The literary miscellany: or, Selections and extracts, classical and scientific with originals, in prose and verse. Conduct; &c, Volum 91812 |
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Side 24
... fortune ; and that it is of consequence , mere pride that urges him to live beyond his rank , or renders him blind to the know- ledge of it . With all this fondness for external splen- dor , he is a most affable and ingenious man ; and ...
... fortune ; and that it is of consequence , mere pride that urges him to live beyond his rank , or renders him blind to the know- ledge of it . With all this fondness for external splen- dor , he is a most affable and ingenious man ; and ...
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... fortune only that give a person claim to a splendid appearance ; that it may be conferred by other qualifications , in which my friend is acknow- ledged to have a share . I have sometimes urged that remarkable ingenuity , any great ...
... fortune only that give a person claim to a splendid appearance ; that it may be conferred by other qualifications , in which my friend is acknow- ledged to have a share . I have sometimes urged that remarkable ingenuity , any great ...
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... fortune , learning , wit , youth , and beauty sued to her ; nor had she any reason to quarrel with love for the shapes in which he appeared before her . Yet in vain were all appli- cations . Religion was her only object ; and she seemed ...
... fortune , learning , wit , youth , and beauty sued to her ; nor had she any reason to quarrel with love for the shapes in which he appeared before her . Yet in vain were all appli- cations . Religion was her only object ; and she seemed ...
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... fortunes . What use Leander made of this discovery is not known . Perhaps when he had been successful in banishing the hypocrite , he did not shew himself very solicitous in his endeavours to re- form the sinner . N. B. Written when I ...
... fortunes . What use Leander made of this discovery is not known . Perhaps when he had been successful in banishing the hypocrite , he did not shew himself very solicitous in his endeavours to re- form the sinner . N. B. Written when I ...
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... fortune to undertake a journey , which I was to perform by means of enquiries . I had pass- ed a number of miles without any sort of difficulty , by help of the manifold instructions that had been given me on my setting out . At length ...
... fortune to undertake a journey , which I was to perform by means of enquiries . I had pass- ed a number of miles without any sort of difficulty , by help of the manifold instructions that had been given me on my setting out . At length ...
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Side 2 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Side 1 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? — I will tell thee, my Friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
Side 19 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain...
Side 13 - ... the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality ; that is, 45 waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Side 40 - We have had some experience of it — several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences, but when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were totally good...
Side 3 - What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. "You may think perhaps, that a little Tea, or a little Punch now and then, Diet a little more costly, Clothes a little finer, and a little Entertainment now and then, can be no great Matter; but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again.
Side 40 - We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.