Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...H. Colburn, 1833 |
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... shillings a year for being told of their faults . But as most people delight in censure when they themselves are not the objects of it , if any are offended at my publicly exposing their private vices , I promise they shall have the ...
... shillings a year for being told of their faults . But as most people delight in censure when they themselves are not the objects of it , if any are offended at my publicly exposing their private vices , I promise they shall have the ...
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... people employed there , that can with ease earn five shillings a day at their proper trades ...... ! Many are the idle stories told of the private suc- 3 cess of some people , by which others are PART I. 59 MISCELLANIES .
... people employed there , that can with ease earn five shillings a day at their proper trades ...... ! Many are the idle stories told of the private suc- 3 cess of some people , by which others are PART I. 59 MISCELLANIES .
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... shillings a - day by his labor , and goes abroad , or sits idle one half , of that day , though he spends but sixpence : during his diversion or idle- ness , ought not to reckon that the only expense ; he has really spent , or rather ...
... shillings a - day by his labor , and goes abroad , or sits idle one half , of that day , though he spends but sixpence : during his diversion or idle- ness , ought not to reckon that the only expense ; he has really spent , or rather ...
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... shillings turned is six , turned again it is seven and three - pence , and so on till it , becomes , an hundred pounds . The more there is , of it , the more it produces , every turning , so that the profits rise quicker and quicker ...
... shillings turned is six , turned again it is seven and three - pence , and so on till it , becomes , an hundred pounds . The more there is , of it , the more it produces , every turning , so that the profits rise quicker and quicker ...
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... shillings ' worth of time , loses five shillings , and might as prudently throw five shillings into the sea . He that loses five shillings , not only loses that sum , but all the advantage that might be made by turning it in , dealing ...
... shillings ' worth of time , loses five shillings , and might as prudently throw five shillings into the sea . He that loses five shillings , not only loses that sum , but all the advantage that might be made by turning it in , dealing ...
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