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ohn Ploughman's talk; or, Plain advice for plain people choose

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[US] C.H. Spurgeon John Ploughman’s Talk 159: If a man has not a soul above clodhopping he may expect to keep poor, but if he opens his sense-box, and picks up here a little and there a little, even Johnny Raw may yet improve.
at box, n.3
[US] C.H. Spurgeon John Ploughman’s Talk 67: Bubbles are fine fun for boys, but bubble companies are edged tools that none should play with.
at bubble, n.1
[US] C.H. Spurgeon John Ploughman’s Talk 159: If a man has not a soul above clodhopping he may expect to keep poor, but if he opens his sense-box, and picks up here a little and there a little, even Johnny Raw may yet improve.
at Johnny Raw, n.
[US] C.H. Spurgeon John Ploughman’s Talk 101: Poor sillies, they have wind on the brain.
at silly, n.1
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