Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-05-11

store ii srile, opposite sentences as-
ing them daily but having 90 Anowl-
edge q their authorship. And -
nen ere Npt p ne curious concerning
tie habits and laws that they follow
or are governed By tFacing their 0si-
sin back into the aimnesa q long
Numbering centuries they are a.
ter re1se8 WIN \ desire g kneW
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senta6ess g laneiliar IL thela. kn flev
have not ali the time 70 devote q
such 3 labor. the following have been
strung together By one whose nasurs
leads him 70 ramble among books for
his eonf'e best amusement.
Il was Thomas 4 Kempis Who. II,
the fifteenth century, gave us Nan
proposes, but God dispoeen; and tie
snnallv weIl-known saving, sOf two
evils tie lasa II "a Ia chosen the ORR
rinal of sOf two evils choose the least.
Thomas Tumar. . writer Of The ak
teenth century. gave Better late than
never. and the kew Cor four other
common phrases ii sChrintmas comes
but once a wear. It's an III wind that
turns none 10 Good. The stone that
4 rolling can nather no mos sF,ook
ere YOU |eau--s.e.s ere thou 60. II was
Francis RabsIais. 4 French Wit Of the
same century, who naid thai ~ Rah-
bing Peter he paid Paul, and Who
told that vixen
ms dsrlI was sIek--she devil . monk would
be;
ms devil vas Neii-shs devil . monk VS. be-
It was in the sixteenth century that
Sir Edward Coke, celebrated Eng
liah lawyer, said For q mans house
il his castle; and Lord Brooke sung:
And out Of mind as soon As out Of
sight. Il was Christopher Marlowe,
the forerunner of Shakespeare and the
father Of the grand old English dra-
ma. who sang % the ladies Love me
little, love me long, and who told Of
the Infinite riches IN little room.
We owe 70 the prolific genius Of Shaks-
pears This y the short and long Of
1t. The worlds mine oyster, Com
parisons are odious, As merry as the
day Is long, "A Daniel come to iudo-
ment. II IS wise father that knows
his own child And thereby hangs =
tale, He needs must 20 that the dew
il drives. Why this ie very midsum-
mer madness, The smallest worm viii
turn when trodden on, Smooth runs
The waters where the brook is deep,
SO wise, so young, they say, do neser
live long. The weakest goes to the
val. We have seen better days,
'This was the most unkindest cut Of
ell. Stand not upon the order Of your
going. "A deed without a name.
'Frailty thy name is woman. I am
. man more sinned against than SIN
ming, They laugh that win. and
thousand more as good, though not as
we'll known.
Francis Bacon. the 'wieest. great
est, meanest Of mankind said =
KNOWLEDGE i power:' and beaumont
and Fletcher pronounced that What
one mans poison. giruor. 4 another
meat or drink. Milton tells of : |
'Moping, naslanchoIy and moonstruck |
madness, and also Of "A wilderness Of
sweets. All hell broke loose. and The |
paradise Of fools.
Samuel Butler, author Of 'Hud:hras.
dubbed Q religious creed thus: Twas
Presbyterian true blue. DRYDEN saws:
None but the brave deserve the fair.
and Sweet is pleasure after main. He /
also warns thus: AN DELAYS are dan
gerous in war, and thinks that Men
are but children of larger Growth
The Earl of ROscOmmOn has It that
one must Choose an author as Won
choose q friend, and says that The
multitude are always in the wrong
John Bunyan wisely reminds us that
he that Is down needs fear no fall.
and Thomas Southerne That nitvsaa
kin to love- II was Crazy Nal haniel
Lee who averred that hen Greeks /
joined Greeks, then was the tuo of
war.
Matthew Prior thought sThe end /
must justify the means.' and Dear /
Swift said Bread is the staff Of life. |
George Farquhar called Necessity the |
mother Of Invention. Edward Young. /
. very somhre fellow, said: Death !
loves 3 shining mark he also thought /
that Man wants but little. nor thai |
little long and that "A fool at forty /
i fool indeed he also told Of Tired |
Nature ssweet rsstOrer-b almy sleep |
Pope says: TO err il human Il far