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We are taxed twice as much by our idleness , three times as much by our pride ,
and four times as much by our folly ; and from these taxes the commissioners
cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement . However , let us heark . en
to ...
We are taxed twice as much by our idleness , three times as much by our pride ,
and four times as much by our folly ; and from these taxes the commissioners
cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement . However , let us heark . en
to ...
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Again , “ It is foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance ; " poort and yet
this ' folly is practised - every day at auctions , ter to for want of minding the
Almanack . Many a one , for the sake of finery on the back , have gone with a hun
...
Again , “ It is foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance ; " poort and yet
this ' folly is practised - every day at auctions , ter to for want of minding the
Almanack . Many a one , for the sake of finery on the back , have gone with a hun
...
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And it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich , as for the frog to swell , in order
to equal the ox . “ Vessels large may venture more , But little boats should keep
near shore . " It is , however , a folly soon punished ; for , as poor Richard says ...
And it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich , as for the frog to swell , in order
to equal the ox . “ Vessels large may venture more , But little boats should keep
near shore . " It is , however , a folly soon punished ; for , as poor Richard says ...
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| Title | Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10 Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young |
| Publisher | G. Nicholson, 1796 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 20 pages |
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