American Literature Survey: Colonial and federal to 1800Viking Press, 1968 - American literature |
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... Poor Richard says . " But dost thou love life ? Then do not squander time ; for that's the stuff life is made of , " as Poor Richard says . How much more than is neces- sary do we spend in sleep , forgetting that " The sleeping fox ...
... Poor Richard says . " But dost thou love life ? Then do not squander time ; for that's the stuff life is made of , " as Poor Richard says . How much more than is neces- sary do we spend in sleep , forgetting that " The sleeping fox ...
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... Poor Richard . What though you have found no treasure , nor has any rich relation left you a legacy , " Diligence is the mother of good luck , " as Poor Richard says , and " God gives all things to industry . " " Then plough deep while ...
... Poor Richard . What though you have found no treasure , nor has any rich relation left you a legacy , " Diligence is the mother of good luck , " as Poor Richard says , and " God gives all things to industry . " " Then plough deep while ...
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... Poor Dick says , " For one poor person , there are an hundred indigent . " By these and other extravagancies the genteel are reduced to poverty and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised , but who through industry and ...
... Poor Dick says , " For one poor person , there are an hundred indigent . " By these and other extravagancies the genteel are reduced to poverty and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised , but who through industry and ...
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