 It will be time enough to enjoy an estate when it comes into our hands ; but if we anticipate our good fortune, we shall lose the pleasure of it when it arrives, and may possibly never possess what we have so foolishly counted upon.  The Secret of Wealth - Page 154by Franklyn Hobbs - 2005 - 236 pagesLimited preview - About this book
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 | 1794 - 450 pages
...much beneath them; or, as the Italian proverb runs, the man who lives by hope, will die by hunger. It should be an indispensable rule in life, to contract our desires fo our present condition, and, whatever may he our expectations, to live within the compass of what... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 402 pages
...die by ' hunger.' It should be an indispensible rule in life, to contract our desires toourpresent condition, and whatever may be our expectations, to...live within the compass of what we actually possess. It will be time enough to enjoy .an estate when it comes into our hands ; but if we an ticipate our... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...beneath them ; or, as the Italian proverb runs, ' The mail who lives by hope, will die by hunger.' It should be an indispensable rule in life, to contract...condition, and, whatever may be our expectations, to live withm the compass of what we actually possess. It will be time enough to enjoy an estate when it comes... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 384 pages
...man who lives by hofie will die by hunger, It should be an indispensible rule in life, to con> tract our desires to our present condition, and whatever...live within the compass of what we actually possess. It will be time enough to enjoy an estate when it comes into our hands ; but if we anticipate our good... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1810 - 276 pages
...the last membtr as well as the first. " It should be an indispensable rule in life to con* « tract our desires to our present condition, and, " whatever...within « the compass of what we actually possess.". The following sentence of Dr. Johnson's seems to be faulty for the same reason : " He that embarks... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1810 - 282 pages
...of the rule in a still clearer light. " It should be an indispensable rule in life to con•" tract our desires to our present condition, and, " whatever may be our expectations, we should " live within the compass of what we actually '' possess." This sentence will be greatly... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...much beneath them ; or, as the Italian proverb runs, The Man who lives by Hope will die by Hunger. It should be an indispensable rule in life, to contract...live within the compass of what we actually possess. It will be time enough to enjoy an estate when it comes into our hands ; but if we anticipate our good... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...much beneath them ; or, as the Italian proverb runs, The Man who lives by Hope will die by Hunger. It should be an indispensable rule in life, .to contract...live within the compass of what we actually possess. It will be time enough to enjoy an estate when it comes into our hands ; but if we anticipate our good... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...or. as the Italian proverb runs, ' The man who lives by hope, will die by hunger.' It should be on indispensable rule in life, to contract our desires...expectations, to live within the compass of what we actually pnsarvs. ]i H¡|| be time enough to enjoy an estait when it comes imp our hands ; but if we anticipate... | |
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