 | Benjamin Peirce - 1833 - 516 ページ
...inculcated the lesson of diligence, and often put him in mind of these words: "Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? He shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." * He entered College at the age of twelve years. When the year arrived, in which he was to take his... | |
 | George Miller (of Dunbar) - 1833 - 422 ページ
...arrived at that honour or dignity predicted by Solomon, when he said, " Seest thou a man diligent in business, he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." Yet I had, by that time, arrived at the honour of standing before, and intimately conversing and corresponding... | |
 | George Miller - 1833 - 428 ページ
...arrived at that honour or dignity predicted by Solomon, when he said, " Seest thou a man diligent in business, he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." Yet I had, by that time, arrived at the honour of standing before, and intimately conversing and corresponding... | |
 | Benjamin Peirce - 1833 - 518 ページ
...of diligence, and often put hjm in mind of these words: "Seest thou a man diligent in his business 1 He shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." 1 1 Cotton Mather's Remnrkableg of Dr. I. Mather, p. 1 -5. He entered College at the age of twelve... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1834 - 618 ページ
...could wish ; and again we see another saying of the wise man verified : " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ,' He shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men."* Pharaoh's expectations are not disappointed. He relates his dreams; and God, the author of the visions,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 ページ
...when a boy, frequently repeated a Proverb of Solomon, " seest tíiou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men," I thence considered industry as a means of obtaining wealth and distinction, which encouraged me ;... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1835 - 248 ページ
...wisdom from above, that' drowsiness will clothe a man with rags : But seest thou a man diligent in his business : He shall stand before kings : he shall not stand before mean men.' Lastly, ILL COMPANY, is a fatal danger, which thou must decline, as thou wouldest diseases and death.... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1836 - 520 ページ
...their own bread. If any man will not woi-k, neither should be eat." " Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." " Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord lo." Contentment. " Give me neither... | |
 | 1837 - 474 ページ
...this virtue ? Let the answer be given in the language of Scripture. " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. In all labour there is profit, and be that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread. In the morning... | |
 | American education society - 1837 - 450 ページ
...the lesson of diligence, and often put him in mind of these words : " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men." (Remarkables of Dr. I. Mather, p. 1-5.) " He entered Harvard college at the age of twelve years. When... | |
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