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... never proceeded far in that science . And I read about this time Locke on Human Understanding , and the Art of Thinking , by Messrs . du Port Royal . While I was intent on improving my language , I met with an English grammar ( I think ...
... never proceeded far in that science . And I read about this time Locke on Human Understanding , and the Art of Thinking , by Messrs . du Port Royal . While I was intent on improving my language , I met with an English grammar ( I think ...
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... never to ask for an office , and never to refuse one when offer'd to him . " I approve , " says I , " of his rule , and will practice it with a small addition ; I shall never ask , never refuse , nor ever resign an office . If they will ...
... never to ask for an office , and never to refuse one when offer'd to him . " I approve , " says I , " of his rule , and will practice it with a small addition ; I shall never ask , never refuse , nor ever resign an office . If they will ...
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... never be Night ; that a little to be spent out of so much , is not worth minding ; A Child and a Fool , as Poor Richard says , imagine Twenty shillings and Twenty Years can never be spent but , always taking out of the Meal - tub , and ...
... never be Night ; that a little to be spent out of so much , is not worth minding ; A Child and a Fool , as Poor Richard says , imagine Twenty shillings and Twenty Years can never be spent but , always taking out of the Meal - tub , and ...
Contents
DOGOOD PAPERS | 184 |
PREFACE TO POOR RICHARDS ALMANACK 1733 | 198 |
PREFACE TO POOR RICHARDS ALMANACK 1758 | 205 |
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