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... scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly , that poverty soon overtakes him . Drive be , " ed . Notwithstanding the stroke of humour in the concluding par- agraph of this address , Poor Richard ( Saunders ) ...
... scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly , that poverty soon overtakes him . Drive be , " ed . Notwithstanding the stroke of humour in the concluding par- agraph of this address , Poor Richard ( Saunders ) ...
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... scarce in that ; for it is true , " We may give advice , but we cannot give conduct . " However , remember this , " They that will not be counselled , cannot be helped ; " and farther , that " If you will not hear Reason , she will ...
... scarce in that ; for it is true , " We may give advice , but we cannot give conduct . " However , remember this , " They that will not be counselled , cannot be helped ; " and farther , that " If you will not hear Reason , she will ...
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... scarce worth the keeping ? Is it that Na- ture attentive to the preservation of mankind , in- creases our wishes to live , while she lessens our en- joyments ? and , as she robs the senses of every plea- sure , equips imagination in the ...
... scarce worth the keeping ? Is it that Na- ture attentive to the preservation of mankind , in- creases our wishes to live , while she lessens our en- joyments ? and , as she robs the senses of every plea- sure , equips imagination in the ...
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Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10 Hugh Blair,Rollin,Thomas Percival No preview available - 2016 |
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Almanack animal without feathers animating some happier ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD appears ard says aspiring disposition auction beauteous feathers burst the prison callow infancy Chinvang creditor diligence disposition and unbounded distress dress EDWARD PERCIVAL ENDEARED BY AGE ENJOYMENTS OF EARLY EPITAPH Father Abraham fledged pinions folly fool FRENCH OF GANGANELLI friends frugality GOLDSMITH grated prison happier form happy Elysium harmonious sorrow hath health to enjoy heap of beauteous heard to petition hope for retribution hope of animating humour idle indignant soul burst innocence can hope keep left a lifeless legged animal lifeless heap live Mathematician Mathematics mour ness never oft-removed person of unblemished philosophy pitiless hands pleasure Poor Dick Poor Rich Poor Richard says pride purse RICHARD ACANTHUS RICHARD SAUNDERS rough and pitiless run in debt Sloth sure thee thing thou tired with fruitless unalienable rights undoubted charter view those fields violent clamours WEALTH