The literary miscellany: or, Selections and extracts, classical and scientific with originals, in prose and verse. Conduct; &c, Volume 91812 |
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... instances of friends ; the pious and well - meant frauds of acquaintance ; with the irresisti ble commands of persons in high life ; have been excuses often substituted in place of the real motives , vanity and hunger . The most ...
... instances of friends ; the pious and well - meant frauds of acquaintance ; with the irresisti ble commands of persons in high life ; have been excuses often substituted in place of the real motives , vanity and hunger . The most ...
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... instance : but I think , moderately speaking , the vulgar are generally in the wrong . If they happen to be otherwise , it is princi- pally owing to their implicit reliance on the skill of their superiors and this has sometimes been ...
... instance : but I think , moderately speaking , the vulgar are generally in the wrong . If they happen to be otherwise , it is princi- pally owing to their implicit reliance on the skill of their superiors and this has sometimes been ...
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... instances , wherein the brain is primarily affected . Others may be given , perhaps not quite so common , where the stronger passions either acute or chronical , have impressed their object upon the brain ; and this in so lively a ...
... instances , wherein the brain is primarily affected . Others may be given , perhaps not quite so common , where the stronger passions either acute or chronical , have impressed their object upon the brain ; and this in so lively a ...
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... instances . The gloom of night , that was productive of terror , would be naturally productive of apparitions . The event confirmed it . The passion of grief for a departed friend , of horror for a murdered enemy , of remorse for a ...
... instances . The gloom of night , that was productive of terror , would be naturally productive of apparitions . The event confirmed it . The passion of grief for a departed friend , of horror for a murdered enemy , of remorse for a ...
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... instances may be supposed , where the ca- price of imagination , so very remarkable in dreams , may have presented fantasms to those that waked . I believe there are few but can recollect some , where- in it has wrought mistakes , at ...
... instances may be supposed , where the ca- price of imagination , so very remarkable in dreams , may have presented fantasms to those that waked . I believe there are few but can recollect some , where- in it has wrought mistakes , at ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.