The Pleasant Art of Money Catching ...: To which is Added, The Way how to Turn a Penny: Or, The Art of Thriving ...J. Lever, 1782 - 112 pages |
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... with fuch regard , as that it be within his compafs , and not fubject to deceit and abufe of Servants , and ordered to the belt beft fhew , that the Bills may be less than 38 THE PLEASANT ART Mr. LATIMER, of a rich Mart. ...
... with fuch regard , as that it be within his compafs , and not fubject to deceit and abufe of Servants , and ordered to the belt beft fhew , that the Bills may be less than 38 THE PLEASANT ART Mr. LATIMER, of a rich Mart. ...
Page 66
... Servant is fent to Guild - Hall , to fee whose the Green Dragon Tavern is , and he brings word it is mine : there is no more ado , I fay , but the thousand pounds is told out , and I give Security for it by a Mortgage , put into ...
... Servant is fent to Guild - Hall , to fee whose the Green Dragon Tavern is , and he brings word it is mine : there is no more ado , I fay , but the thousand pounds is told out , and I give Security for it by a Mortgage , put into ...
Page 68
... Servant for fome money , to draw whom to him , he hath many hooks ; and when they hang faft enough by the Gills , under Water our Shark dives , and is never feen again to fwim in that river . Upon this Scaffold alfo might be mounted a ...
... Servant for fome money , to draw whom to him , he hath many hooks ; and when they hang faft enough by the Gills , under Water our Shark dives , and is never feen again to fwim in that river . Upon this Scaffold alfo might be mounted a ...
Page 75
... Servants and Churches alfo play their part , Only a Herald who that way doth pafs , Finds his crack'd Name at length in the Church Glafs . If yet thou love Games at fo dear a rate , Learn this , that hath old Gamesters dearly coft : Do ...
... Servants and Churches alfo play their part , Only a Herald who that way doth pafs , Finds his crack'd Name at length in the Church Glafs . If yet thou love Games at fo dear a rate , Learn this , that hath old Gamesters dearly coft : Do ...
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... Servant that will low'r ' : A Stumbler ftumbles least in rugged way . Command thyfelf in chief ; he life's war knows , Whom all his paffions follow as he goes . Catch not at Quarrels : he that dares not speak Plainly and home , is ...
... Servant that will low'r ' : A Stumbler ftumbles least in rugged way . Command thyfelf in chief ; he life's war knows , Whom all his paffions follow as he goes . Catch not at Quarrels : he that dares not speak Plainly and home , is ...
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Popular passages
Page 79 - In brief, acquit thee bravely ; play the man. Look not on pleasures as they come, but go. Defer not the least virtue : life's poor span Make not an ell, by trifling in thy woe. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.
Page 79 - Sum up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning, what thou hast to do. Dress and undress thy soul : mark the decay And growth of it : if with thy watch, that too Be down, then wind up both ; since we shall be Most surely judged, make thy accounts agree.
Page 60 - ... not : therefore from suretyship, as from a manslayer or enchanter, bless thyself ; for the best profit and return will be this, that if thou force him for whom thou art bound, to pay it himself, he will become thy enemy ; if thou use to pay it thyself, thou wilt be a beggar...
Page 39 - Certainly if a man will keep but of even hand, his ordinary expenses ought to be but to the half of his receipts, and, if he think to wax rich, but to the third part.
Page 51 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 74 - Art thou a Magistrate ? then be severe : If studious ; copy fair what time hath blurr'd ; Redeem truth from his jaws : if Soldier, Chase brave employments with a naked sword Throughout the world. Fool not ; for all may have, If they dare try, a glorious life, or grave.
Page 51 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 78 - Shoots higher much than he that means a tree. A grain of glory mixt with humblenefs Cures both a fever and lethargicnefs.
Page 78 - Calmness is great advantage : he that lets Another chafe, may warm him at his fire : Mark all his wanderings, and enjoy his frets ; As cunning fencers suffer heat to tire.
Page 59 - If thou be bound for a stranger, thou art a fool ; if for a merchant, thou puttest thy estate to learn to swim ; if for a churchman, he hath no inheritance ; if for a lawyer, he will find an...