The literary miscellany: or, Selections and extracts, classical and scientific with originals, in prose and verse. Conduct; &c, 9. köide1812 |
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... called a finishing stroke . This instrument is so contrived as to produce all the variety of a human laugh ; and this variation is to be regulated , not by the nature of your subject , nor the wit or humour of a repartee , but by the ...
... called a finishing stroke . This instrument is so contrived as to produce all the variety of a human laugh ; and this variation is to be regulated , not by the nature of your subject , nor the wit or humour of a repartee , but by the ...
Page 94
... called the genteel in style and manner of writing , is , in my opinion , my Lord Shaftesbury . Then Mr. Addison and Dr. Swift . A plain narrative of any remarkable fact , emphati- cally related , has a more striking effect without the ...
... called the genteel in style and manner of writing , is , in my opinion , my Lord Shaftesbury . Then Mr. Addison and Dr. Swift . A plain narrative of any remarkable fact , emphati- cally related , has a more striking effect without the ...
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... called asses ; who , by gnawing vines , originally taught the great advantage of pruning them . 79. Every good poet includes 66 a critic ; the reverse will not hold . 80. We want a word to express the " hospes " or hospita " of the ...
... called asses ; who , by gnawing vines , originally taught the great advantage of pruning them . 79. Every good poet includes 66 a critic ; the reverse will not hold . 80. We want a word to express the " hospes " or hospita " of the ...
Page 125
... called sagacious , merely on account of their avarice : where- as a child can clench it's fist the moment it is born . It is a point of prudence , when you converse with your inferior , to consider yourself as conversing with his ...
... called sagacious , merely on account of their avarice : where- as a child can clench it's fist the moment it is born . It is a point of prudence , when you converse with your inferior , to consider yourself as conversing with his ...
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... called an advance- ment , if you please : but it appears to me an advance- ment from the pit to the gallery . Liberty is a more invigorating cordial than tokay . Tho ' punc- tilos are trifling , they may be as important as the ...
... called an advance- ment , if you please : but it appears to me an advance- ment from the pit to the gallery . Liberty is a more invigorating cordial than tokay . Tho ' punc- tilos are trifling , they may be as important as the ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.