| L M. Stretch - 1801 - 248 páginas
...character of Jupifer, and took leave of the company abruptly. , 1. 72. C. 5t. PRODIGALITY, SENTIMENTS. A Great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great...The more riches a fool has, the greater fool he is. There is more money idly spent to be laughed at , than for any thing in the world, though the purchasers... | |
| John Mair - 1793 - 316 páginas
...at bottom. The iccor,<l pyramid is 34} feet high, and its broadeft fide at the bottom 622 feet long. A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune. Thft more riches a fool has, the greater fool he is. RULE V. REG. V. * 19. 'T'HE qomparaj_ tive degree... | |
| 1803 - 228 páginas
...own. A fine coat is but a livery, when the person who wears it discovers no more sense than a footman. A great fortune in the hands of a fool, is a great...The more riches a fool has, the greater fool he is. All the treasures of the earth, are not to be compared to the least virtue of the soul. Eating and... | |
| Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1807 - 602 páginas
..." E shall now quit the hop, skip, and jump, of the drama, and return to plain, jog trot, narrative. A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune, as, the more money he has, the greater fool he makes himself: Heliogabalus the Roman Emperor, was as... | |
| Eaton Stannard Barrett - 1808 - 220 páginas
...dignity of our pen ! Fine weather cannot last always ; calms are only the prognostics ot storms ; and a great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune. Master Frederic espied a box containing some little cubes of bone, and he no sooner grasped it in his... | |
| 1810 - 234 páginas
...own. A fme coat is but a livery, when the person v,ho wears it discovers no more sense than a footman. A great fortune in the hands of a fool, is a great...The more riches a fool has, the greater fool he is. All the treasures of the earth, are not to be compared to the least virtue of the soul. Eating and... | |
| Abner Alden - 1814 - 222 páginas
...our present felicity. "Wisdom is better without an inheritance, than an inheritance without wisdom. A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great...The more riches a fool has, the greater fool he is. LESSON XXXVII. « PLEASURES, unduly taken, enervate the soul, make fools of the wise, and cowards of... | |
| John Mair - 1830 - 268 páginas
...at houom ; the second pyramid is 342 feet high, and its broadest side at the hottom 622 feel long. A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune. The more riches a fool has tlie greater Tool lie is. RULE V. * 19. THE comparative degree governs the ablative, which is resolved... | |
| John Mair - 1830 - 268 páginas
...descent to it is 480 yards deep. >nef, the id 1028 the bottom 622 feel long. A great fortune in the bands of a fool is a great misfortune. The more riches a fool ha« the greater fool he is. about tiu yards nign, nnd me descent to it is 480 yards deep. There are... | |
| John Mair (schoolmaster.) - 1831 - 454 páginas
...at bottom ; the second pyramid is 342 feet high, and its broadest side at the bottom 622 feet long. A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great...The more riches a fool has, the greater fool he is. RULE V. *19. THE comparative degree governs the ablative, which is resolved by quam. Nothing is sweeter... | |
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