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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... of an ounce , and the true value of it fifteen - pence of our money , so at that rate Abraham paid twen- ty - five pounds of our English money for that burying - place . * We read likewise of pieces of silver , or silverlings 8.
... of an ounce , and the true value of it fifteen - pence of our money , so at that rate Abraham paid twen- ty - five pounds of our English money for that burying - place . * We read likewise of pieces of silver , or silverlings 8.
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... pieces of silver , or silverlings ; the value of which thousand pieces ( each piece being worth two shillings and six - pence ) came to one hundred twenty - five pounds , two shillings and six - pence ; which at that day was al noble ...
... pieces of silver , or silverlings ; the value of which thousand pieces ( each piece being worth two shillings and six - pence ) came to one hundred twenty - five pounds , two shillings and six - pence ; which at that day was al noble ...
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... pieces , has had the stamp of authority put upon it , and so it was made to pass for money . And in New- England , the Indians have money which they call Wampompege , which is of two sorts , one white , which they make of the stem or ...
... pieces , has had the stamp of authority put upon it , and so it was made to pass for money . And in New- England , the Indians have money which they call Wampompege , which is of two sorts , one white , which they make of the stem or ...
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... piece of bread : money therefore is prized not for itself , but for its use ; because , as Solomon also says , Money answers all things and seeing without money a man can have nothing , they must be very miserable that are without it ...
... piece of bread : money therefore is prized not for itself , but for its use ; because , as Solomon also says , Money answers all things and seeing without money a man can have nothing , they must be very miserable that are without it ...
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... piece of meat , he eats in fear ; and if he has a good suit of cloaths , he is afraid to be seen in them ; so importunate are his duns for their money , and so filled with envy to see him have any thing that is good : but I will ...
... piece of meat , he eats in fear ; and if he has a good suit of cloaths , he is afraid to be seen in them ; so importunate are his duns for their money , and so filled with envy to see him have any thing that is good : but I will ...
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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.