The Main Lines of American LiteratureRaymond Wright Short, Wilbur Stewart Scott Holt, 1954 - 648 pages |
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... Poor Richard . " Methinks I hear some of you say , Must a man afford himself no leisure ? I will tell 40 to the studious , and riches to the careful , as thee , my friend , what Poor Richard ploy thy time well , if thou meanest to gain ...
... Poor Richard . " Methinks I hear some of you say , Must a man afford himself no leisure ? I will tell 40 to the studious , and riches to the careful , as thee , my friend , what Poor Richard ploy thy time well , if thou meanest to gain ...
Page 139
... Poor Richard says : Buy what thou hast no need of , and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries . And again , At a great pennyworth pause a while . He means that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only , and not real ; or the bargain ...
... Poor Richard says : Buy what thou hast no need of , and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries . And again , At a great pennyworth pause a while . He means that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only , and not real ; or the bargain ...
Page 140
... poor pitiful sneaking excuses , and by degrees come to lose your veracity , and sink into base downright lying ; for , as Poor Richard says , The second vice is lying ; the first is running in debt . And again , to the same purpose ...
... poor pitiful sneaking excuses , and by degrees come to lose your veracity , and sink into base downright lying ; for , as Poor Richard says , The second vice is lying ; the first is running in debt . And again , to the same purpose ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
WILLIAM BRADFORD 20 | 20 |
NATHANIEL WARD 330 | 30 |
Copyright | |
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