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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... . Another rich Ufurer , who made it his cuftom every term to travel to London on foot , in ragged cloaths , and fometimes did even beg of the thieves the u- felves , 1 felves , and was fo well known , that 44 THE PLEASANT ART.
... . Another rich Ufurer , who made it his cuftom every term to travel to London on foot , in ragged cloaths , and fometimes did even beg of the thieves the u- felves , 1 felves , and was fo well known , that 44 THE PLEASANT ART.
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... Foot- ball , fome few nimble heeled and light - headed run quite away with it , when the most are only lookers on , and cannot get a kick at it in all their lives . Therefore keep your money . For go but among the Ufurers in their walks ...
... Foot- ball , fome few nimble heeled and light - headed run quite away with it , when the most are only lookers on , and cannot get a kick at it in all their lives . Therefore keep your money . For go but among the Ufurers in their walks ...
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... ftopped : and alighting from Pacole , ( the horfe that carried him ) his next Journey was made on foot . ! I come next to fhew the way how to turn a penny . The The Way how to Turn a Penny : OR , OF MONEY - CATCHING . 69.
... ftopped : and alighting from Pacole , ( the horfe that carried him ) his next Journey was made on foot . ! I come next to fhew the way how to turn a penny . The The Way how to Turn a Penny : OR , OF MONEY - CATCHING . 69.
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... foot , to whofe root you applied moft inceffant ftrokes . On which confideration I was much taken with his device , who placed for his imprefs a pair of compaffes , with this motto , Conftantia & . labore ; the one foot being fixed ...
... foot , to whofe root you applied moft inceffant ftrokes . On which confideration I was much taken with his device , who placed for his imprefs a pair of compaffes , with this motto , Conftantia & . labore ; the one foot being fixed ...
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... Foot ) and four fuch Rods in breadth , ( that is 66 Foot ) makes an Acre of Land . 3. Now multiply 660 Foot , ( the length of an Acre ) by 66 Foot , ( the breadth of an Acre ) and the Product will be 43560 fquare Feet , and fo many an ...
... Foot ) and four fuch Rods in breadth , ( that is 66 Foot ) makes an Acre of Land . 3. Now multiply 660 Foot , ( the length of an Acre ) by 66 Foot , ( the breadth of an Acre ) and the Product will be 43560 fquare Feet , and fo many an ...
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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...