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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 British Essayists: Spectator - Page 79
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The Spectator, Volume 3

1739 - 336 pages
...Oftentation, and generally ends in Beggary and Ruin. The Man who will live above his prefent Circumftances, is in great Danger of living in a little time much...runs, The Man who lives by Hope will die by Hunger. IT mould be an indifpenfable Rule in Life, to contraft our Deiires to our prefent Condition, and whatever...
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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
...romantic generosity, chimerical grandeur, senseless ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his present circumstances,...indispensable rule in life, to contract our desires fo our present condition, and, whatever may he our expectations, to live within the compass of what...
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Select British Classics, Volume 13

English literature - 1803 - 402 pages
...romantic generosity, chimerical grandeur, senseless ostentation, and generally ends in beggary 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 proverb runs, ' The man who lives by hope will...
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin, $ Disburse seems to stand here for reimburse. The man who will live above his present circumstances,...die by hunger." It should be an indispensable rule m life, to contract our desires to our present condition, and, whatever may be our expectations, to...
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The British Essayists, Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. * Disburse seems to stand here for reimburse. The man who will live above his present circumstances,...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, Volume 4

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 384 pages
...romantic generosity, chimerical grandeur, senseless ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his present circumstances,...as the Italian proverb runs, The man who lives by hofie will die by hunger, It should be an indispensible rule in life, to con> tract our desires to...
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The Teacher's Assistant in English Composition, Or, Easy Rules for Writing ...

John Walker - English language - 1810 - 276 pages
...the last membtr as well as the first. " It should be an indispensable rule in life to con* « tract our desires to our present condition, and, " whatever...within « the compass of what we actually possess.". The following sentence of Dr. Johnson's seems to be faulty for the same reason : " He that embarks...
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The Spectator, Volume 3

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 324 pages
...romantic generosity, chimerical grandeur, senseless ostentation, and generally ends in beggary and ruin. The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great * Disburse see«s to stand here for reimburse*- . danger of living in a little time much beneath them...
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The Teacher's Assistant in English Composition, Or, Easy Rules for Writing ...

John Walker - English language - 1810 - 282 pages
...of the rule in a still clearer light. " It should be an indispensable rule in life to con•" tract our desires to our present condition, and, " whatever may be our expectations, we should " live within the compass of what we actually '' possess." This sentence will be greatly...
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