 Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which after the first or second blow may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction...  Sunday: Reading for the Young - Page 3751884Full view - About this book
 | 1865 - 976 pages
...have seen nor, I should think, have heard their approach." — Homes without Handt, Rev. JG WOOD. BAB COMPANY. — Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty : but being once driven up to the head, the... | |
 | Joseph Hatton - 1867 - 298 pages
...the character of every fellow I meet ; it is all envy, hatred, and malice." "Bad company," said Amy, "is like a nail driven into a post, which after the first and second blow may be drawn out with little difficulty ; but being once driven up to the head, the... | |
 | George Seaton Bowes - Anecdotes - 1868 - 516 pages
...apart. Believing souls have spiritual sympathy and attachment, irrespective of distance, time, or state. Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being driven up to the head, the pincers... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - Conduct of life - 1870 - 428 pages
...has a good simile with regard to bad company, which we may all profit by. " Bad company," he wrote, " is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first or second blow, may be drawn out with very little difficulty ; but, being once driven up to the head the pinchers cannot take hold to draw... | |
 | A. M. F. - Devotional calendars - 1870 - 394 pages
...of temptation, we must fall? Do I avoid the dangerous fallacy of doing evil that good may come ? " Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which after the first and second blow may be drawn out with little difficulty ; but being driven up to the head, the pincers... | |
 | Albert Walker - 1873 - 276 pages
...master when it sinneth, Of worthy praise deserves no less, Than he that kingdoms winneth. B Brandon. IAD COMPANY. Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty ; but being once driven up to the head, the... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1873 - 406 pages
...sung. It's word o' mouth maun do it, or naething, Reuben. "* the present moni en t." — Ep ícurtu. " Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the erstand second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head,... | |
 | Sarah Doudney - 1875 - 376 pages
...children. CHAPTER XVII. CRUEL AS THE GRAVE, AD company," said St. Augustine, writing from sad experience, " is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first or second blow, may be drawn out with very little difficulty; but, being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...them all, and which passed its verdicts on ihe reports which they severally made of it. RC TRENCH. COMPANY. Bad company is like a nail driven into a...head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood. ST. AUGUSTINE. No man in effect doth accompany... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1877 - 402 pages
...d 1 Co. iii. 13. e De. xxxiii. 10; 1 Su 28; ICh. ix. 30. Serm. on u. 15, by R. Stand/ait (1676). " Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out , with little difficulty ; but, being once driven up to the head,... | |
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