A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and bequeath money ... Fifth editionLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1853 - 355 páginas |
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... fruitless chase after happiness . Men have traversed the whole cycle of imaginary good in search of it ; they have sought it in glory , ambition , fana- ticism , pleasure , action , repose , science , 22 A PRACTICAL TREATISE.
... fruitless chase after happiness . Men have traversed the whole cycle of imaginary good in search of it ; they have sought it in glory , ambition , fana- ticism , pleasure , action , repose , science , 22 A PRACTICAL TREATISE.
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... Man was not created to spend his whole time in fasting and prayer . A recluse , it is said , living in the early ages of Christianity , betook himself to a cave in His Upper Egypt , which , in the time of 24 A PRACTICAL TREATISE.
... Man was not created to spend his whole time in fasting and prayer . A recluse , it is said , living in the early ages of Christianity , betook himself to a cave in His Upper Egypt , which , in the time of 24 A PRACTICAL TREATISE.
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A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and ... Edwin Troxell FREEDLY Visualização integral - 1853 |
A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and ... Edwin Troxell FREEDLY Visualização integral - 1853 |
A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and ... Edwin Troxell FREEDLY Visualização integral - 1853 |
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Página 115 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Página 154 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Página 59 - good old rule, the simple plan that they shall take who have the power and they shall keep who can.
Página 58 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Página 58 - Och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.
Página 138 - In dealing with cunning persons, we must ever consider their ends, to interpret their speeches; and it is good to say little to them, and that which they least look for. In all negociations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.
Página 29 - Resolve, that no man is wise or safe, but he that is honest. Serve God ; let him be the author of all thy actions: Commend all thy...
Página 206 - But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore : ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Página 47 - There is no art or science that is too difficult for industry to attain to; it is the gift of tongues, and makes a man understood and valued in all countries...