 | Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert - 1877 - 112 pagine
...the best use of each. 2. Knowledge has its pains and penalties, as well as its prizes. — Bulwer. 3. A little fire is quickly trodden out, Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench. — Shakspeare. 4. It is not poverty so much as pretence that harasses a ruined man. — Irving. 5.... | |
 | John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1880 - 426 pagine
...dealing, (d) A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blind. 14. (a) Too late winning makes the prize light. (6) A little fire is quickly trodden out, which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench. (c) Cowards die many times before their death ; the valiant never taste of death but once. is. (a)... | |
 | Noah Knowles Davis - 1880 - 344 pagine
...learned is respected ;" " Whoever is right is safe ;" " Who steals my purse, steals trash " (Shaks.) ; " A little fire is quickly trodden out, which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench " (Shaks.); "Ill blows the wind that profits nobody" (Shaks.). In these the clause is in the subject,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1881 - 1054 pagine
...And all is done iv. 3. Was ever known so great and little loss On one part and on the other? iv. 8. with one half so good a grace As mercy does ii. Is like a good thing, being often 3 Henry VI. iv. 8. A little gale will soon disperse that cloud And blow it to the source from whence... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 168 pagine
...seeks, and will not take when once 'tis offered, Shall never find it more. Antony and Cleopatra, ii. 7. A little fire is quickly trodden out; Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench. Henry VI.—Part S—iv. 3. Omission to do what is necessary Seals a commission to a blank of danger;... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1881 - 1046 pagine
...Henry V. ii. 3. Like sacrifices, by their watchful fires Sit patiently and inly ruminate iv. Prol. A little fire is quickly trodden out ; Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench 3 Henry VI. iv. 8. I need not add more fuel to your fire, For well I wot ye blaze to burn them out... | |
 | Alfred Williams Momerie - 1881 - 348 pagine
...determine to desist. These evil practices are the beginnings of evil habits. Destroy them while you can. " A little fire is quickly trodden out, Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench." If you do not eradicate these habits now, one of two things must inevitably happen : either you will... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pagine
...hoarding went to hell ? Ibid. Warwick, peace, Proud setter up and puller down of kings ! Act in. Sc. 3. A little fire is quickly trodden out ; Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench. Act iv. Sc. 8. Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind ; The thief doth fear eadi bush an officer.... | |
 | Andrew James Symington - 1884 - 154 pagine
...; ' and Shakspere, 'How use doth breed a habit in a man !' while elsewhere he observes : — 112 ' A little fire is quickly trodden out, Which being suffered, rivers cannot quench.' Countless little things that boys do, or don't do, very plainly tell what their . upbringing has been... | |
 | Concord (N.H.) - 1885 - 602 pagine
...community where it is so fully appreciated. It demonstrates itself, and shows conclusively that by it " A little fire is quickly trodden out, Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench :" and its efficiency, since its introduction, has been made more apparent in the very small amount... | |
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A little fire is quickly trodden out, Which being suffered, rivers cannot quench. 
