The art of money getting! To which is added, The way to get a penny; or, The art of thrivingM'Donnel, 1820 - 180 pages |
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... lost : and such also was the dread- ful fire of London ; whereby some that had great estates one week , had scarce bread to eat the next week . And particular per- sons had particular losses by fire , many times since . Thus , in a time ...
... lost : and such also was the dread- ful fire of London ; whereby some that had great estates one week , had scarce bread to eat the next week . And particular per- sons had particular losses by fire , many times since . Thus , in a time ...
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... lost ; which many ( that frequent those places ) never think of ; but measure their expences only by what goes out of their pockets ; not considering what they might have gained in that time by their labour , and what they might have ...
... lost ; which many ( that frequent those places ) never think of ; but measure their expences only by what goes out of their pockets ; not considering what they might have gained in that time by their labour , and what they might have ...
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... lost ) told her that for his part he would willingly sign her petition ; but withal asked how her husbaud did , and bade her from himself to tell him , that had he not pitcht upon his horns , he had utterly been spoiled and crusht . So ...
... lost ) told her that for his part he would willingly sign her petition ; but withal asked how her husbaud did , and bade her from himself to tell him , that had he not pitcht upon his horns , he had utterly been spoiled and crusht . So ...
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... lost , and only an empty pair of houl- sters by his side , to shew that he had been disarmed . And you must note , that his hotspur does never set upon any places but only such where he knows ( by intelligence ) there are store of ...
... lost , and only an empty pair of houl- sters by his side , to shew that he had been disarmed . And you must note , that his hotspur does never set upon any places but only such where he knows ( by intelligence ) there are store of ...
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... , that undertake more than they are able to manage : and this has been the ruin of many an honest ( though not wise ) man , who undertaking too much , has thereby lost all . Excellent RULES of THRIVING , in Verse . FLY Idleness 95.
... , that undertake more than they are able to manage : and this has been the ruin of many an honest ( though not wise ) man , who undertaking too much , has thereby lost all . Excellent RULES of THRIVING , in Verse . FLY Idleness 95.
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Antiperistasis Art of Thriving Bishop of GLASGOW body boiled borrow brave bread and salt brew butter called CARDINAL GRANVELL cerned cheap Clothes coined debt dili diligent dish of food doth drink easy of digestion eaten with bread eggs expences fear fire fire of London Fleet Street fool furbelowed give hath herbs honest horse hundred pounds idle Jocelin Justice keep money labour land lend little salt live look Lord man's meal meat men's milk mind miserable never thrive noble nourishment nutriment oatmeal Piercy pint Pleasant Art pocket poor pottage poverty purse quart reckoned recreations rich ruin Samnites scorn servants shalt Shekels shew shillings slothful sort spare spend spoonful stomach sure Surety-Ship tell thee thereof thing thousand pounds thyself tion trade unto usurer vinegar want of money wants money wholesome wise wormwood worth
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Page 101 - 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.
Page 67 - 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.
Page 93 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 67 - 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.
Page 97 - Get to live ; Then live, and use it: else, it is not true That thou hast gotten. Surely use alone Makes money not a contemptible stone.
Page 78 - ... than offereth it. 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...
Page 78 - ... 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...
Page 66 - In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Page 66 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 101 - 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.