| Elizabeth Frances Dagley - 1825 - 292 Seiten
...experience, and can now readily understand, that no task is so hard as that of doing nothing ; and that it is possible to have too much of a good thing. , HOPE AND FEAR. HOPE AND FEAR. " HOPE and FEAR (said the sage of antiquity) govern mankind." But the... | |
| 1861 - 372 Seiten
...them mostly in expatiating on their virtues and talents, it begins gradually to dawn upon a man's mind that it is possible to have too much of a good thing, and his feelings towards curates begin to assume a decidedly uncharitable and unchristian character.... | |
| 1860 - 544 Seiten
...in men, when all that Fortune can bestow and all that Ambition can achieve has served but to teach that it is possible to have " too much of a good thing," and that a bit of grass plot and a rood or two of earth may take ne a« nigh to heaven as a banker's... | |
| 1865 - 894 Seiten
...enjoyed the psalm tunes at first, and I believe every body within hearing dlJ. But as another proof that It is possible to have too much of a good thing, 1 know many who are getting tired of it I believe the ear is as susceptible of surfeit as the stomach,... | |
| 308 Seiten
...alarming times. Never before has the world seen so startling a proof of the truth there is in the saying that it is possible to have too much of a good thing, as the proof which is afforded by the Census of Great Britain and Ireland. Woman is, notoriously, the... | |
| Godfrey Maynard - 1872 - 208 Seiten
...in this way been supplied say with some half-dozen cups of hot coffee, you begin to think, probably, that it is possible to have too much of a good thing. From that moment you have acquired a wrinkle, your eyes are opened, you have, in short, been admitted... | |
| John Richard Holding - 1876 - 244 Seiten
...when Judith scolded they stroked her face with a sugary spoon, to pacify her. Many children have found that it is possible to have too much of a good thing. The Carney boys were gluttons for toffee, and they paid the usual penalty for excess. For three days... | |
| C L J. S - 1876 - 282 Seiten
...so soon ; besides, I thought you were so anxious to see them at one time." " So I was, but you know it is possible to have too much of a good thing. You don't seem to think so, however." " Opinions differ," answered Ethel, shortly. " Well, here we are... | |
| John Hartley - 1877 - 142 Seiten
...use of strong drink, and the good to be derived from the use of cold water — but I would premise that it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Water is good when used in moderation, but when you find yourself swamped beneath a "Cataract" you... | |
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