...predominant, by their likenefs to fome known fcnown weeds or flowers, in fotne certain property or other. ^.4 man of words and not of deeds, is like a garden full of ivreds, fays my motto, lafmcerity is, indeed, a very thriving plant: But it grows in different men,...

...and my various attributes, my friends may bo inclined to remind me of the terse nnd apposite adage: " A man of words, and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds ;" And, at the sanie time, caution me against blasting their expectation« (I here speak as though...

...wife. The higher the plum tree, the riper the plum ; The richer the cobbler, the blacker his thumb. A man of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of wceds. Women and wine, game and deceit, Make the wealth small, and the wants great. He that buys land,...

...grand avantage qu'on puisse retirer du commerce de la plupart des grands, c'est de s'en degoûter. 50. A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full ofweeds, un homme qui promet beaucoup et qui ne tient rien, ressemble à un jardin où il ne croît...

...teszi gazdagga a' szegenyt. 1764. Grosse Worte , kleine Werke ; oder : Viel Maulwerk , wenig Herz. A man of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds. Assai parole e poche lance rotte. Ardito di lingua , codardo del.la lancia. 17C5. Die W^orte sind gut;...

...letters or parcels are ahvay sure to find him. I do beseech my readers well to think of these matters : " A man of words and not of deeds, " Is like a garden full of weeds ;" is a saying as old, in all probability, as gardens themselves ; and I do beg my readers to bethink...

...Calcutta, July 7, 1831. I am, Mr. Editor, Your obliged servant, A YORKSHIRE CURATE. MAXIMS IN VERSE. A BAN of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds ! 16 Maidens must be mild and meek, Swift to hear, and slow to speak. Makes a man healthy, wealthy,...

...that respectable mood, carrying off all the glory due to it alone. People have a way of saying that a man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds ; but this principle is in reality very imperfectly acknowledged or acted upon. We may have a kind...

...letters or parcels are alway sure to find him. I do beseech my readers well to think of these matters : " A man of words and not of deeds, " Is like a garden full of weeds ;" is a saying as old, in all probability, as gardens themselves; and I do beg my readers to bethink...

...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,...