 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1860 - 172 pages
...boys like who talk much' and do nothing^? who have many words' and few deedsv<? I will tell you. A man of words, and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds. The mind is like a garden. It must be taken care of. Good plants and flowers will not be found in the... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 72 pages
...Fawns are so nimble that they can leap over a fence at a bound. A MAN OF WORDS AND NOT OF DEEDS. A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds, When the weeds begin to grow It's like a garden full of snow ; And when the snow begins to fall, It's... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1866 - 174 pages
...boys like who promise much and do little? who have many words and few deeds ? I will tell you. " A man of words, and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds." The mind is like a garden. Good plants and flowers will not be found in the garden unless the seed... | |
 | Education - 1868 - 398 pages
...Washington — Superintendent Gilchrist sends seventy names. 214 2I5 TEACHER'S ECONOMICS. THE GARDEN. A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds ; — When first the weeds to grow began, That was the time to show the man. Some months back we spoke... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1869 - 254 pages
...pig ; the little pig in a fright jumped over the stile ; and so the old woman got home that night. A man of words and not of deeds* Is like a garden full of weeds ; For when the weeds begin to grow, Then doth the garden overflow. Apple-pie, pudding, and pancake,... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - Proverbs, Latin - 1869 - 526 pages
...est. — Deeds not words are required. " Words show the wit of a man, but actions his meaning." " A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds." " One take-this, is better than two thou-shalt-haves." See "Destinata tantum." "Neverba." " Pleno modio."... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1874 - 588 pages
...in your heart ; And when your heart begins to bleed, You 're dead, and dead, and dead indeed. cv. A MAN of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds; For when the weeds begin to grow, Then doth the garden overflow. CVI. A SWARM of bees in May Is worth... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 812 pages
...you may remember an ancient poet, whose works we have all studied and copied at school long ago. " A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds." It is pity that good works, among some sorts of people, are so little valued, and good words admired... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 602 pages
...you may remember an ancient poet, whose works we have all studied and copied at school long ago. " A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds." It is pity that good works, among some sorts of people, are so little valued, and good words admired... | |
 | William Tegg - Proverbs - 1875 - 136 pages
...got, is nothing lost. You may as soon Make a cloak for the moon. Much matter, Of a wooden platter. A man of words, and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds. Good weight and measure, Is heaven's treasure. The receiver Is as bad as the thiever. Before St. Chad,... | |
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