Enquire Within Upon Everything: To which is Added Enquire Within Upon Fancy NeedleworkHoulston & Wright, 1869 - 412 pages |
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... lead- nage much better if you will make out ing many to suppose that wealth is the stand- a bill of fare for the week on the Sa - ard of worth - in the minds of friends , a notion turday before ; for example , for a family of half a ...
... lead- nage much better if you will make out ing many to suppose that wealth is the stand- a bill of fare for the week on the Sa - ard of worth - in the minds of friends , a notion turday before ; for example , for a family of half a ...
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... Lead from your strong suit , and second best ; if he has it not , which is be cautious how you change suits ; and ... Lead through the strong suit and up to the weak ; but not in trumps , un- less very strong in them . iii . Lead the ...
... Lead from your strong suit , and second best ; if he has it not , which is be cautious how you change suits ; and ... Lead through the strong suit and up to the weak ; but not in trumps , un- less very strong in them . iii . Lead the ...
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... Lead a trump if you have four or five , or a strong hand ; but not if weak . vii . Having ace , king , and two or three small cards , lead ace and king if weak in trumps , but a small one if strong in them . viii . If you have the last ...
... Lead a trump if you have four or five , or a strong hand ; but not if weak . vii . Having ace , king , and two or three small cards , lead ace and king if weak in trumps , but a small one if strong in them . viii . If you have the last ...
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... leads , as supporting your partner with- out injuring your own hand . iv . Lead from a king or queen , rather than from an ace ; for , since the adver- saries will lead from those suits which you do not , your ace will do them most harm v .
... leads , as supporting your partner with- out injuring your own hand . iv . Lead from a king or queen , rather than from an ace ; for , since the adver- saries will lead from those suits which you do not , your ace will do them most harm v .
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... lead the small one ; for , by this lead , your partner has a chance to make the knave . x . Having ace , king , and two or three small cards , play ace and king if weak , but a small card if strong in trumps : you may give your partner ...
... lead the small one ; for , by this lead , your partner has a chance to make the knave . x . Having ace , king , and two or three small cards , play ace and king if weak , but a small card if strong in trumps : you may give your partner ...
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Page 332 - So much for Industry, my Friends, and Attention to one's own Business; but to these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly successful. A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
Page 333 - A fat kitchen makes a lean will; and Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting. If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as of getting. The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her outgoes are greater than her incomes.
Page 333 - If you would be wealthy, says he, in another Almanack, think of Saving as well as of Getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes are greater than her Incomes.
Page 333 - Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship"; and again, "Who dainties love, shall beggars prove"; and moreover, "Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Page 212 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner herein-after mentioned ; (that is to say,) it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction; and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation...
Page 333 - He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.
Page 197 - I was drawn along the surface of the water in a very agreeable manner. Having then engaged another boy to carry my clothes round the pond, to a place which I pointed out to him, on the other side, I began to cross ' the pond with my kite, which carried me quite over without the least fatigue, and with the greatest pleasure imaginable.
Page 196 - If therefore a person unacquainted with swimming and falling accidentally into the water, could have presence of mind sufficient to avoid struggling and plunging, and to let the body take this natural position, he might continue long safe from drowning till perhaps help would come.
Page 74 - Twas muttered in Hell, And echo caught faintly The sound as it fell. On the confines of earth 'Twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean Its presence confessed.
Page 74 - Twas in heaven pronounced, and 'twas muttered in hell, And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell ; On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confest.