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The Life and Miscellaneous Writings of Benjamin Franklin - Page 48
by Benjamin Franklin - 1839 - 86 pages
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Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10

Chapbooks - 1796 - 34 pages
...cost ; but, if you have no occasion for them, they must be dear to you. Remember •what Poor Richard says, « Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shah sell thy necessaries." And again, " At a great pennyworth pause a while :" he means, that perhaps...
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Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1804 - 78 pages
...they cost; but if you have no occasion 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 they necessaries." And again, " At a great penj nyworth pause a while." He means, that perhaps the...
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The gleaner; or, Entertainment for the fire-side [compiled by J. Watson].

Gleaner - 1805 - 426 pages
...they cost; but, if you have no occasion 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 necessaries." And again, " At a great pennyworth pause awhile :" he means, that perhaps the cheapness...
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The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the ..., Volume 3

Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1806 - 590 pages
...cost ; but, if you have no "occasion 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 necessaries." And again, " at a great penny-worth pause a wliile." He means, that perhaps the cheapness...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 6

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...they cost ; but if you have no occasion 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 necessaries." And again, " At a great penny worth pause a while :" he means, that perhaps the cheapness...
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Lionel and Clarissa, by I. Bickerstaff. The toy shop; the king and the ...

James Plumptre - English drama - 1812 - 424 pages
...they cost; but, if you have no occasion 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 necessaries." And again, " iAt a great penny-worth pause a while." He means, that perhaps the cheapness...
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The literary miscellany: or, Selections and extracts, classical ..., Volume 9

1812 - 314 pages
...they cost; but if you have no occasion for them, they must be dear to you. Remember what poor Richard says, " Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shaft sell they necessaries." And again, " At a great pennyworth pause a while." He means, that perhaps...
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The Cheap magazine [ed. by G. Miller.] Vol, Volume 1

George Miller - 1813 - 638 pages
...cost ; but, if ydu have no occasion for them, they must be dear to you. Remember what poor Richard says, " buy what thou hast no need • 'of, and ere long thou shall sell thy necessaries." And 'again, "at a great penny-worth pause a while." He ' means, that perhaps...
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Proverbs, Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus, with ..., Volume 1

Proverbs - 1814 - 568 pages
...because it is cheap, but, "Com.pra lo que no has menester, y vemleras lo que no podras escusar," " buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy nes2 cessariesj" cessaries;" and " Quod non opus est asse carum est," what is not wanted is dear even...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..

Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 610 pages
...cost ; but, if you have no occasion for them, they must be dear to you. Remember what Poor Richard says, Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shall sell thy necessaries. And again, At a great pennyworth pause a while. He means, that perhaps...
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