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One to - day is worth two to - morrows , " as Poor Richard says ; and farther , “
Never leave that till to - morrow , which you can do to - day . ” - If you were a
servant , would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle ?
Are you ...
One to - day is worth two to - morrows , " as Poor Richard says ; and farther , “
Never leave that till to - morrow , which you can do to - day . ” - If you were a
servant , would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle ?
Are you ...
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A man may , if he knows not how to save as he gets , “ keep his nose all his life to
the grindstone , and die not worth a groat at last . A fat kitchen makes a lean will ;
" and , “ Many estates are spent in the getting , Since women for tea forsook ...
A man may , if he knows not how to save as he gets , “ keep his nose all his life to
the grindstone , and die not worth a groat at last . A fat kitchen makes a lean will ;
" and , “ Many estates are spent in the getting , Since women for tea forsook ...
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Perhaps they have had a small estate left them , which they knew not the getting
of ; they think “ It is day , and will tope never be night : " that a little to be spent out
of so much , is not worth minding ; but Always tak . ing out of the meal - tub , and ...
Perhaps they have had a small estate left them , which they knew not the getting
of ; they think “ It is day , and will tope never be night : " that a little to be spent out
of so much , is not worth minding ; but Always tak . ing out of the meal - tub , and ...
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... at a period when it becomes scarce worth the keeping ? 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 ...
... at a period when it becomes scarce worth the keeping ? 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 ...
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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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