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Page 552
I concluded at length , that the People were the best Judges of my Merit ; for they buy my Works ; and besides , in my Rambles , where I am not personally known , I have frequently heard one or other of my Adages repeated , with as Poor ...
I concluded at length , that the People were the best Judges of my Merit ; for they buy my Works ; and besides , in my Rambles , where I am not personally known , I have frequently heard one or other of my Adages repeated , with as Poor ...
Page 555
Away then with your expensive Follies , and you will not have so much 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 ...
Away then with your expensive Follies , and you will not have so much 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 ...
Page 557
a will make 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 .
a will make 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 .
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| Title | Colonial and Federalist American Writing The Odyssey surveys of American writing |
| Author | George F. Horner |
| Publisher | Odyssey Press, 1966 |
| Length | 946 pages |
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