 If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellowcitizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much...  Source-readers in American History ... - Page 198by Albert Bushnell Hart - 1902Full view - About this book
 | 150 pages
...fays I, You do indeed, fay too much for your Whif.lt, When I meet with a man of pleafure, facrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal fenfations, and ruining his health in the purfuit. Mijiaken man, fays I, you are providing pain for... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1793 - 282 pages
...man, fays I, you do indeed fay too much for your vthijlle, When I meet a man of pleafure, facrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal fenfations ; Miftaken man, fays \,you are providing pain for yourfelf, in/lead cf pleafure : you give... | |
 | Universalism - 1799 - 394 pages
...wealth, Poor man ! faid I, you do, indeed, give tat ihucb for your whiftle! When I faw a man of pleafure Sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal fenfations, Miftaken man ! fays I ; you are providing pain for yaurfelf in/lead of pleafure : you give... | |
 | Universalism - 1799 - 404 pages
...man ! laid I, you do^ indecdygivi tea ^uch foryaur ivhlftie! When 1 faw a man of p'eafure facrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal fenfations, Mlflaken man ! fays 1 ; you are providing pain far yourfelf in/lead of pleasure : you give... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - English literature - 1799 - 468 pages
...Man, fays I, you do indeed pay too much for your whi/lle When I meet a man of pleafure, facrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal fenfations : Miftaken man, fays /, you are providing pain for yourfelf in/lead of pleafure : you give... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - Literature - 1801 - 234 pages
....faid I, you do indeed pay too much for the Whijlle. 9. When I meet with a man of pleafure, facrificing every laudable improvement of the mind or of his- fortune, to mere corporal fenfations, and ruining.his h.ealth in the purfuit ; Miftakea man, lay I, you are providing... | |
 | Readers - 1803 - 250 pages
...man, fays \,ycuth •Seed pay too much for your whijtii. When 1 meet a man of pleafure-, facrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal feufations ; Mtftaken men, fays I, you are providing pain for yonrfelf. 'mjleatt of pieafure: you give... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1804 - 78 pages
...of accumulating wealth ; Poor man ! say I, you do indeed pay tot witch for your whistle. When I meet a man of pleasure, sacrificing every 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 pleasure... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 232 pages
...feid I, you do indeed pay too much for the WhiJHe. 9. When I meet with a man or pleafure, facrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal fenfations, and ruining his health in the purfuit ; miftaken man, fay I, you are providing pain for... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1804 - 254 pages
...accumulating wealth, /w»r max, said I, you do indeed fay ttio much for the ivhistlc. 9. When I meet with a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or his fortune, to mere corporeal sensations, and ruining his health in the pursuit ,• Mistaken man,... | |
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