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" The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them ; or, as the Italian proverb runs, The Man who lives by Hope will die by Hunger. "
The Spectator - Page 87
1726 - 312 pages
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 4

1786 - 694 pages
...oftentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his |irui.-nt circumltances, is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them, x>r, as the Italiar. proverb luns, 1 The man who lives by hope will die ' by hunger.' It íhould be...
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The Spectator, with Illustrative Notes: To which are Prefixed, the ..., Volume 3

1794 - 450 pages
...ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much...the man who lives by hope, will die by hunger. It should be an indispensable rule in life, to contract our desires fo our present condition, and, whatever...
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Select British Classics, Volume 13

English literature - 1803 - 402 pages
...and ruin. The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in * little time much beneath them, or, as the Italian...The man who lives by hope will die by ' hunger.' It should be an indispensible rule in life, to contract our desires toourpresent condition, and whatever...
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The British Essayists, Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...Disburse seems to stand here for reimburse. The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much...beneath them ; or, as the Italian proverb runs, ' The mail who lives by hope, will die by hunger.' It should be an indispensable rule in life, to contract...
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much...runs, The Man who lives by Hope will die by Hunger. It should be an indispensable rule in life, .to contract our desires to our present condition ; and whatever...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index

Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man, who will live above hie present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much...The man who lives by hope, will die by hunger.' It should be on indispensable rule in life, to contract our desires to our present condition; and, whatever...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3

Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much...runs, The Man who lives by Hope will die by Hunger. It should be an indispensable rule in life, to contract our desires to our present condition ; and whatever...
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The British essayists; to which are prefixed prefaces by J ..., Volumes 14-26

British essayists - 1819 - 316 pages
...Disburse seems to stand here for reimburse. The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much...The man who lives by hope, will die by hunger.' It should be an indispensable rule in life, to conIract our desires to our present condition, and, whatever...
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The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index. The Eight Volumes Comprised ...

Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...tion, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man, who will live above his present circumstances, nter."# Addison Joseph" Jos should be an indispensable rule in life, to contract our desires to our present condition ; and, whatever...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 426 pages
...disposed of the money which in all probability The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of living in a little time much...The man who lives by hope, will die by hunger.' It should be an indispensable rule in life, to contract our desires to our present condition, and, whatever...
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