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Page 84
... hundred pounds , provided you are a man of known prudence and honesty . He that spends a groat a day idly , spends idly above six pounds a year , which is the price for the use of one hundred pounds . He that wastes idly a groat's worth ...
... hundred pounds , provided you are a man of known prudence and honesty . He that spends a groat a day idly , spends idly above six pounds a year , which is the price for the use of one hundred pounds . He that wastes idly a groat's worth ...
Page 86
... hundred pounds . The more there is of it , the more it produces every turning , so that the profits rise quicker and quicker . He that kills a breeding sow destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation . He that murders a ...
... hundred pounds . The more there is of it , the more it produces every turning , so that the profits rise quicker and quicker . He that kills a breeding sow destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation . He that murders a ...
Page 93
... hundred twenty - eight millions and one hundred thousand hours , spent at Paris by candle - light , which , at half a pound of wax and tallow per hour , gives the weight of Sixty - four millions and fifty thou- sand of pounds , which ...
... hundred twenty - eight millions and one hundred thousand hours , spent at Paris by candle - light , which , at half a pound of wax and tallow per hour , gives the weight of Sixty - four millions and fifty thou- sand of pounds , which ...
Page 98
... hundred , the effects may be considerable . Permit me to mention one little instance , which , though it relates to myself , will not be quite un- interesting to you . When I was a boy , I met with a book entitled " Essays to do good ...
... hundred , the effects may be considerable . Permit me to mention one little instance , which , though it relates to myself , will not be quite un- interesting to you . When I was a boy , I met with a book entitled " Essays to do good ...
Page 115
... hundred years longer . " But Methusalem answered and said , " If I am to live but five hundred years longer , it is not worth while to build me an house ; I will sleep in the air , as I have been used to do . " Physicians , after having ...
... hundred years longer . " But Methusalem answered and said , " If I am to live but five hundred years longer , it is not worth while to build me an house ; I will sleep in the air , as I have been used to do . " Physicians , after having ...
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