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Page 79
... occasion for them , they must be dear to you . Remember what poor Richard says : " buy what thou hast no need of , and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries . ' And again , at a great penny- worth pause awhile . ' He means , that ...
... occasion for them , they must be dear to you . Remember what poor Richard says : " buy what thou hast no need of , and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries . ' And again , at a great penny- worth pause awhile . ' He means , that ...
Page 86
... occasion , raise all the money his friends can spare . This is sometimes of great use . After industry and frugality , nothing contributes more to the raising of a young man in the world than punctuality and justice in all his dealings ...
... occasion , raise all the money his friends can spare . This is sometimes of great use . After industry and frugality , nothing contributes more to the raising of a young man in the world than punctuality and justice in all his dealings ...
Page 90
... occasion of it , when I saw the sun just rising above the horizon , from whence he poured his rays plentifully into my chamber , my domestic having negligently omitted the preceding evening to close the 90 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ...
... occasion of it , when I saw the sun just rising above the horizon , from whence he poured his rays plentifully into my chamber , my domestic having negligently omitted the preceding evening to close the 90 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ...
Page 96
... occasion , that I thought youth on both sides to be no objec- tion . Indeed , from the marriages that have fallen ... occasions of disgust are removed : and if youth has less of that prudence which is ne- cessary to manage a family , yet ...
... occasion , that I thought youth on both sides to be no objec- tion . Indeed , from the marriages that have fallen ... occasions of disgust are removed : and if youth has less of that prudence which is ne- cessary to manage a family , yet ...
Page 99
... occasion of giving instruc- tion ; and upon this he said to me , " You are young , and have the world before you stoop as you go through it , and you will miss many hard ' thumps . " This advice , thus beat into my heart , has ...
... occasion of giving instruc- tion ; and upon this he said to me , " You are young , and have the world before you stoop as you go through it , and you will miss many hard ' thumps . " This advice , thus beat into my heart , has ...
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