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The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most ... - Page 368
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The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 5

David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 464 pages
...says I, " you do indeed pay too much for your whistle." When I meet a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal sensations ; " Mistaken man," says I, " you are providing pain for yourself instead of pleasure; you...
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Lights to Literature: Revised. Book Four

1900 - 424 pages
...Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal sensations, and ruining his health in their pursuit, Mistaken man, said I, you are providing pain for...
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Poor Richard's Almanac

Benjamin Franklin - 1900 - 190 pages
...poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind or of his fortune to mere corporal sensations, and ruining his health in their pursuit, mistaken man, said I, you are providing...
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International Library of Masterpieces, Literature, Art and Rare ..., Volume 13

Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 444 pages
...poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind or of his fortune to mere corporal sensations, and ruining his health in their pursuit, mistaken man, said I, you are providing...
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Colonial Children

Albert Bushnell Hart, Blanche Evans Hazard - 1902 - 268 pages
...Poor man, I said, you pay too much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal sensations, and ruining his health in their pursuit, Mistaken man, said I, you are providing pain for...
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Literature for Fifth-reader Grades ...

Sherman Williams - 1902 - 504 pages
...poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal sensations, and ruining his health in their pursuit, mistaken man, said I, you are providing pain for...
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Modern Achievement, Volume 1

Edward Everett Hale - 1902 - 518 pages
...foot man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind or of his fortune to mere corporeal sensations, and ruining his health in their pursuit, Mistaken man, said I, you are providing pain for...
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Source-readers in American History ..., Issues 1-5

Albert Bushnell Hart - 1902 - 272 pages
...Poor man, I said, you pay too much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal sensations, and ruining his health in their pursuit, Mistaken man, said I, you are providing pain for...
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as ..., Volume 7

Benjamin Franklin - 1904 - 566 pages
...Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal sensations, and ruining his health in their pursuit, Mistaken man, said I, you are providing pain for...
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Selections from the Writings of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 396 pages
...Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune to mere corporeal sensations, and ruining his health in their pursuit, Mistaken man, said I, you are providing pain for...
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