The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes, Volume 19Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl Clarke Company, limited, 1899 |
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Pagina 62
... cause to complain of hard times , heavy taxes , and chargeable families ; for as Poor Dick says , Women and wine , game and deceit , — Make the wealth small and the wants great . And further , What maintains one vice would bring up two ...
... cause to complain of hard times , heavy taxes , and chargeable families ; for as Poor Dick says , Women and wine , game and deceit , — Make the wealth small and the wants great . And further , What maintains one vice would bring up two ...
Pagina 74
... causes lost , and noble effort wasted , so abundantly shows . Nor in any case is sacrifice ever an end . Faith and order and steady strong movement are the conditions which everything wise is directed to perfect and consolidate . But ...
... causes lost , and noble effort wasted , so abundantly shows . Nor in any case is sacrifice ever an end . Faith and order and steady strong movement are the conditions which everything wise is directed to perfect and consolidate . But ...
Pagina 85
... causes as those you propose to me . " " Ah , ah ! " said she , " you despise my clients , because I told you there was nothing to be gained ; but listen : you shall be well paid , and even paid beforehand if you choose . " I saw my ...
... causes as those you propose to me . " " Ah , ah ! " said she , " you despise my clients , because I told you there was nothing to be gained ; but listen : you shall be well paid , and even paid beforehand if you choose . " I saw my ...
Pagina 97
... Causes of the Wealth of Nations " ( 1776 ) , the last named being his masterpiece . He died at Edinburgh , July 17 , 1790. ] THE greatest improvement in the productive powers of labor , and the greater part of the skill , dexterity ...
... Causes of the Wealth of Nations " ( 1776 ) , the last named being his masterpiece . He died at Edinburgh , July 17 , 1790. ] THE greatest improvement in the productive powers of labor , and the greater part of the skill , dexterity ...
Pagina 102
... cause alone must always reduce considerably the quantity of work which he is capable of performing . Thirdly , and lastly , everybody must be sensible how much labor is facilitated and abridged by the application of proper machinery ...
... cause alone must always reduce considerably the quantity of work which he is capable of performing . Thirdly , and lastly , everybody must be sensible how much labor is facilitated and abridged by the application of proper machinery ...
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Pagina 274 - Stop thief ! stop thief ! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll-men thinking as before, That Gilpin rode a race.
Pagina 335 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Pagina 267 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. "My sister, and my sister's child, Myself and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Pagina 58 - We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733.
Pagina 271 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay; And there he threw the Wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. "Stop, stop, John Gilpin!— Here's the house !" They all at once did cry; "The dinner waits, and we are tired;"— Said Gilpin, "So am I!
Pagina 268 - I do admire Of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear, Therefore it shall be done. "I am a linendraper bold, As all the world doth know, And my good friend the calender Will lend his horse to go.
Pagina 61 - ... 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...
Pagina 272 - Tell me you must and shall — Say why bare-headed you are come, Or why you come at all?
Pagina 65 - At present, perhaps, you may think yourselves in thriving circumstances, and that you can bear a little extravagance without injury, but — For age and want save while you may ; No morning sun lasts a whole day.
Pagina 310 - Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary! For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign; Yet, gently prest, press gently mine, My Mary!