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 pages |
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... shall be fain to whisper to one of the fervants for his drink , and endure all the jeers that fhall be put upon him , by thofe that are courted at the upper end of the table ; no one all dinner - time fhewing him any countenance , but ...
... shall be fain to whisper to one of the fervants for his drink , and endure all the jeers that fhall be put upon him , by thofe that are courted at the upper end of the table ; no one all dinner - time fhewing him any countenance , but ...
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... shall be paid ; and , because through poverty and want , he has but little flesh on his back , threatning to have his bones ; in the mean time hindering him from get- ting that money with which he should be paid . But befides all this ...
... shall be paid ; and , because through poverty and want , he has but little flesh on his back , threatning to have his bones ; in the mean time hindering him from get- ting that money with which he should be paid . But befides all this ...
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... Shall make rich , but the fluggard shall have a Scarcity of bread . I remember when I was in the Low Countries , there were three foldiers , a Dutchman a Scot , and an Englishman , who for their mif- demeanors were condemned to be ...
... Shall make rich , but the fluggard shall have a Scarcity of bread . I remember when I was in the Low Countries , there were three foldiers , a Dutchman a Scot , and an Englishman , who for their mif- demeanors were condemned to be ...
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... shall not have a crumb more : and as they cut the other end themselves , to tafte of the pudding , out dropped the gold . Money may well be faved , in travel or in town ; if three or four fhall join their purfes , and provide their diet ...
... shall not have a crumb more : and as they cut the other end themselves , to tafte of the pudding , out dropped the gold . Money may well be faved , in travel or in town ; if three or four fhall join their purfes , and provide their diet ...
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... not strangers , whofe humours and difpofitions you know not . Seventhly , Neither borrow nor lend money to play withal ; much less carry any thing to pawn tq to help you with money ; for he that shall 48 THE PLEASANT ART.
... not strangers , whofe humours and difpofitions you know not . Seventhly , Neither borrow nor lend money to play withal ; much less carry any thing to pawn tq to help you with money ; for he that shall 48 THE PLEASANT ART.
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Popular passages
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 78 - Shoots higher much than he that means a tree. A grain of glory mixt with humblenefs Cures both a fever and lethargicnefs.
Page 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.
Page 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...