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Page 76
... debts , while despair increaseth them . ' What though you have found no treasure , nor has any rich relation left you a legacy , ' diligence is the mother of good luck , and God gives all things to industry . Then plough deep while ...
... debts , while despair increaseth them . ' What though you have found no treasure , nor has any rich relation left you a legacy , ' diligence is the mother of good luck , and God gives all things to industry . Then plough deep while ...
Page 81
... debt for these superfluities ! We are offered , by the terms of this sale , six months ' credit ; and that , perhaps , has induced some of us to attend it , because we cannot spare the ready money , and hope now to be fine without it ...
... debt for these superfluities ! We are offered , by the terms of this sale , six months ' credit ; and that , perhaps , has induced some of us to attend it , because we cannot spare the ready money , and hope now to be fine without it ...
Page 82
... debt in mind , the term , which at first seemed so long , will , as it lessens , appear extremely short : Time will seem to have added wings to his heels as well as his shoulders . ' Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at ...
... debt in mind , the term , which at first seemed so long , will , as it lessens , appear extremely short : Time will seem to have added wings to his heels as well as his shoulders . ' Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at ...
Page 85
... debts ; therefore he charges on all he sells upon credit , an advance that shall make up that deficiency . Those who pay for what they buy upon credit , pay their share of this advance . He that pays ready money , escapes , or may ...
... debts ; therefore he charges on all he sells upon credit , an advance that shall make up that deficiency . Those who pay for what they buy upon credit , pay their share of this advance . He that pays ready money , escapes , or may ...
Page 89
... debts . In that case , when you meet with another honest man in similar distress , you must pay me by lending this sum to him , enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation , when he shall be able , and shall meet with such ...
... debts . In that case , when you meet with another honest man in similar distress , you must pay me by lending this sum to him , enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation , when he shall be able , and shall meet with such ...
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