Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...: Posthumous and other writingsH. Colburn, 1819 |
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... shillings a year for being told of their faults . But as most people delight in censure when they themselves are not the objects of it , if any are offended at my publicly exposing their private vices , I promise they shall have the ...
... shillings a year for being told of their faults . But as most people delight in censure when they themselves are not the objects of it , if any are offended at my publicly exposing their private vices , I promise they shall have the ...
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... people employed there , that can with ease earn five shillings a day at their proper trades . Many are the idle stories told of the private suc- cess of some people , by which others are encou- PART I. 59 MISCELLANIES .
... people employed there , that can with ease earn five shillings a day at their proper trades . Many are the idle stories told of the private suc- cess of some people , by which others are encou- PART I. 59 MISCELLANIES .
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... shillings , a - day . by his labor , and goes abroad , or sits idle one half of that day , though he spends but sixpence during his diversion or idle- ness , ought not to reckon that the only expense ; he has really spent , or rather ...
... shillings , a - day . by his labor , and goes abroad , or sits idle one half of that day , though he spends but sixpence during his diversion or idle- ness , ought not to reckon that the only expense ; he has really spent , or rather ...
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... shillings turned is six , turned again it is seven and three - pence , and so on till it becomes an hundred pounds . The more there is of it , the more it produces every turning , so that the profits rise quicker and quicker . He that ...
... shillings turned is six , turned again it is seven and three - pence , and so on till it becomes an hundred pounds . The more there is of it , the more it produces every turning , so that the profits rise quicker and quicker . He that ...
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... shillings ' worth of time , loses five shillings , and might as prudently throw five shillings into the sea . He that loses five shillings , not only loses that sum , but all the advantage that might be made by turning it in dealing ...
... shillings ' worth of time , loses five shillings , and might as prudently throw five shillings into the sea . He that loses five shillings , not only loses that sum , but all the advantage that might be made by turning it in dealing ...
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