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There are no gains without pains ; then help hands , for I have no lands , " or , if I
have , they are sinartly 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 ...
There are no gains without pains ; then help hands , for I have no lands , " or , if I
have , they are sinartly 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 ...
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It cannot promote health , nor ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the
person , it creates envy , it hastens misfortune . But what madness must it be to
run in debt for these superfluities ? We are offered , by the terms of this sale , six ...
It cannot promote health , nor ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the
person , it creates envy , it hastens misfortune . But what madness must it be to
run in debt for these superfluities ? We are offered , by the terms of this sale , six ...
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What would you think of that prince , or of that government , who should issue an
edict forbidding you to dress like a gentleman or gentlewoman , on pain of
imprisonment or servitude ? Would you not say that you were free , have a right to
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What would you think of that prince , or of that government , who should issue an
edict forbidding you to dress like a gentleman or gentlewoman , on pain of
imprisonment or servitude ? Would you not say that you were free , have a right to
...
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When I reflect on the unambitious retirement in which I passed the earlier part of
my life in the country , I cannot avoid feeling some pain in thinking that those
happy days are never to return . In that retreat , all nature seemed capable of ...
When I reflect on the unambitious retirement in which I passed the earlier part of
my life in the country , I cannot avoid feeling some pain in thinking that those
happy days are never to return . In that retreat , all nature seemed capable of ...
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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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