It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening. |
It's clever, but is it Art? |
It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior of his Country,' When the guns begin to shoot! |
Keep ye the Law - be swift in all obedience -/ Clear the land of evil, drive the road and bridge the ford. |
King Solomon drew merchantmen, / Because of his desire / For peacocks, apes and ivory, / From Tarshish unto Tyre. |
Like many other unfortunate young people, Harvey had never in all his life received a direct order - never, at least, without long, and sometimes tearful, explanations of the advantages of obedience and the reasons for the request. |
More men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies. |
Most amusements only mean trying to win another person's money |
Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs. |
Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears |
No doubt but ye are the People - your throne is above the King's. / Whoso speaks in your presence must say acceptable things. |
No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves – but what the teachers are themselves. |
Now this is the Law of the Jungle - as old and as true as the sky. |
Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are your own fears |
Of all the trees that grow so fair, / Old England to adorn, / Greater are none beneath the Sun, / Than Oak and Ash and Thorn. |