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 sider |
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... 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 expofes men to fcorn and ridicule : and 14 THE PLEASANT ART.
... 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 expofes men to fcorn and ridicule : and 14 THE PLEASANT ART.
Side 56
... doth bestow , Beauty and birth to high and low . It is as true as old : hence the Dutch have a proverb , that Gentility and fair Looks buy nothing in the market . If you happen to be fick or ill , if your purfe hath been lately purged ...
... doth bestow , Beauty and birth to high and low . It is as true as old : hence the Dutch have a proverb , that Gentility and fair Looks buy nothing in the market . If you happen to be fick or ill , if your purfe hath been lately purged ...
Side 68
... doth he ride from Town to Town , from City to City , as if he were a Landlord in every Shire , and that he were to gather Rents up of none but Gentlemen . There is a Twin - brother to this Falfe - galloper ,. and he cheats Inn - keepers ...
... doth he ride from Town to Town , from City to City , as if he were a Landlord in every Shire , and that he were to gather Rents up of none but Gentlemen . There is a Twin - brother to this Falfe - galloper ,. and he cheats Inn - keepers ...
Side 74
... doth not fo , but Man ? Houfes are built by Rule , and Common - wealths : Entice the trufty Sun , if that you can , From his Ecliptic Line : beckon the Sky : Who lives by Rule then , keeps good Company . Who keeps no guard upon himself ...
... doth not fo , but Man ? Houfes are built by Rule , and Common - wealths : Entice the trufty Sun , if that you can , From his Ecliptic Line : beckon the Sky : Who lives by Rule then , keeps good Company . Who keeps no guard upon himself ...
Side 75
... doth bear the Bell ; Wisdom's a Trimmer - thing than Shop e'er gave : Say not then , This with that Lace will do well ; But , This , with my Discretion , will be brave : Much Curioufnefs is a perpetual wooing , Nothing with labour ...
... doth bear the Bell ; Wisdom's a Trimmer - thing than Shop e'er gave : Say not then , This with that Lace will do well ; But , This , with my Discretion , will be brave : Much Curioufnefs is a perpetual wooing , Nothing with labour ...
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 78 - Shoots higher much than he that means a tree. A grain of glory mixt with humblenefs Cures both a fever and lethargicnefs.
Side 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.
Side 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...