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" And no swerving from a right line, that may not lead eternally astray. A landmark tree was once a seed ; and the dust in the balance maketh a difference ; And the cairn is heaped high by each one flinging a pebble ; The dangerous bar in the harbor's mouth... "
Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated - Page 66
by Martin Farquhar Tupper - 1848 - 282 pages
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The Wesleyan methodist association magazine, Volume 19

1856 - 606 pages
..." And the cairn is heaped high by each one flinging a pebble : " The dangerous bar in the harbour's mouth is only grains of sand ; "And the shoal that...wrecked a navy is the work of a colony of worms." it he ? What has he made himself? What is his moral being ? For soon God will say unto us, that character...
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The Christian advocate, ed. by T.H. Milner, Volume 1

Thomas Hughes Milner - 1857 - 974 pages
...Whom shall I harm in this matter ? and a little ill breedeth much good ; My thoughts, are they not my own ? and they leave no mark behind them ; And if...living rock is worn by the diligent flow of the brook. Despise not thou a small thing, either for evil or for good ; For a look may work thy ruin, or a word...
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A volume for all parents and teachers, ed. by the ed. of the 'Little gleaner'

Septimus Sears - 1863 - 242 pages
...no swerving from a right line that may not lead eternally astray. The dangerous bar in the harbour's mouth is only grains of sand ; And the shoal that...hath wrecked a navy is the work of a colony of worms ; Tea, and a despicable gnat may madden the mighty elephant." A TiTTtB boy was playing by his mother...
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Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally ...

Proverbs - 1860 - 268 pages
...difference ; And the cairn is heaped high by each one flinging a pebble : The dangerous bar in the harbour's mouth is only grains of sand ; And the shoal that...the mighty elephant ; And the living rock is worn by'the diligent flow of the brook. Little art thou, O man, and in trifles thou contendeat with thine...
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OUR OWN FIRESIDE

REV. CHARLES BULLOCK - 1865 - 700 pages
...; Ami the cairn is heaped high by each one flinging л pebble : The dangerous bar in the harlxmr's mouth is only grains of sand ; And the shoal that...hath wrecked a navy is the work of a colony of worms : Те«, and a despicable gnat may madden the mighty elephant ; And the living rock и worn by the...
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Comfort for Small Incomes

Eliza Warren, Mrs. Warren (Eliza) - Cooking, American - 1866 - 104 pages
..." And the cairn is heaped high by each one flinging a pebble; " Tho dangerous bar in the harbour's mouth is only grains of sand; " And the shoal that...hath wrecked a navy is the work of a colony of worms ; " And the living rock is worn by the diligent flow of the brook." To which aphorisms I may add,—...
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Voices of the sea in words of holy Scripture, and of standard English ...

Voices - Bible - 1866 - 234 pages
...nothing on earth so small, that it may not produce great things : The dangerous bar at the harbour's mouth is only grains of sand ; And the shoal that...hath wrecked a navy is the work of a colony of worms. The cable of a furlong is lost through an illwrought link. Tupper. A man who hath no bridle of conscienee...
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A selection of poetry for the use of schools, compiled by W. Osborn, Issue 262

William Osborn (schoolmaster) - 1871 - 114 pages
...things, And no swerving from a right line, that may not lead eternally astray. The shoal, that has wrecked a navy, is the work of a colony of worms ;...brook. Little art thou, O man ! and in trifles thou contcndest with thine equals, For atoms must crowd upon atoms, ere crime groweth to be a giant. What,...
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A dictionary of poetical illustrations

Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...The dangerous bar in the harbour's mouth is only grains of sand ; And the shoal that hath wreck'da rous shelf, Where many have made shipwreck unawares...CONCEITED MEN. THERE are a sort of men, whose visa contcndest with thine equals, For atoms must crowd upon atoms ere crime groweth to be a giant.— MF...
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The explanatory poetical reader, ed. by W. Moffatt

William Moffatt (publisher) - 1883 - 182 pages
...thee. 8 Yearnings, longing desires. 4 Swerving, departing, wandering, straying. The shoal,1 that has wrecked a navy, is the work of a colony of •worms ; Yea, and i. despicable 2 gnat 3 may madden the mighty elephant ; And the living rock is worn by the diligent...
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