 | Abel Stevens - 1844 - 178 pàgines
...disposition to work, may entertain no high ambition for usefulness or eminence. Dr. Samuel Clarke said the old adage of " too many irons in the fire conveys an abominable old lie ; have all in, shovel, tongs, and poker." It is not so much the multiplicity of employments,... | |
 | 1846 - 716 pàgines
...the destruction of all vegetable and animal matter. ACTIVITY. — I have lived, said Dr. Adam Clark, to know that the great secret of human happiness is...cannot have too many, poker, tongs and all: keep them agoing. RECENT DISCOVERIES. At a meeting of the Geological Society in London, on the 19th of November... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1846 - 468 pàgines
...of the object which he strives to gain. " I have lived long enough to learn," said Dr. Adam Clarke, "that the great secret of human -happiness is this...adage of ' too many irons in the fire' conveys an untruth. You cannot have too many — poker, tongs, and all — keep them all going." (3.) If pains... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1846 - 472 pàgines
...the object which he strives to gain. " I have lived long enough to learn," said Dr. Adam Clarke, " that the great secret of human happiness is this :...stagnate. The old adage of ' too many irons in the fire' 160 PROVIDENCE VINDICATED. conveys an untruth. You cannot have too many — poker, tongs, and all —... | |
 | 1744 - 726 pàgines
...Forgive and bless his foe. HUMAN HAPPINESS. — "I have lived," says the indefatigable Dr. Clarke, " to know that the great secret of human happiness is...'Too many irons in the fire* conveys an abominable falsehood; you cannot have too many: poker, tongs, and all — keep them all going. LIFE. — It is... | |
 | Abel Stevens, George Peck - 1847 - 368 pàgines
...disposition to work, may entertain no high ambition for usefulness or eminence. Dr. Samuel Clarke said the old adage of " too many irons in the fire conveys an abominable old lie; have all in, shovel, tongs, and poker." It is not so much the multiplicity of employments,... | |
 | 1848 - 420 pàgines
...wintry chill, some slight indisposition, that laid her low — " I HAVE LIVED," said Dr. Clarke, " to know ' that the great secret of human happiness...Never suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage df ' too many irons in the fire,' coneys an untruth. You cannot have too many — pokers tongs, and... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1851 - 344 pàgines
...variety of them. 1. That is the way to be happy. " I have lived," said Dr. Adam Clarke, " long enough to know that the great secret of human happiness is this: never suffer your energies to stagnate." 2. That is the way to accomplish a vast deal in a short life. The late William Hazlitt remarked, "There... | |
 | 1856 - 1270 pàgines
...variety of them. 1. That is the way to be happy. " I have lived," »id Dr. Adam Clarke, " long enough to know that the great secret of human happiness is...adage of ' too many irons in the fire,' conveys an untruth. You cannot have too many — poker, tongs, and all — keep them all going." 2. That is the... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 pàgines
...honour ; on the other, ('remember, and 'beware !) 4are the stings of conscience, and endless infamy." " 'The old adage of ' Too many irons in the fire,' conveys an abominable falsehood. 'You cannot have too many : poker, tongs, and all, — *keep them all going." To indicate... | |
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I have lived," said Dr. Adam Clarke, " long enough to know that the great secret of human happiness is this : never suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage of " too many irons in the fire, 
