all going." ants happening to differ as to the nature of his ailment, prescribed different medicines,... | |
 | 1827 - Počet stránok 616
...her reason entire to the last. Activity.— "I have lived," said the indefatigable Dr. ED Clarke, " to know, that the great secret of human happiness...abominable lie. You cannot have too many ; poker, tonge, a*" -" keep them all going." ffl Monument to rrnnkii*.— On the 15th of June the Aral stone... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1828 - Počet stránok 492
...another eminent individual of indefatigahle application, the late Dr. RD Clarke, who said, "I have lived to know that the great secret of human happiness is...have too many; poker, tongs, and all — keep them all going." Second Address to the Members of the Corporation of Surgeons of London, 1800. Song of Songs,... | |
 | 1828 - Počet stránok 488
...he could return his visits, and dispense with his medicine. , " I HAVE lived," said Dr. ED Clarke, " to know that the great secret of human happiness is this : never suffer your enereies to stagnate.— The old adage of too many irons in the fire," conveys an abominable lie. You... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - Počet stránok 348
...another eminent individual of indefatigable application, the late Dr. ED Clarke, who said, "I have lived to know that the great secret of human happiness is this : — Never tuifer your energies to stagnate. The old adage of ' Too many irons in lie fire,' conveys an abominable... | |
 | 1832 - Počet stránok 548
...avoided their visits daring the night. jMrenturr.* an Columbia river. 1 1 have lived,' said Dr. ED Clark, ' to know that the great secret of human happiness...suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage of " loo many irons in the fire," conveys an abominable lie. You cannot have too many — pokers, tongs,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1834 - Počet stránok 480
...eminent individual of indefatigable application, the late Dr. ED Clarke, who said, " I have lived to know the great secret of human happiness is this, — never...have too many ; poker, tongs, and all — keep them all going." Hence we find him at one and the same time engaged in acquiring several distinct languages... | |
 | 1834 - Počet stránok 602
...passed from one pursuit to another. " I have lived to know," he says in a letter to Dr. D'Oyley, " thai the great secret of human happiness is this: — never...suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage," he adds, " of ' too many irons in the fire,' conveys an abominable He. You cannot have too many ; poker,... | |
 | John Todd - 1835 - Počet stránok 406
...like that of the indefatigable, but somewhat .eccentric Dr. Clarke, who said, " I have lived to know the great secret of human happiness is this, — never...have too many ; poker, tongs, and all — keep them all going." This habit of keeping the mind employed, will soon destroy the common habit of reverie.... | |
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I have lived," said Dr. Adam Clarke, " long enough to know that the great secret of human happiness is this : never suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage of " too many irons in the fire, 
