The literary miscellany: or, Selections and extracts, classical and scientific with originals, in prose and verse. Conduct; &c, Band 91812 |
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... philosopher , who considered the world as one vast animal , could esteem himself no other than a louse upon the back of it . 83. Orators and stage- coachmen , when the one wants arguments and the other a coat of arms , adorn their cause ...
... philosopher , who considered the world as one vast animal , could esteem himself no other than a louse upon the back of it . 83. Orators and stage- coachmen , when the one wants arguments and the other a coat of arms , adorn their cause ...
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... philosophers , one must converse but little with the vulgar . These , by their very number , will force a person into a fondness for appearance , a love of money , a desire of power ; and other plebeian pas sions : objects which they ...
... philosophers , one must converse but little with the vulgar . These , by their very number , will force a person into a fondness for appearance , a love of money , a desire of power ; and other plebeian pas sions : objects which they ...
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... philosophers " -ap- pears in no sense more applicable than to a snug and easy chariot : " Dispicere unde queas alios , pas imque videre errare , atque viam palantes quærere vitæ . " i . e . From whence you may look down upon foot - pas ...
... philosophers " -ap- pears in no sense more applicable than to a snug and easy chariot : " Dispicere unde queas alios , pas imque videre errare , atque viam palantes quærere vitæ . " i . e . From whence you may look down upon foot - pas ...
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... philosophers and ancient sages , who declaimed against the vanity of all external advantages , seem , in an equal degree , to have countenanced and authorized the mental ones , or they would condemn their own example . Superiority in ...
... philosophers and ancient sages , who declaimed against the vanity of all external advantages , seem , in an equal degree , to have countenanced and authorized the mental ones , or they would condemn their own example . Superiority in ...
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must immediately tend to the destruction of it . Thus a philosopher is enabled to foretell'eclipses with pre cision ; and a stone thrown upward drops uniformly to the ground . Thus an injury awakes resentment ; and a good office endears ...
must immediately tend to the destruction of it . Thus a philosopher is enabled to foretell'eclipses with pre cision ; and a stone thrown upward drops uniformly to the ground . Thus an injury awakes resentment ; and a good office endears ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.