 | Cornelius Mathews - 1838 - Počet stránok 226
...selections an air of greater sententiousness and profundity, as in the following scrap of shrewd rhyme : " A man of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds: And when the weeds begin to grow, He's like a garden full of snow, *fec. At Eastchester, a spruce, spare man in a fur cap, with... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1840 - Počet stránok 608
...you may remember an ancient poet, whose works we have all studied and copied at school long ago. " A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden lull of weeds." It is pity that good works, among some sorts of people, are so little valued, and good... | |
 | Percy Society - 1841 - Počet stránok 476
...scarcely adapted for the "cars polite" of modern days. See also MS. Sloane, 406, where it is also quoted.] A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds ; And when the weeds begin to grow, It 's like a garden full of snow ; And when the snow begins to fall, It 's like a bird upon the... | |
 | Percy Society - 1841 - Počet stránok 468
...scarcely adapted for the "ears polite" of modern days. See also MS. Sloane, 406, where it is also quoted.] A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds ; And when the weeds begin to grow, It 's like a garden full of snow ; And when the snow begins to fall, It 's like a bird upon the... | |
 | 1848 - Počet stránok 800
...it will be a great advantage. Besides, to say and not perform, is sinful. There is a proverb — " A man of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds." From Preston J. came to Lancaster by the railway, and it was a very delightful ride, for the sun shone... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1843 - Počet stránok 332
...seventeenth century, but unfortunately it is scarcely adapted for the "ears polite" of modern days.] A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds ; And when the weeds begin to grow, It's like a garden full of snow ; And when the snow begins to fall, It.' s like a bird upon the... | |
 | Juvenile guide - 1844 - Počet stránok 166
...passes for wisdom. 20. Be careful not to promise more, nor boast of more than you can perform. For, " A man of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds ; " Wherein no fruits or flowers grow, But such as are both mean and low. 21. " Put not your hand to... | |
 | 1845 - Počet stránok 638
...children was promoted by having daily placed before them such excellent and saving truths as these : ' A man of words and not of deeds, is like a garden ruU c! weeds.' ' Xerxes, the great did die, and so must you and I.' ' Young Obadias, David and Josias,... | |
 | 1846 - Počet stránok 266
...seventeenth century, but unfortunately it is scarcely adapted for the " ears polite " of modern days.]. ' A MAN of words and not of deeds / Is like a garden full of weeds ; And when the weeds begin to grow, It 's like a garden full of snow ; And when the snow begins to fall, It 's like a bird upon the... | |
 | 1846 - Počet stránok 300
...seventeenth century, but unfortunately it Is scarcely adapted for the " ears polite" of modern days.] A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds; And when the weeds begin to grow, It's like a garden full of snow; And when the snow begins to fall, It's like a bird upon the... | |
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