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... become a heavy task to those who are unaccustomed to writing . " Letters are the life of trade , the fuel of love , the pleasure of friendship , the food of the politician , and the entertain- ment of the curious . " To those who have ...
... become a heavy task to those who are unaccustomed to writing . " Letters are the life of trade , the fuel of love , the pleasure of friendship , the food of the politician , and the entertain- ment of the curious . " To those who have ...
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... becoming so concise as to be unintelligible . Boileau , echoing Horace , says , " J'évite d'être long , et je deviens obscur ... become obscure . " B All those little personal details and trifling circumstances which are INTRODUCTION . 1.
... becoming so concise as to be unintelligible . Boileau , echoing Horace , says , " J'évite d'être long , et je deviens obscur ... become obscure . " B All those little personal details and trifling circumstances which are INTRODUCTION . 1.
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... become gaudy and ridiculous ; or in that , while striving to astonish , we become contemptible , and " rise like the rocket , only to fall like the stick . " We should never suffer ourselves to be seduced to adopt a fine - sounding ...
... become gaudy and ridiculous ; or in that , while striving to astonish , we become contemptible , and " rise like the rocket , only to fall like the stick . " We should never suffer ourselves to be seduced to adopt a fine - sounding ...
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... becomes absurd . In an ap- plication to a superior in rank , or age , for a favor , neither gaiety nor familiarity is tolerated . A request may be made to an equal , and an acquaintance , with smiles ; friendship commands , even when ...
... becomes absurd . In an ap- plication to a superior in rank , or age , for a favor , neither gaiety nor familiarity is tolerated . A request may be made to an equal , and an acquaintance , with smiles ; friendship commands , even when ...
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... becomes ridiculous . A metaphor may also be used with advantage , if it occur naturally ; and an anecdote may be as happily ... become enigmatical . Proverbs , and jeux - de - mots are inelegant ; if the latter be admitted , it must be ...
... becomes ridiculous . A metaphor may also be used with advantage , if it occur naturally ; and an anecdote may be as happily ... become enigmatical . Proverbs , and jeux - de - mots are inelegant ; if the latter be admitted , it must be ...
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able acquaintance affairs affection affectionate agreeable answer appear assure attended become character circumstances common concerning conduct consequence consider continue conversation correspondence daughter dear depend desire doubt duty endeavor enter equal esteem expect expression father favor feel fortune friendship future give given greatest hand happiness hear heart honor hope human humble husband importance keep kind lady late least leave LETTER live look lover Madam manner marriage married master mean mind mother nature necessary never object obliged observe occasion once opinion pain parents passion perhaps person pleased pleasure present proper reason received regard render respect sense servant sincere soon sufficient sure thing thought tion true virtue whole wife wish woman worthy write written young
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Page 206 - Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Page 57 - Remember that money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on.
Page 58 - In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality ; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them every thing. He that gets all he can honestly, and saves all he gets, ( necessary expenses excepted) will certainly become rich — if that Being who governs the world, to whom all should look for a blessing on their honest endeavours,...
Page 101 - ... as if it were an established maxim, that women are incapable of all conversation. In a room where both sexes meet, if the men are discoursing upon any general subject, the ladies never think it their business to partake in what passes, but in a separate club entertain each other with the price and choice of lace and silk, and what dresses they liked or disapproved at the church or the playhouse.
Page 192 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Page 213 - You formerly observed to me that nothing made a more ridiculous figure in a man's life than the disparity we often find in him sick and well ; thus one of an unfortunate constitution is perpetually exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of his mind, and of his body, in their turns. I have had frequent opportunities of late to consider myself in these different views, and, I hope, have received some advantage by it, if what Waller says be true, that The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd,...
Page 214 - ... animal as I am. The morning after my exit the sun will rise as bright as ever, the flowers smell as sweet, the plants spring as green, the world will proceed in its old course, people will laugh as heartily and marry as fast as they were used to do. ' The memory of man,' as it is elegantly expressed in the Book of Wisdom, ' passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but one day.
Page 57 - ... hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the more it produces every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. He that kills a breeding sow, destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation. He that murders a crown, destroys all that it might have produced, even scores of pounds.
Page 56 - Remember that time is money. He that can earn ten shillings a day by his labour, and goes abroad or sits idle one half of that day, though he spends but sixpence during his diversion or idleness, ought not to reckon that the only expense ; he has really spent, or rather thrown away, five shillings besides.
Page 57 - ... your credit. Beware of thinking all your own that you possess, and of living accordingly.