 | Longfellow - 1922 - 722 страници
...their weapons; So he won the day, the battle of somethingor-other. That ‘s what I always say; if you wish a thing to be well done, You must do it yourself,...stripling Writing epistles important to go next day by the Mayflower, Filled with the name and the fame of the Puritan maiden Priscilla; Every sentence began... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1922 - 726 страници
...the ensigns ; So he won the day, the battle of somethingor-other. That's what I always say ; if you wish a thing to be well done, You must do it yourself,...stripling Writing epistles important to go next day by the Mayflower, Filled with the name and the fame of the Puritan maiden Priscilla ; Every sentence began... | |
 | Charles Elmer Holley - 1922 - 440 страници
...asked him to make'the proposal: "If you would have it well done,—I am only repeating your maxim,— You must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others!" Those of the opposite opinion may cite another answer of Alden's: "The name of friendship is sacred;... | |
 | Charles Elmer Holley - 1922 - 396 страници
...asked him to make*the proposal: "If you would have it well done,—I am only repeating your maxim,— You must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others!" Those of the opposite opinion may cite another answer of Alden's: What you demand in that name, I have... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 618 страници
...sure I should mangle and mar it; If you would have it well done—I am only repeating your maxim— You must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others!" 1 ° But with the air of a man whom nothing can turn from his purpose, Gravely shaking his head, made... | |
 | 1909 - 726 страници
...may imagine Homer and Vergil embracing in silence, Longfellow murmuring through his tears, "If you wish a thing to be well done, you must do it yourself; you must not leave it to others," and the gentle ghost of Goethe hiding his face in his hands. Our Benny is a text-book of how not to... | |
 | 1917 - 220 страници
...pressed by her footsteps." Several times in the story, children discover the adage, "If you wish a thing well done, you must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others." They hear Priscilla say, "Let us, then, be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things... | |
 | 1889 - 510 страници
...practically harmless farce. There is, however, a growing school of believers in the poet's words— " If you wish a thing To be well done, You must do it yourself. You must not leave it to others." POPULAR DELUSION.—Congressman Allen, Representative from Mississippi, tells the following : While... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1988 - 442 страници
...their weapons; So he won the day, the battle of something-or-other. That's what I always say; if you wish a thing to be well done, You must do it yourself,...stripling Writing epistles important to go next day by the Mayflower, Filled with the name and the fame of the Puritan maiden Priscilla; Every sentence began... | |
 | Emma Dunham Kelley - 1988 - 422 страници
...contains good advice for us all,” said Erfort. “And it is given in very few words.” “If you wish a thing to be well done, you must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others,” quoted Garnet. “Very good advice, but Miles Standish did not not practice what he preached in one... | |
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wish a thing to be well done, You must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others!" All was silent again ; the Captain continued his reading. Nothing was heard in the room but the hurrying pen of the stripling Writing epistles important to go next... 
