Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10G. Nicholson, 1796 - 20 pages |
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... whole day . " Gain may be temporary and uncertain ; but ever , while you live , expense is constant and certain ; and " It is easier to build two chimnies , than to keep one in fuel , " as Poor Richard says : so , " Rather go to bed ...
... whole day . " Gain may be temporary and uncertain ; but ever , while you live , expense is constant and certain ; and " It is easier to build two chimnies , than to keep one in fuel , " as Poor Richard says : so , " Rather go to bed ...
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... whole world is to them a theatre , on which comedies only are acted . All the bustle of heroism , or the rants of ambition , serve only to heighten the absurdity of the scene , and make the humour more poignant . They feel , in short ...
... whole world is to them a theatre , on which comedies only are acted . All the bustle of heroism , or the rants of ambition , serve only to heighten the absurdity of the scene , and make the humour more poignant . They feel , in short ...
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... whole family , and Dick among the number , gathered around him . " I leave my second son , Andrew , " said the expiring miser , " my whole estate , and de- " sire him to be frugal . " Andrew , in a sorrowful tone , as is usual on these ...
... whole family , and Dick among the number , gathered around him . " I leave my second son , Andrew , " said the expiring miser , " my whole estate , and de- " sire him to be frugal . " Andrew , in a sorrowful tone , as is usual on these ...
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Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10 Hugh Blair,Rollin,Thomas Percival No preview available - 2016 |
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Almanack animal without feathers animating some happier ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD appears ard says aspiring disposition auction beauteous feathers burst the prison callow infancy Chinvang creditor diligence disposition and unbounded distress dress EDWARD PERCIVAL ENDEARED BY AGE ENJOYMENTS OF EARLY EPITAPH Father Abraham fledged pinions folly fool FRENCH OF GANGANELLI friends frugality GOLDSMITH grated prison happier form happy Elysium harmonious sorrow hath health to enjoy heap of beauteous heard to petition hope for retribution hope of animating humour idle indignant soul burst innocence can hope keep left a lifeless legged animal lifeless heap live Mathematician Mathematics mour ness never oft-removed person of unblemished philosophy pitiless hands pleasure Poor Dick Poor Rich Poor Richard says pride purse RICHARD ACANTHUS RICHARD SAUNDERS rough and pitiless run in debt Sloth sure thee thing thou tired with fruitless unalienable rights undoubted charter view those fields violent clamours WEALTH