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... bringing on diseases , absolutely shortens life . " Sloth , like rust , consumes faster than labour wears , while the used key is always bright , " as poor Richard says- " But dost thou love life , then do not squander time , for that ...
... bringing on diseases , absolutely shortens life . " Sloth , like rust , consumes faster than labour wears , while the used key is always bright , " as poor Richard says- " But dost thou love life , then do not squander time , for that ...
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... bring up two children . " You may think , perhaps , that a little tea , or a little punch now and then , diet a A little more costly , clothes a little finer , and a little en- tertainment now and then , can be no great matter ; but ...
... bring up two children . " You may think , perhaps , that a little tea , or a little punch now and then , diet a A little more costly , clothes a little finer , and a little en- tertainment now and then , can be no great matter ; but ...
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... bring no other affliction ; the 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 ...
... bring no other affliction ; the 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 ...
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... brings their reasonings into small compass while it gives them energy and method . Order is delightful ; there is nothing in nature but what is stamped with it , and without it there could be no harmony . We may likewise say that the ...
... brings their reasonings into small compass while it gives them energy and method . Order is delightful ; there is nothing in nature but what is stamped with it , and without it there could be no harmony . We may likewise say that the ...
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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