 | William Gardiner - 1927 - 328 pages
...indomitably on his instincts, and these abide, the huge world will come round to him.—Emerson. A TASK! To be honest, to be kind; to earn a little and to...presence; to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to be embittered; to keep a few friends, but these without capitulation; above all, on the same grim... | |
 | 1927 - 456 pages
...the following sentences tell which of the verbs in the parenthesis is right, and why. enjoyable. (3) To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little and to spend a little less, (is, are) not so easy as one may think. (4) Such running up the kitchen steps with baskets of provisions... | |
 | William Roscoe Thayer - 1921 - 718 pages
...conapicuoua but more delicate task of administering justice. "To be honest; to be kind; to earn a little; to spend a little less; to make upon the whole a family...presence; to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to be embittered; to keep a few friends, but these without capitulation; above all, on the same grim... | |
 | 1899 - 808 pages
...Square, San Francisco "TO REMEMBER ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON TO BE HONEST, TO BE KIND ;— TO EARN A LITTLE, TO SPEND A LITTLE LESS; TO MAKE UPON THE WHOLE A FAMILY...CAPITULATION,— ABOVE ALL, ON THE SAME GRIM CONDITION TO KEKP FRIENDS WITH HIMSELF: HERE IS A TASK FOR ALL THAT Л MAN HAS OF FORTITUDE AND DELICACY." 391 hands;... | |
 | 1909 - 434 pages
...of the granite are the words, taken from The Wrecker, " To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little, to spend a little less ; to make, upon the whole, a family happier for his presence . . . " In May, 1880, he married Mrs. Osbourne (Fanny Van de Grift) and this union proved to be a life... | |
 | 1909 - 664 pages
...embittered as Kobert Louis Stevenson wrote in that little gem of composition on the attributes of men. To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little and to...little less, to make upon the whole a family happier by his presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not be embittered, to keep a few friends,... | |
 | 1991 - 648 pages
...passed by the lilac-scented "front yards." She read well for her age, albeit a trifle uncomprehendingly. "To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little and to spend a little less;" — "there," thought Emmy, "is a semi-colon — let's see — the semi-colon shows that the thought"... | |
 | 1991 - 648 pages
...passed by the lilac-scented "front yards." She read well for her age, albeit a trifle uncomprehendingly. "To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little and to spend a little less;"—"there," thought Emmy, "is a semi-color*—let's see—the semi-colon shows that the thought"—and... | |
 | 118 pages
...character is formed in the stormy billows of the world. - Goethe lo be honest, to be kind; to eern a little and to spend a little less; to make upon the whole family happier for his presence; to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to be embittered;... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 2005 - 229 pages
...of patience. There is no cutting of the Gordian knots of life ; each must be smilingly unravelled. To be honest, to be kind — to earn a little and...necessary and not be embittered, to keep a few friends, bat these without capitulation — above all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself... | |
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To be honest, to be kind — to earn a little and to spend a little less, to make upon the whole a family happier for his presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not to be embittered, to keep a few friends but these without capitulation... 
