Fortunate men, how they made money and won renown: a collection of rich men's mottoes and great men's watchwords. To which are added many new and authentic sayings of 'Poor Richard'.1884 |
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... 8vo . , 416 pp . , cloth , price 3s . 6d . ; gilt edges , 4s . SEE ALSO ASCOTT R. HOPE'S BOOKS . ** Other volumes in preparation . LONDON : JOHN HOGG , 13 , PATERNOSTER ROW , E.C. MORWOOD , Author of " Facts and Phases of Animal.
... 8vo . , 416 pp . , cloth , price 3s . 6d . ; gilt edges , 4s . SEE ALSO ASCOTT R. HOPE'S BOOKS . ** Other volumes in preparation . LONDON : JOHN HOGG , 13 , PATERNOSTER ROW , E.C. MORWOOD , Author of " Facts and Phases of Animal.
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... Animals . “ I am directed by the Literature Committee to inform you that Mr. Morwood's books * Facts and Phases of Animal Life ' and ' Wonderful Animals ) are calculated greatly to promote the objects of this Society , and , therefore ...
... Animals . “ I am directed by the Literature Committee to inform you that Mr. Morwood's books * Facts and Phases of Animal Life ' and ' Wonderful Animals ) are calculated greatly to promote the objects of this Society , and , therefore ...
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... Animal Creation . Fourth and Cheap Edition , large crown 8vo . , 520 pp . , cloth , 3s . 6d . ; gilt edges , 4s . With Eight Illustrations on toned paper . 4. BOYS AND THEIR WAYS : A Book for and about Boys . By One who knows Them ...
... Animal Creation . Fourth and Cheap Edition , large crown 8vo . , 520 pp . , cloth , 3s . 6d . ; gilt edges , 4s . With Eight Illustrations on toned paper . 4. BOYS AND THEIR WAYS : A Book for and about Boys . By One who knows Them ...
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... Animal Life Andersen's Shoes of Fortune and other Fairy Tales Far - famed Tales from the Arabian Nights . Wonderful Animals : Working , Domestic , and Wild Mottoes and Aphorisms from Shakespeare Hood's Guide to English Versification ...
... Animal Life Andersen's Shoes of Fortune and other Fairy Tales Far - famed Tales from the Arabian Nights . Wonderful Animals : Working , Domestic , and Wild Mottoes and Aphorisms from Shakespeare Hood's Guide to English Versification ...
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... Animal Creation . Dedicated by permission to the Right Hon . the Baroness Burdett - Coutts ( President ) and the Members of the Ladies ' Committee of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . From Professor Owen ...
... Animal Creation . Dedicated by permission to the Right Hon . the Baroness Burdett - Coutts ( President ) and the Members of the Ladies ' Committee of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . From Professor Owen ...
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Página 53 - How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that The sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that There will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Página 55 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
Página 57 - What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. You may think perhaps, that a little Tea, or a little Punch now and then, Diet a little more costly, Clothes a little finer, and a little Entertainment now and then, can be no great Matter; but remember what Poor Richard says: Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again, Who Dainties love, shall Beggars prove; and moreover, Fools make Feasts, and wise Men eat them.
Página 54 - If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for ' at the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter.' Nor will the bailiff or the constable enter; for 'industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them.
Página 52 - I stopped my horse lately, where a great number of people were collected at an auction of merchants' goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times ; and one of the company called to a plain, clean old man, with white locks, " Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times ? Will not these heavy taxes quite ruin the country ? How shall we ever be able to pay them ? What would you advise us to do ? " Father Abraham stood up and replied, " If you would...
Página 56 - If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself. A little neglect may breed great mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Página 59 - When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Página 104 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Página 56 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; adding, for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Página 58 - ... are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through industry and frugality, have maintained their standing ; in which case it appears plainly, that ' A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,