The Pleasant Art of Money Catching ...: To which is Added, The Way how to Turn a Penny: Or, The Art of Thriving ...J. Lever, 1782 - 112 páginas |
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... should tell you in the Pre- face ; for I am fure , I do not intend it ; for then the reading of the book would be needlefs , But this I will affure you , that whatever I have promifed in the the Title , I will make good in the book 4 ...
... should tell you in the Pre- face ; for I am fure , I do not intend it ; for then the reading of the book would be needlefs , But this I will affure you , that whatever I have promifed in the the Title , I will make good in the book 4 ...
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... should be paid . But befides all this , there are other miferies with which the poor debtor is always troubled , and that is , That his creditor grudges him every bit of meat he eats ; efpecially if it be better than ordinary : he would ...
... should be paid . But befides all this , there are other miferies with which the poor debtor is always troubled , and that is , That his creditor grudges him every bit of meat he eats ; efpecially if it be better than ordinary : he would ...
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... should never be able to spend it , would usually make ducks and drakes in the Thames with fhillings , as boys are wont with tile - fheards , and oyfter - fhells ; and in the end grew to that extream want , that he was fain to beg or ...
... should never be able to spend it , would usually make ducks and drakes in the Thames with fhillings , as boys are wont with tile - fheards , and oyfter - fhells ; and in the end grew to that extream want , that he was fain to beg or ...
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... a Common - wealth , hath a curfe attending upon it , it fhould be cloathed with rags , it should beg its bread , & c . A proper young man begging of a Gentleman Gentleman on the way in Oxfordshire , the Gentle- man 30: ...
... a Common - wealth , hath a curfe attending upon it , it fhould be cloathed with rags , it should beg its bread , & c . A proper young man begging of a Gentleman Gentleman on the way in Oxfordshire , the Gentle- man 30: ...
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... should be innocent . Ninthly , Never play for more than you are willing to lofe ; that fo you may find yourself , after your pastime , not the worse , but the better ; which is , or ought to be , the end of all recreation . Tenthly , To ...
... should be innocent . Ninthly , Never play for more than you are willing to lofe ; that fo you may find yourself , after your pastime , not the worse , but the better ; which is , or ought to be , the end of all recreation . Tenthly , To ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 79 - In brief, acquit thee bravely ; play the man. Look not on pleasures as they come, but go. Defer not the least virtue : life's poor span Make not an ell, by trifling in thy woe. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.
Página 79 - Sum up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning, what thou hast to do. Dress and undress thy soul : mark the decay And growth of it : if with thy watch, that too Be down, then wind up both ; since we shall be Most surely judged, make thy accounts agree.
Página 60 - ... not : therefore from suretyship, as from a manslayer or enchanter, bless thyself ; for the best profit and return will be this, that if thou force him for whom thou art bound, to pay it himself, he will become thy enemy ; if thou use to pay it thyself, thou wilt be a beggar...
Página 39 - Certainly if a man will keep but of even hand, his ordinary expenses ought to be but to the half of his receipts, and, if he think to wax rich, but to the third part.
Página 51 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Página 74 - Art thou a Magistrate ? then be severe : If studious ; copy fair what time hath blurr'd ; Redeem truth from his jaws : if Soldier, Chase brave employments with a naked sword Throughout the world. Fool not ; for all may have, If they dare try, a glorious life, or grave.
Página 51 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Página 78 - Shoots higher much than he that means a tree. A grain of glory mixt with humblenefs Cures both a fever and lethargicnefs.
Página 78 - Calmness is great advantage : he that lets Another chafe, may warm him at his fire : Mark all his wanderings, and enjoy his frets ; As cunning fencers suffer heat to tire.
Página 59 - If thou be bound for a stranger, thou art a fool ; if for a merchant, thou puttest thy estate to learn to swim ; if for a churchman, he hath no inheritance ; if for a lawyer, he will find an...