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... hands , for I have no lands , " or , if I have , they are smartly taxed . " He that hath a trade , hath an estate ; and he that hath a calling , hath an office of profit and honour , " as Poor Richard says ; but then the trade must be ...
... hands , for I have no lands , " or , if I have , they are smartly taxed . " He that hath a trade , hath an estate ; and he that hath a calling , hath an office of profit and honour , " as Poor Richard says ; but then the trade must be ...
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... hands : " and again , Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge : " and again , " Not to oversee workmen , is to leave them your purse open . " Trusting too much to oth- ers ' care is the ruin of many ; for , " In the ...
... hands : " and again , Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge : " and again , " Not to oversee workmen , is to leave them your purse open . " Trusting too much to oth- ers ' care is the ruin of many ; for , " In the ...
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... hand , to terminate the scene of misery : but , happily , the contempt of death forsakes him at a time when it could only be prejudicial ; and life acquires an imag inary value , in proportion as its real value is no more . Our ...
... hand , to terminate the scene of misery : but , happily , the contempt of death forsakes him at a time when it could only be prejudicial ; and life acquires an imag inary value , in proportion as its real value is no more . Our ...
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... hand : if , sir , provi- dence had thought proper to accoutre you in this manner , I should have left you to revenge your own cause , and fight your own battles : and had you hesi- tated to do this , under such advantages , I should ...
... hand : if , sir , provi- dence had thought proper to accoutre you in this manner , I should have left you to revenge your own cause , and fight your own battles : and had you hesi- tated to do this , under such advantages , I should ...
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... hands of a two legged animal without feathers . Though born with the most aspiring disposition and unbounded love of freedom , he was closely confined in a grated prison , and scarcely permitted to view those fields to the possession of ...
... hands of a two legged animal without feathers . Though born with the most aspiring disposition and unbounded love of freedom , he was closely confined in a grated prison , and scarcely permitted to view those fields to the possession of ...
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Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10 Hugh Blair,Rollin,Thomas Percival No preview available - 2016 |
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Almanack animal without feathers animating some happier ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD appears ard says aspiring disposition auction beauteous feathers burst the prison callow infancy Chinvang creditor diligence disposition and unbounded distress dress EDWARD PERCIVAL ENDEARED BY AGE ENJOYMENTS OF EARLY EPITAPH Father Abraham fledged pinions folly fool FRENCH OF GANGANELLI friends frugality GOLDSMITH grated prison happier form happy Elysium harmonious sorrow hath health to enjoy heap of beauteous heard to petition hope for retribution hope of animating humour idle indignant soul burst innocence can hope keep left a lifeless legged animal lifeless heap live Mathematician Mathematics mour ness never oft-removed person of unblemished philosophy pitiless hands pleasure Poor Dick Poor Rich Poor Richard says pride purse RICHARD ACANTHUS RICHARD SAUNDERS rough and pitiless run in debt Sloth sure thee thing thou tired with fruitless unalienable rights undoubted charter view those fields violent clamours WEALTH