 improvement of the mind or of his fortune, to mere corporeal sensations, and ruining his health in their pursuit, " Mistaken man," says I, " you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure : you give too much for your whistle." If I see one fond...  Essays and Letters - Page 103by Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Spellers - 1803 - 254 pages
...every laudable improvement of mind, or of fortune, to mere fenfual gratifications ; Mistaken man ! faid I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of...pleasure ; you give too much for your whistle. If I faw one fond of fine clothes, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune, for which he contracted... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1804 - 78 pages
...mind, or of his fortune, to mere coporeal sensations ; Mistaken man, say I, you are providing pain Jbr yourself instead of pleasure: you give too much for your whistle. If I see one fond of fine clothes, fine furniture, fine equipage, all above his fortune, for which he contracts debts, and... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...corporeal sensations, nnd ruining his health in the pursuit ,• Mistaken man, say I, you are p^oviding pain for yourself instead of pleasure ; you give too much for your whittle. 10. If I see one fond of fine clothes, fine furniture, fine houses, fine equipage, all above... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...you indeed pay too much for your whistle. When I meet a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal sensations; Mistaken man, says I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1806 - 590 pages
...says I, you pay too much for your Khistle. When I meet a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere...ruining his health in their pursuit, Mistaken man, says 1, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure: you give too much for your Khistle. If... | |
 | Manual - Essays - 1809 - 324 pages
...laudable improvement of the mind, or of iiis fortune, to mere corporal sensations; Mistaken man, say I, you are providing pain for yourself instead of...pleasure; you give too much for your whistle. If I see one foud of flue clothes, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune, for which he contracts... | |
 | Noah Webster - Readers - 1809 - 202 pages
...Jtay too much fir the Whittle. 9. When I meet with a man of pleasure, sacrificing evr ery laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal sensations, and ruining his health in the pursuit; mistaken man, say I, you are providing pain for yourself instead of pleasure ; you give... | |
 | Democritus (junior, pseud.) - 1810 - 240 pages
...your whistle.— When I meet with a man of pleasure, sacri. ficing every laudable improvement of his mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal sensations, and ruining his constitution in the pursuit^ mistaken man, said I, you are providing pain for yourself instead of pleasure... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1811 - 196 pages
...do indeed pay too much for your whistle. When I meet a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal sensations ; Mistaken man, says I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure ; you give too much... | |
 | 1812 - 314 pages
...laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere coporeal sensations ; Mistaken man, say I, you are providing pain for yourself instead of...give too much for your whistle. If I see one fond of fine clothes, fine furniture, fine equipage, all above his fortune, for which he contracts debts, and... | |
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