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Page 70
... rich by seeming poor , " says Shenstone , an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich . " Wealth usually ministers to the baser passions of our nature -it engenders selfishness , feeds arrogance , and inspires self- security , and ...
... rich by seeming poor , " says Shenstone , an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich . " Wealth usually ministers to the baser passions of our nature -it engenders selfishness , feeds arrogance , and inspires self- security , and ...
Page 73
... rich by gathering and convert- ing into money those odds and ends which others throw away . The hog is the scavenger of nature ; the miser is the scavenger of society . Both , also , benefit mankind only after their death - the fat of ...
... rich by gathering and convert- ing into money those odds and ends which others throw away . The hog is the scavenger of nature ; the miser is the scavenger of society . Both , also , benefit mankind only after their death - the fat of ...
Page 76
... rich or poor , according to the proportion between his desires and enjoyments . Of riches , as of every- thing else , the hope is more than the enjoyment ; while we consider them as the means to be used at some future time for * Fenton ...
... rich or poor , according to the proportion between his desires and enjoyments . Of riches , as of every- thing else , the hope is more than the enjoyment ; while we consider them as the means to be used at some future time for * Fenton ...
Page 77
... rich man's girdle , that they clog him with weary days and restless nights , even where others sleep quietly . We see but the outside of the rich man's happi- ness ; few consider him to be like the silk - worm , that , when she seems to ...
... rich man's girdle , that they clog him with weary days and restless nights , even where others sleep quietly . We see but the outside of the rich man's happi- ness ; few consider him to be like the silk - worm , that , when she seems to ...
Page 82
... rich , but most parsimo- nious and miserly in his habits . At seventy years of age , he was entirely deprived of his sight , unable to gloat over his hoarded Merryweather . heaps of gold ; this was a terrible affliction . 82 SOCIAL ...
... rich , but most parsimo- nious and miserly in his habits . At seventy years of age , he was entirely deprived of his sight , unable to gloat over his hoarded Merryweather . heaps of gold ; this was a terrible affliction . 82 SOCIAL ...
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