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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Side 12
... mind of a ftory I have heard related of Jocelin Piercy , Elq ; brother to the Earl of Northumberland , who going by a Butcher's fhop near Cow - Crefs , affronted his dog , who thereupon fell a barking at him , and the Esquire made no ...
... mind of a ftory I have heard related of Jocelin Piercy , Elq ; brother to the Earl of Northumberland , who going by a Butcher's fhop near Cow - Crefs , affronted his dog , who thereupon fell a barking at him , and the Esquire made no ...
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... mind : fo 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 ...
... mind : fo 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 ...
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... mind fo loaded with fetters , that at beft , he looks upon himself but as a prifoner at large ; and is fo much confined in his own house , that though he hears one knock , he darest not go to the door , for fear of meeting with a ...
... mind fo loaded with fetters , that at beft , he looks upon himself but as a prifoner at large ; and is fo much confined in his own house , that though he hears one knock , he darest not go to the door , for fear of meeting with a ...
Side 19
... mind ? In like fear is he also of being seen by his creditors with a good fuit of cloaths on . Then the cry is up again , He can find money to buy good cloaths , but not to pay his debts ! As if , because a man owes money , he was ...
... mind ? In like fear is he also of being seen by his creditors with a good fuit of cloaths on . Then the cry is up again , He can find money to buy good cloaths , but not to pay his debts ! As if , because a man owes money , he was ...
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... , or natural difpofition does moft of all incline him : if he has a mind to feek his fortune abroad , he may at once fatisfy his curiofity , fupply his ne- ceffity , " ceffity , and serve his country , by going 32 THE PLEASANT ART.
... , or natural difpofition does moft of all incline him : if he has a mind to feek his fortune abroad , he may at once fatisfy his curiofity , fupply his ne- ceffity , " ceffity , and serve his country , by going 32 THE PLEASANT ART.
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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...