| Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 страници
...there might be fewer wants, and even fewer pleasures, but infinitely more happiness.— Ooldnnith. and will gain more credit by his adroit mode of hiding...to exhibit his erudition. — Cotton. There is a c tomorrow. — Johnson. Frugality is a fair fortune ; and habitl of industry a good estate. — Franklin.... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 776 страници
...Hope— fortune's cheating lottery, wbvre for one prize, a hundred blanks there be. — Coteley. Hop« and bent on reveling to-day on the profita of to-morrow. —Johnson. It is necessary to hope, though hope should... | |
| Rev. S. Pollock Linn - 1881 - 472 страници
...heathen, when I remember the power of the Gospel upon myself. John Newton, D.2>. IT is well known thai he seldom lives frugally who lives by chance. Hope...they that trust her promises make little scruple of reveling to-day on the profits of the morrow. Samuel Johnson. income £20, annual expenditure £19... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1913 - 220 страници
...Historiographer, perhaps with some additional emoluments, his whole revenue seems to have been casual, and it is well known that he seldom lives frugally who...they that trust her promises make little scruple of 10 revelling to-day on the profits of the morrow. Of his plays the profit was not great, and of the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 530 страници
...historiographer, perhaps with some additional emoluments, his whole revenues seem to have been aasual ; and it is well known that he seldom lives frugally who...of revelling to-day on the profits of the morrow. that any memorials of the transactions between his predecessor and Dryden had been preserved, except... | |
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