 | Henry Newton Stevens - 1862 - 482 pages
...be done, and perhaps you are weak handed, but ftick to it fteadiiy, and you wdl fee great Effefts, for constant Dropping wears away 'Stones, and by Diligence and Patience, the Monse ate in two the Cable ; and tittle Strokes fell great Oaks, as Poor Richard fays in his Almanack,... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1863 - 400 pages
...family, and your country, be up by peep of day. Handle your tools without mittens; remember that "the cat in gloves catches no mice," as poor Richard says....it steadily, and you will see great effects ; for " continual dropping wears away stones, and by diligence and patience the mouse ate into the cable... | |
 | 1864 - 422 pages
...your family, your country, and your king. Handle your tools without mittens ; remember that " the cat in gloves catches no mice," as Poor Richard says....the cable ;" and, " little strokes fell great oaks." — Franklin. TO A BUTTERFLY. WRITTEN ON A SABBATH MORNING. ON thy beds of clover playing, Pretty insect,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 pages
...down, and say, Inglorious nere he lies !" Handle your tools without mittens ; remember, " that the cat in gloves catches no mice," as poor Richard says....it steadily, and you will see great effects ; for, " continuai dropping wears away stones, and by diligence and patience the mouse ate into the cable... | |
 | Apprentices - 1865 - 138 pages
...yourself idle." "Handle yonr tools without mittens; remember that the cat in gloves catches no mice." " There is much to be done, and perhaps you are weakhanded...two the cable; and little strokes fell great oaks." " Early to bed, and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." Here is the genuine gold... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 236 pages
...your family, your country, and your king. Handle your tools without mittens : remember, that ' The cat in gloves catches no mice,' as Poor Richard says....ate in two the cable ; and little strokes fell great oak.?.' " Methinks I hear some of you say, ' Must a man afford himself no leisure VI will tell thee,... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1866 - 396 pages
...that The cat in gloves catches no mice, as Poor Richard says. It is true, there is much to be doue, and, perhaps, you are weak-handed ; but stick to it...diligence and patience, the mouse ate in two the cable. 11. "Methinks I hear some of you say: 'Most a man afford himself no leisure ?' I will tell thee, my... | |
 | Dunbarton (N.H.) - 1866 - 132 pages
...and he, the son of Sam Garvin—a strong illustration of the sayings, "By diligence and perseverance the mouse ate in two the cable," and "little strokes fell great oaks ;"— also another saying, I think of Richard Baxter—"Prayer and painstaking will do anything." As... | |
 | William H. Ablett - Commerce - 1867 - 94 pages
...family, your country, and your king. ' Handle your tools without mittens,' remember that ' the cat in gloves catches no mice,' as poor Richard says....to it steadily, and you will see great effects, for a ' constant dropping wears away stones ; and by diligence and patience the mouse ate in two the cable... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1872 - 988 pages
...your family, your country, and your king. Handle your tools without mittens ; remember, that ' The cat in gloves catches no mice,' as Poor Richard says....the cable ; ' and ' little strokes fell great oaks.' " Methinka I hear some of you say, ' Must a man afford himself no leisure ? ' I will tell thee, my... | |
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The cat in gloves catches no mice, as Poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects; for, Constant dropping wears away stones; and, By diligence and patience... 
