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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... true value of it fifteen - pence of our money , fo that at that rate Abraham paid twenty - five pounds of our English money for that burying - place . We read likewife of pieces of filver , or filver- lings before this , which was ...
... true value of it fifteen - pence of our money , fo that at that rate Abraham paid twenty - five pounds of our English money for that burying - place . We read likewife of pieces of filver , or filver- lings before this , which was ...
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... true is that which Juvenal tells us , Nothing makes Poverty more grievous then That it contemptible doth render Men . And though it be the hardest thing to bear in po verty , yet it is always a conftant concomitant of it , that that it ...
... true is that which Juvenal tells us , Nothing makes Poverty more grievous then That it contemptible doth render Men . And though it be the hardest thing to bear in po verty , yet it is always a conftant concomitant of it , that that it ...
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... true ; not that he is not able , but because he has no heart to do it ; though he wallows in wealth , as the fwine does in tl : e mire . And perhaps the poor debtor and his family has pinched all the week , to fave a little money to buy ...
... true ; not that he is not able , but because he has no heart to do it ; though he wallows in wealth , as the fwine does in tl : e mire . And perhaps the poor debtor and his family has pinched all the week , to fave a little money to buy ...
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... true which Martial faith , If poor thou art , then poor thou fhalt remain : Rich men alone do now rich gifts obtain . Of this condition are the greateft number in every kingdom ; other there are , who have pof- feffed great eftates ...
... true which Martial faith , If poor thou art , then poor thou fhalt remain : Rich men alone do now rich gifts obtain . Of this condition are the greateft number in every kingdom ; other there are , who have pof- feffed great eftates ...
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... - works , extractions , and the like . If any would be taught the true ufe of money , let him travel into Italy , for the Italian ( the Florentine Florentine especially ) is able to teach all the world 28 THE PLESANT ART.
... - works , extractions , and the like . If any would be taught the true ufe of money , let him travel into Italy , for the Italian ( the Florentine Florentine especially ) is able to teach all the world 28 THE PLESANT ART.
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...