Distil the juice from them, and drink that off; Of all this drink: but, when we see them weep, Merely by drinking. The Coxcomb, Act II.-BEAUMONT and FLETCHER, DRUM. Description of a I hate that drum's discordant sound, DYING. Ode on hearing the Drum.-JOHN SCOTT. What is't to die? To leave all disappointment, cares, and sorrow, To leave all falsehood, treachery, and unkindness, All ignominy, suffering, and despair, And be at rest for ever! O, dull heart, Be of good cheer! When thou shalt cease to beat, Then shalt thou cease to suffer and complain. The Spanish Student, Act III. Scene v.-LONGFELLOW. Base. A man who finds not satisfaction in himself, seeks for it in vain elsewhere. ECHO. Maxims, CVII.-ROCHEFOUCAULT. Unsolicited reply To a babbling wanderer sent; Like-but oh how different! The Echo.-WM. WORDSWORTH. ECONOMY in Household Matters. And touching the guiding of thy house, let thy hospitality be moderate, and according to the means of thy estate, rather plentiful than sparing, but not costly. For I never knew any man grow poor by keeping an orderly table. But some consume themselves through secret vices, and their hospitality bears the blame. But banish swinish drunkards out of thine house, which is a vice impairing health, consuming much, and makes no show. I never heard praise ascribed to the drunkard, but for the well-bearing of his drink; which is a better commendation for a brewer's horse or a drayman, than for either a gentleman or a serving-man. Beware thou spend not above three of four parts of thy revenues; nor above a third part of that in thy house. For the other two parts will do no more than defray thy extraordinaries, which always surmount the ordinary by much; otherwise thou shalt live like a rich beggar, in continual want. And the needy man can never live happily nor contentedly. For every disaster makes him ready to mortgage or sell. And that gentleman, who For sells an acre of land, sells an ounce of credit. gentility is nothing else but ancient riches. So that if the foundation shall at any time sink, the building must needs follow. Precepts or directions for the well ordering and carriage of a man's life-LORD BURLEIGH, EDEN. Description of the Garden of A circling row Of goodliest trees, loaden with fairest fruit, When God hath shower'd the earth; so lovely seem'd Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Of Araby the blest; with such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league, Cheer'd with the grateful smell, old Ocean smiles. Paradise Lost, Book IV. Line 146.-JOHN MILTON. I call, therefore, a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously, all the offices, both private and public, Tractate of Education.-JOHN MILTON. of peace and war. That call not education, which decries God and his truth, content the seed to strew Such lighter lore, but chiefly holds to view EDUCATION of Children. For their learning be liberal. Spare no cost; for by such parsimony all is lost that is saved; but let it be useful knowledge, such as is consistent with truth and godliness, not cherishing a vain conversation or idle mind; but ingenuity mixed with industry is good for the body and the mind too. Letter to his Wife and Children.-WM. PENN. EDUCATION of the Poor. O for the coming of that glorious time For all the children whom her soil maintains The rudiments of letters, and inform The mind with moral and religious truth, Both understood and practised, so that none, However destitute, be left to droop By timely culture unsustained; or run Into a wild disorder; or be forced To drudge through a weary life without the help A savage horde among the civilized, A servile band among the lordly free! Education of the Poor, the duty of the State. WM. WORDSWORTH. F |