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Page 81
... hope now to be fine without it . But ah ! think what you do when you run in debt ; you give to another power over your liberty . If you cannot pay at the time , you will be ashamed to see your creditor ; you will be in fear when you ...
... hope now to be fine without it . But ah ! think what you do when you run in debt ; you give to another power over your liberty . If you cannot pay at the time , you will be ashamed to see your creditor ; you will be in fear when you ...
Page 89
... hope it may thus go through many hands before it meet with a knave to stop its progress . This is a trick of mine for doing a good deal with a little money . I am not rich enough to afford much in good works , and so am obliged to be ...
... hope it may thus go through many hands before it meet with a knave to stop its progress . This is a trick of mine for doing a good deal with a little money . I am not rich enough to afford much in good works , and so am obliged to be ...
Page 98
... hope it will be duly regarded . Such writings , though they may be lightly passed over by many readers , yet , if they make a deep impression on one active mind in a hundred , the effects may be considerable . Permit me to mention one ...
... hope it will be duly regarded . Such writings , though they may be lightly passed over by many readers , yet , if they make a deep impression on one active mind in a hundred , the effects may be considerable . Permit me to mention one ...
Page 100
... hope to have been there in 1783 , but could not obtain my dismission from this employ- ment here ; and now I fear I shall never have that happiness . My best wishes , however , attend my dear country - esto perpetua . It is now blessed ...
... hope to have been there in 1783 , but could not obtain my dismission from this employ- ment here ; and now I fear I shall never have that happiness . My best wishes , however , attend my dear country - esto perpetua . It is now blessed ...
Page 106
... hope this little admonition may be of service to them , and put them on changing a habit , which , though in the exercise it is chiefly an act of imagination , yet has serious consequences in life , as it brings on real griefs and ...
... hope this little admonition may be of service to them , and put them on changing a habit , which , though in the exercise it is chiefly an act of imagination , yet has serious consequences in life , as it brings on real griefs and ...
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