 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 σελίδες
...therefore, his occupation calls him out of himself, he is inevitably wretched. — Pascal. Any engagement which is innocent is better than none ; as the writing...of a fish-pond, — even the raising of a cucumber or a tulip. — Paley. A good man and a wise man may at times be angry with the world, at times grieved... | |
 | Frank Chapman Sharp - 1909 - 126 σελίδες
...science; improving or managing an estate; laboring after a piece of preferment: and lastly, any engagement which is innocent is better than none; as the writing...house, the laying out of a garden, the digging of a fish-pond—even the raising of a cucumber or a tulip. 3. Happiness consists in health. By health I... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1837 - 602 σελίδες
...Commons." 2 vols. 12mo. New York; Saunders and Otley. 1837. "ANY amusement which is innocent," says Paley, "is better than none ; as the writing of a book, the...digging of a fish-pond, even the raising of a cucumber." If these are all the pastimes which the author of " The Great Metropolis " has within his reach, our... | |
 | Samuel Drew - 1828 - 612 σελίδες
...improving or managing an estate, labouring after a piece of preferment; and lastly, any engagement which is innocent, is better than none ; as the writing...garden, the digging of a fishpond— even the raising up of a cucumber or a tulip. Whilst our minds are taken up with the objects or business before us,... | |
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... is better than none ; as the writing of a book, the building of a house, the laying out of a garden, the digging of a fish-pond, — even the raising of a cucumber or a tulip. 
