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...conceived that great part of the miferies of mankint} were brought upon them by the Talfe eftimates they had made of the value of things, and by their giving too much for their tl'fiiflles, O EPITAPH. FFERED for the monument of of the Honourable the Executive Ihe Hon. JOB PRAY,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1793 - 282 pàgines
...conceived that great part of the miferies of mankind were brought upon them by the falfe eftimates they had made of the value of things, and by their giving too much for their whijilet* VOL. I. CA PET1. A PETITION TO THOSE WHO HAPE THE SUPERINTENDENCE' OF EDUCATION. I ADDRESS... | |
 | 302 pàgines
...conceived tliat great part of the miferies ofma/ikind were brought upon them by the falfe eftimates they had made of the value of things, and, by their giving too much for thei.r RULES for PUBLIC SPEAKERS. EXACT arrangement ought to prevail in every part of a complete ipcech or... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1801 - 234 pàgines
...conceived that great part of the miferies of mankind were brought upon'them by the falfe eftimates they had made of the value of things, and -by their giving too much for their Wbi/llet. TRUE. PATRIOTISM, DISPLAYED AT THE SIEGE OP CALAIS. IN 1347, the town of Calais in Fr'ance... | |
 | Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott - 1802 - 454 pàgines
...I conceived that great part of the miferk.of mankind were brought upon them by the falfe eilimates they had made of the value of things, and by their giving too much for their wbijlles. w 1 EFFECTS OF THE PRESENT WAR. "HAT has it don'e? It has overthrown fame, and fliaken all... | |
 | 1803 - 250 pàgines
...I conceive that great part of the miferies of mankind were brought upon them by the falfe eftimates they had made of the value of things, and by their giving too much for their lub'i/Uet.—Franklin, WISDOM, WISDOM, whofe ItfTons have been reprefented as fo hard to leain, by... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 72 pàgines
...that a great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them l>y the false estimate they make of the value of things, and by their giving too much for their whistles. Thus far Franklin, I will just add, as a caution to the pious youths who may read this; whenever tempted... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1804 - 78 pàgines
...-«••«>->•• of a husband ; What a pity it is, say I, thai she has paid so muchjor a whistle! In short, I conceived that great part of the miseries of mankind were brought upon them by the false estimate they had made of the value of tilings, and by their giving too much for their whistles. THE... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1804 - 232 pàgines
...In Ihort I conceived that great part of the miferies of mankind were brought upon them by the falfe estimates they had made of the Value of things, and by their giving too much* for their Wbiftlct. HISTORY OF POCAHONTAS.i ERHAPS they who are not particularly acquainted with the hiftory... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1804 - 254 pàgines
...and ends his career in prison ; Alas ! say I, he has paid dcart very dear/or his •Kihinlle. 1 1. In short, I conceived that great part of the miseries of mankind were brought upon them by t:.>e false estimates they had made of the value of things, and by their giving top much for their... | |
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I, he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. When I see a beautiful, sweet-tempered girl, married to an ill-natured brute of a husband, What a pity it is, says I, that she has paid so much for aa/histle! 
