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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... pieces of filver , or filverlings ; the value of which thoufand pieces ( each piece being worth two fhillings and fix - pence ) came to one hundred twenty - five pounds , two fhillings and fix - pence ; which at that day was a noble ...
... pieces of filver , or filverlings ; the value of which thoufand pieces ( each piece being worth two fhillings and fix - pence ) came to one hundred twenty - five pounds , two fhillings and fix - pence ; which at that day was a noble ...
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... piece of money was called a Stator , which contained half an ounce of filver , and came to two fhillings . And when ... pieces , has had the ftamp of authority put into it , and and fo it was made to pafs for money . 8 THE PLEASANT ART.
... piece of money was called a Stator , which contained half an ounce of filver , and came to two fhillings . And when ... pieces , has had the ftamp of authority put into it , and and fo it was made to pafs for money . 8 THE PLEASANT ART.
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... piece of bread : money therefore is prized not for itself , but for its ufe ; because , as Solomon alfo fays , Money answers all things and feeing without money a man can have nothing , they muft be very miferable that are without it ...
... piece of bread : money therefore is prized not for itself , but for its ufe ; because , as Solomon alfo fays , Money answers all things and feeing without money a man can have nothing , they muft be very miferable that are without it ...
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... piece of meat , he eats in fear ; and if he has a good fuit of cloaths , he is afraid to be seen in them ; fo importunate are his duns for their money , and fo filled with envy to see him have any thing that is good but I will conclude ...
... piece of meat , he eats in fear ; and if he has a good fuit of cloaths , he is afraid to be seen in them ; fo importunate are his duns for their money , and fo filled with envy to see him have any thing that is good but I will conclude ...
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... pieces , happily conferred upon him by the beneficence of fome humble friend or other , he is become a new man , and fo overjoyed with his fortune , that not one drop of finall drink will down with him all that day . CHA P. IV . New ...
... pieces , happily conferred upon him by the beneficence of fome humble friend or other , he is become a new man , and fo overjoyed with his fortune , that not one drop of finall drink will down with him all that day . CHA P. IV . New ...
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alfo alſo anfwer Art of Thriving becauſe befides beft beſt Bishop of GLASGOW boiled bufinefs Butter caufe Debt defire difh diligent doth drink eafy eaten with Bread eftate Eggs eſpecially excellent Expences fafe faid fame fave fcorn fervants ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhillings fhort fhould filver firft Firing of London firſt fmall fome fometimes fpend friends ftand ftill ftir ftomach fuch fuffer furbelowed fure hath himſelf honeft Horfe houfe houſe idlenefs induſtrious itſelf Jocelin JOHN LEVER Juftice keep money labour lefs live lofe loft meat miferable Milk mind moft Moorgate moſt muft muſt neceffary neceffity never thrive nutriment obferve occafion Penny Perfons Piercy pleaſant pleaſure pocket poor pounds prefent purfe quart recreations rich Salt ſpend Tavern thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thyfelf trade uſe Vinegar wants money Water whofe wholefome wife worfe
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...