Essays and LettersJohn Sharpe, 1820 - 340 Seiten |
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... employed : and if you publish this , I hereby invite all ingenious gentlemen and others , that approve of such an undertaking , to my as- sistance and correspondence . It is like , by this time , you have a curiosity to be acquainted ...
... employed : and if you publish this , I hereby invite all ingenious gentlemen and others , that approve of such an undertaking , to my as- sistance and correspondence . It is like , by this time , you have a curiosity to be acquainted ...
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... laudable ambition is too commonly misapplied , and often ill employed . Some , to make themselves considerable , pursue learning ; others grasp at wealth ; some aim at being thought witty MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . 11.
... laudable ambition is too commonly misapplied , and often ill employed . Some , to make themselves considerable , pursue learning ; others grasp at wealth ; some aim at being thought witty MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . 11.
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... 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 encouraged to proceed ; and the astrologers , with whom ...
... 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 encouraged to proceed ; and the astrologers , with whom ...
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... employing such a number of ships and seamen . " Let honest Peter Buckram , who has long , without suc- cess , been a searcher after hidden money , reflect on this , and be reclaimed from that unaccountable folly . Let him consider ...
... employing such a number of ships and seamen . " Let honest Peter Buckram , who has long , without suc- cess , been a searcher after hidden money , reflect on this , and be reclaimed from that unaccountable folly . Let him consider ...
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... power by his advice , and of raising himself by this ineans to a high degree of honour , would you not brand him likewise with a meanness of soul , if he would not present himself to be employed ? " " 54 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
... power by his advice , and of raising himself by this ineans to a high degree of honour , would you not brand him likewise with a meanness of soul , if he would not present himself to be employed ? " " 54 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
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