A present for an apprentice [by sir J. Barnard]. To which is added, Franklin's Way to wealth. [Ed.] by a citizen of London [T. Tegg].1848 |
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ablution acquaintance acquire advantage affection ALI PACHA amusement attention avoid bad company become better BIBLICAL CRITICISM breeding called character CHEAPSIDE Chiswick Cicero conduct considered conversation DICTIONARY discourse dress early endeavour ENGLISH LANGUAGE Esquire esteem evil exercise favour Fcap feel female frequently gentleman give GRAMMAR GREECE GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS habit hand happiness heart HISTORY honour important improvement indolence intel intellectual judgment keep kind knowledge labour laugh lectures live look manner matter means mind moral Mum Bett nature never object observation occasion offence opinion ourselves parents passions perhaps person pleasure Poor Richard says principles racter reading reason religion respect rude ruin sense sentiments servants society sometimes speak spirit superior talk tattler temper temptation things thought tion tivate trifling truth virtue vols vulgar well-bred whole wish words write young youth
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الصفحة 161 - and none is sooner or more certainly overtaken with judgment. "The eye that mocketh at its father, and despiseth to obey its mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it." " He that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death." " Honour thy father and thy mother, that
الصفحة 326 - But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one.
الصفحة 368 - 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. Leisure is time for doing something useful ; this leisure the diligent man will obtain,
الصفحة 370 - 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.' Again, ' It is foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance;
الصفحة 40 - finish his speech before you reply: "For he that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him." A little watchfulness, care, and practice in younger life, will render all these things easy, familiar, and natural to you, and will
الصفحة 372 - if you should not be able to pay him. " When you have got your bargain, you may, perhaps, think little of payment; but, as Poor Richard says, ' Creditors have better memories than debtors; creditors are a superstitious sect. great observers of set days and times.
الصفحة 160 - urges it, as one of the strongest inducements to early right habits, "That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous." " He that walketh with wise men shall be wise, but the companion of fools shall be destroyed.
الصفحة 371 - a folly soon punished; for, as Poor Richard says, ' Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt—Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy.' And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, and so much is suffered ? It
الصفحة 374 - at first determined to buy stuff for a new coat, I went away, resolved to wear my old one a little longer. Reader, if thou wilt do the same, thy profit will be as great as mine.— I am, as ever, thine to serve thee, KICHARD SAUNDERS.
الصفحة 374 - not a tenth part of the wisdom was my own, which he ascribed to me; but rather the gleanings that I had made of the sense of all ages and nations. However, I resolved to be the better for the echo of it; and though I