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... . The hedge - row apple - trees in Herefordshire afford a most beautiful scenery , at the time they are in blossom ; but the prospect would be really grander , did it consist of simple foliage . 78 Shenstone , ESSAYS .
... . The hedge - row apple - trees in Herefordshire afford a most beautiful scenery , at the time they are in blossom ; but the prospect would be really grander , did it consist of simple foliage . 78 Shenstone , ESSAYS .
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... afford to pass by a piece of wit , if it happen to bor- der on abuse . A little genius is obliged to catch at every witticism indiscriminately . is a kind of centripetal force . Indolence It seems idle to rail at ambition merely because ...
... afford to pass by a piece of wit , if it happen to bor- der on abuse . A little genius is obliged to catch at every witticism indiscriminately . is a kind of centripetal force . Indolence It seems idle to rail at ambition merely because ...
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... afford him half an hour's entertainment . The submission of Prince Hal to the civil magis- trate that committed him , was more to his honour than all the conquests of Henry the fifth in France . The most animated social pleasure , that ...
... afford him half an hour's entertainment . The submission of Prince Hal to the civil magis- trate that committed him , was more to his honour than all the conquests of Henry the fifth in France . The most animated social pleasure , that ...
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... afford the expense of being so the generality of mankind being seldom in good humour but whilst they are imposing on you in some shape or other . 20. I cannot avoid comparing the ease and freedom I enjoy , to the ease of an old shoe ...
... afford the expense of being so the generality of mankind being seldom in good humour but whilst they are imposing on you in some shape or other . 20. I cannot avoid comparing the ease and freedom I enjoy , to the ease of an old shoe ...
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... afford to go plain . 17. There are certain shapes and physiognomies of so entirely vulgar a cast , that they could scarcely win respect even in the country , tho ' they were embellish- ed with a dress as tawdry as a pulpit - cloth . 18 ...
... afford to go plain . 17. There are certain shapes and physiognomies of so entirely vulgar a cast , that they could scarcely win respect even in the country , tho ' they were embellish- ed with a dress as tawdry as a pulpit - cloth . 18 ...
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Página 2 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Página 1 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? — I will tell thee, my Friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
Página 19 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain...
Página 13 - ... the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality ; that is, 45 waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Página 40 - We have had some experience of it — several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences, but when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were totally good...
Página 3 - What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. "You may think perhaps, that a little Tea, or a little Punch now and then, Diet a little more costly, Clothes a little finer, and a little Entertainment now and then, can be no great Matter; but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again.
Página 40 - We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.