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... less perplexity . " Sloth makes all things difficult , but industry all easy ; and he that riseth late , must trot all day , and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly , that poverty soon ...
... less perplexity . " Sloth makes all things difficult , but industry all easy ; and he that riseth late , must trot all day , and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly , that poverty soon ...
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... this sale of fineries and nick - nacks . You call them goods ; but , if you do not take care , they will prove evils to some of you . You expect they will be sold cheap , and , perhaps , they A 4 may for less than they cost ; but , if.
... this sale of fineries and nick - nacks . You call them goods ; but , if you do not take care , they will prove evils to some of you . You expect they will be sold cheap , and , perhaps , they A 4 may for less than they cost ; but , if.
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On the Duties of the Young. may for less than they cost ; but , if you have no occa- sion for them , they must be dear to you . Remember what Poor Richard says , " Buy what thou hast no need of , and ere long thou shalt sell thy ...
On the Duties of the Young. may for less than they cost ; but , if you have no occa- sion for them , they must be dear to you . Remember what Poor Richard says , " Buy what thou hast no need of , and ere long thou shalt sell thy ...
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... less pleasing . The pleasure the best actor gives , can no way com- pare to that I have received from a country wag , who imitated a quaker's sermon . The music of the finest singer is dissonance , to what I felt when our old dai- ry ...
... less pleasing . The pleasure the best actor gives , can no way com- pare to that I have received from a country wag , who imitated a quaker's sermon . The music of the finest singer is dissonance , to what I felt when our old dai- ry ...
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... less distress . He persuaded himself , that , instead of loving the lady , he only fancied that he had loved her ; and so all was well again . When fortune worÄ™ her angriest look , and he at last fell into the power of his most deadly ...
... less distress . He persuaded himself , that , instead of loving the lady , he only fancied that he had loved her ; and so all was well again . When fortune worÄ™ her angriest look , and he at last fell into the power of his most deadly ...
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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