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 3
... worth of it mostly by the want of it ; and are even ready to fend out an hue and cry after it . There is no money to be had , cries one : I never knew trading fo dead , cries another : I hardly take what keeps my house , cries a third ...
... worth of it mostly by the want of it ; and are even ready to fend out an hue and cry after it . There is no money to be had , cries one : I never knew trading fo dead , cries another : I hardly take what keeps my house , cries a third ...
Side 7
... worth two fhillings and fix - pence ) came to one hundred twenty - five pounds , two fhillings and fix - pence ; which at that day was a noble prefent for a King to give . But But befides Shekels and Silverlings , there was Talents alfo ...
... worth two fhillings and fix - pence ) came to one hundred twenty - five pounds , two fhillings and fix - pence ; which at that day was a noble prefent for a King to give . But But befides Shekels and Silverlings , there was Talents alfo ...
Side 10
... worth many thousands ; this poor man addreffed himself to his Uncle to give him an hundred pounds to fet him up ; but he knew the worth of money better than to part with it out of his own hands , before death forced forced it from him ...
... worth many thousands ; this poor man addreffed himself to his Uncle to give him an hundred pounds to fet him up ; but he knew the worth of money better than to part with it out of his own hands , before death forced forced it from him ...
Side 22
... worth of it . And therefore it may be worth our enquiring into the caufe from whence this want proceeds ;. I mean the common and ordinary caufes ; for there are fome causes that are extraordinary , fuch as all our wit and prudence can ...
... worth of it . And therefore it may be worth our enquiring into the caufe from whence this want proceeds ;. I mean the common and ordinary caufes ; for there are fome causes that are extraordinary , fuch as all our wit and prudence can ...
Side 34
... worth of a penny ; and fince we are born , we muft live , Vivious nous , let us live as well , as merrily as we can in these hardest times , and fay every one of us , as Sir Roger Williams . that brave foldier faid to Queen Eliza- beth ...
... worth of a penny ; and fince we are born , we muft live , Vivious nous , let us live as well , as merrily as we can in these hardest times , and fay every one of us , as Sir Roger Williams . that brave foldier faid to Queen Eliza- beth ...
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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...