| 1884 - 528 σελίδες
...dirt and rags, for they are used to them from childhood. There is an Eastern proverb which says: " It is better to walk than to run ; it is better to sit than to walk ; it is better to lie down than to sit ; and to do nothing is better than all." This... | |
| John White Chadwick - 1896 - 120 σελίδες
...rest — rest from the round of change, rest from the fever of desire — of this there is no doubt. " It is better to walk than to run ; it is better to lie down than to walk ; it is better to sleep than to lie down ; it is better to die than to sleep"... | |
| Charles Frederick Pascoe - 1901 - 1496 σελίδες
...me what is the good way " [81]. None of these Indians had as yet embraced Christianity, and the Rev. A. JAMIESON, who succeeded Mr. Carey in 1845, found...congregation at all. . . . Instead of going to Church ahí .waiting for a congregation that never came, I went about amongst the Indians, on Sundays as at... | |
| Charles Frederick Pascoe - 1901 - 752 σελίδες
...me what is the good way " [81]. None of these Indians had as yet embraced Christianity, and the Rev. A. JAMIESON, who succeeded Mr. Carey in 1845, found...than to stand ; and it is better to lie than to sit." without having any congregation at all. . . . Instead of going to Church ami waiting for a congregation... | |
| KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 σελίδες
...best not stir the rice, though it sticks to the pot. CERVANTES — Don Quixote. Pt. II. Ch. XXXVII. 7 * * it is better to lie than to sit. Hindu Proverb. 8 Don't throw a monkey-wrench into the machinery. PHILANDER... | |
| 1877 - 562 σελίδες
...Hindoo proverb, expressive of the indolent supinenees of that race, which runs thus:—"It is Letter to walk than to run ; it is better to stand than to walk ; it is better to sit than to stand ; it is better to lie than to sit" JAMF.S T. PRESLEY. ЯШсеПяпстм. NOTES ON BOOKS, &c. The... | |
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