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" I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, " You are young, and have the world before you; STOOP as you go through it, and you will... "
Wit, Wisdom and Foibles of the Great: Together with Numerous Anecdotes ... - Page 209
by Charles Anthony Shriner - 1918 - 689 pages
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Annual Register, Volume 59

Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 pages
...him, when he said hastily, «loop, stoop ! I did not understand him till I felt my head hit «gainst the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this ne sttid to me, you are young, awl have the world before you ; STOOIas you go through it, and you will...
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The Evangelical Magazine, Volume 9

1801 - 576 pages
...againft the beam. He was a man who never miffed an occafion of giving inftruftion ; and upon this he faid to me — You are young, and have the world before you : STOOP, a*. you go through it, and you ivill mifs many hard thumps. This advice, thus beat into my heart, has...
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The Works of William Smith, D. D.: Late Provost of the College and ..., Volume 1

William Smith - 1803 - 528 pages
...missed " an occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me " — Tou are young) and hone the world before you; stoop as you go " through it,...you will miss many hard thumps. This advice, " thus beaten into my head, has often been of use to me through " life, and I often think of it when I see...
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The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the ..., Volume 3

Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 590 pages
...Stoop, stoop !" I did not understand him, till I fek my head hit against the beam. He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instruction ;...many hard thumps." This advice, thus beat into my heart, has frequently been of use to me: and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes...
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The complete works ... of ... Benjamin Franklin, Volume 3

Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 pages
...Stoop, sloop!" I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instruction ;...many hard thumps." This advice, thus beat into my heart, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes...
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The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 310 pages
...Stoop Stoop !" I did not understand him till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instruction ;...many hard thumps " This advice, thus beat into my heart, has frequently been of use to me ; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and...
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Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Memoirs of His Early Life

Benjamin Franklin - 1810 - 292 pages
...was a man \vho never missed any occasion ol giving insuuction : and upon this he said to me : " Y 'u are young, and have the world before you : stoop -as...miss many hard thumps." This advice, thus beat into m\ ruart.tias frequently been of use to me ; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and...
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The Lady's Weekly Miscellany, Volume 8

1808 - 408 pages
...stoop." I did not understand him till I felt «head hit against the beam. He 3 a man who never missed an occasion of giving instruction : and upon this he...me, " You are young, and have the world before you ; stoo/i, as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps." This advice, thus beat into my...
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The Essays, Humourous, Moral and Literary: Of the Late Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 1811 - 196 pages
...Stoop, Stoop !" I did not understand him till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instruction ;...many hard thumps." This advice, thus beat into my heart, has frequently been of use to me ; and I often, think of it, when I see pride mortified, and...
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The Essays, Humourous, Moral and Literary: Of the Late Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 1811 - 190 pages
...felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instruction j and upon this he said to me : " You are young, and...many hard thumps." This advice, thus beat into my heart, has frequently been of use to me ; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and...
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