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Many , but to without labour , would live by their wits only , but Our in they break
for want of stock ; " whereas industry gives if he comfort , and plenty , and respect
. “ Fly pleasures , and they will follow you . The diligent spinner has agroas a ...
Many , but to without labour , would live by their wits only , but Our in they break
for want of stock ; " whereas industry gives if he comfort , and plenty , and respect
. “ Fly pleasures , and they will follow you . The diligent spinner has agroas a ...
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain ; but ever , while you live , expense is
constant and certain ; and " It is easier to build two chimnies , than to keep one in
fuel , " as Poor Richard says ; so , “ Rather go to ! bed supperless , than rise in
debt .
Gain may be temporary and uncertain ; but ever , while you live , expense is
constant and certain ; and " It is easier to build two chimnies , than to keep one in
fuel , " as Poor Richard says ; so , “ Rather go to ! bed supperless , than rise in
debt .
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He whose mind is engaged by the acquisition or improvement of 1 fortune , not
only escapes the insipidity of indifferl ence , and the tediousness of inactivity , but
gains et joyments wholly unknown to those who live lazily on the toil of others ; for
...
He whose mind is engaged by the acquisition or improvement of 1 fortune , not
only escapes the insipidity of indifferl ence , and the tediousness of inactivity , but
gains et joyments wholly unknown to those who live lazily on the toil of others ; for
...
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Is it that Naa ture attentive to the preservation of mankind , increases our wishes
to live , while she lessens our ena joyments ? and , as she robs the senses of
every plea . sure , equips imagination in the spoils ? Life would be insupportable
to ...
Is it that Naa ture attentive to the preservation of mankind , increases our wishes
to live , while she lessens our ena joyments ? and , as she robs the senses of
every plea . sure , equips imagination in the spoils ? Life would be insupportable
to ...
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I have not long to live and shall be unhappy , except • I spend the rest of my days
where my youth was . passed ; in that prison from whence you were pleased to
release me . The old man ' s passion for con . finement is similar to that we all ...
I have not long to live and shall be unhappy , except • I spend the rest of my days
where my youth was . passed ; in that prison from whence you were pleased to
release me . The old man ' s passion for con . finement is similar to that we all ...
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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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