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Triumphans. P. 15. To fish in troubled waters.— filed under Angling
None so blind as those that will not see.— filed under Blindness
A Proverb. It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.— filed under Churches
They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.— filed under Comfort
Judas had given them the slip.— filed under Demosthenes
and the Cosmos. P. 51. None so deaf as those that will not hear.— filed under Hearing
They that die by famine die by inches.— filed under Hunger
Men of polite learning and a liberal education.— filed under Learning
There is nothing new except what is forgotten. MADEMOISELLE BERTIN (Milliner to Marie Antoinette.) It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true.— filed under News
Goldsmith's Retaliation. Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life.— filed under Occupations-Cabinet-Making
C. Castle. Those that are above business.— filed under Occupations-Mercantile
King Corny in a Paroxysm of the Gout. So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.— filed under Pain
He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.— filed under Proverbs
Old and the New Schoolmaster. Not lost, but gone before.— filed under Proverbs
The better day, the worse deed. ee.— filed under Iii
S. It was a common saying among the Puritans, "Brown bread and the Gospel is good fare."— filed under Scripture
Isaiah XXX. Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.— filed under Scripture
Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours, that are but skin-deep.— filed under Temptation
Their own second and sober thoughts. и.— filed under Thought
System and Civil-Service Reform. Ch. III. The Merit System. It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.— filed under Trust