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Page 69
... hands of mankind applied ? The rich had no commerce , the poor no employ . ment ; war and the sword was the great field of honour , the stage of preferment ; and you have scarce a man eminent in the world for any thing before that time ...
... hands of mankind applied ? The rich had no commerce , the poor no employ . ment ; war and the sword was the great field of honour , the stage of preferment ; and you have scarce a man eminent in the world for any thing before that time ...
Page 70
... hands ; and yet , according to the abuse of words in our day , he was called a man of virtue , because he was scarce ever known to be quite drunk , nor was his nature much inclined to lewdness . One evening , as he was musing alone ...
... hands ; and yet , according to the abuse of words in our day , he was called a man of virtue , because he was scarce ever known to be quite drunk , nor was his nature much inclined to lewdness . One evening , as he was musing alone ...
Page 75
... hands , for I have no lands , ' or , if I have , they are smartly 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 then the trade must be ...
... hands , for I have no lands , ' or , if I have , they are smartly 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 then the trade must be ...
Page 77
... hands ; ' and again , want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge ; ' and again , not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open . ' Trusting too much to others ' care is the ruin of many ; for , in the affairs of ...
... hands ; ' and again , want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge ; ' and again , not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open . ' Trusting too much to others ' care is the ruin of many ; for , in the affairs of ...
Page 85
... his money lie in my hands after it is due , he gives me the interest , or so much as I can make of it , during that time . This amounts to a considerable sum where a man has good and large credit , MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL , 85.
... his money lie in my hands after it is due , he gives me the interest , or so much as I can make of it , during that time . This amounts to a considerable sum where a man has good and large credit , MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL , 85.
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