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" A MAN of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds... "
The Nursery Rhymes of England - Page 70
1858 - 333 pages
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Brave Men and Women: Their Struggles, Failures and Triumphs

Osgood Eaton Fuller - Biography - 1884 - 564 pages
...threadbare, it is an easy thing to. pick a hole in it. Good advice is poor food for a hungry family. " A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds." Lend me a bit of string to tie up the traces, and find fault with my old harness when I get home. Help...
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Genealogical Records of Thomas Burnham, the Emigrant: Who was Among the ...

Roderick Henry Burnham - Hartford (Conn.) - 1884 - 342 pages
...is no date) : Labour for learning before tliou art old, For learning is beter then Silver or Gold ; A man of words — and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds. In Memory of Mr. Phineas son of Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Mary Bnrnham (No. 22), who died trynmphingly, in...
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The universal instructor, or, Self-culture for all, Volume 2

Ward, Lock and co, ltd - 1884 - 958 pages
...analysis there are several methods of arrangement, but the most convenient, perhaps, is tabulation. 1. " A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds." Old rhyme. And does not belong to the enlargement, but joins the terms (2) and (3), which are co-ordinate...
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A Manual of the English Grammar and Language for Self-help

Lucy Toulmin Smith - English language - 1885 - 200 pages
...analysis there are Beveral methods of arrangement, but the most convenient, perhaps, is tabulation. i 1. " A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds."—Old rhyme. And does not belong to the enlargement, but joins the terms (2) and (3), which...
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Genealogy of the Rodman Family, 1620 to 1886

Charles Henry Jones - Barbados - 1886 - 384 pages
...minister of the Society of Friends. Tradition says that a memorable^sermon of his was upon this text: " A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds." They had ten children. 43. WALTER RODMAN, physician, b. Aug. 13, 1719 ; d. July 20, 1753 ; m. April...
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Proverbs, Maxims, and Phrases of All Ages: Classified ..., Volumes 1-2

Maxims - 1887 - 1332 pages
...nothing. 46. A man must plough with such oxen as he hath. 47. A man must take as the spoon gives. Ger. 48. A man of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds. 49. A man should take as companion one older than himself. - Wolofs (Africa). 50. A man should never...
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Aunt Tabitha's Trial: A Story

Lina Orman Cooper - 1888 - 318 pages
...suddenly and catching the look on her friend's face. " Baby can't — and Aunt Tabitha won'C • . "A man of words, and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of seeds. A man of deeds, and not of words, Is like a dish of cream and curds.' " A very ancient jingle,...
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A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising an Entire Republication of Ray's ...

Henry George Bohn - Proverbs - 1888 - 602 pages
...fortune call !:;:.. out. A man of straw is worth a woman of gold, 44. A man of strange kidney, 167. A man of words and not of deeds, is like a garden fall of weeds, 195. A man surprised is half beaten. A man that breaks his word, bids others be false...
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A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch

Charles Mackay - English language - 1888 - 444 pages
...man may woo where he will, but wed where his wierd is. A man may be kind and gi'e little o' his gear. A man of words and not of deeds, is like a garden fu' of weeds.] A man is well or wae, as he thinks himself sae. A man has nae mair goods than he gets...
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A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter on the Poetry ...

Charles Mackay - English language - 1888 - 440 pages
...bleed. A man may be kind and gi'e little o' his gear. A man is well or wae, as he thinks himself sae. A man of words and not of deeds, is like a garden fu' of weeds. A man has nae mair goods than he gets good of. A misty morning may be a clear day. A...
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