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The Collector.
being one day introduced to present his case to his Holiness in person , he , after some stav , broke away suddenly . A friend of his expressing o-reat concern at such a p iece of abruptness , he replied , ' It is to no purpose for me to stay here any longer , amidst the hateful bustle of a rapacious court ; for Iknow of a certainty that he will never be prevailed on to give me a sing le brass farthing ; stinginess stares in his p hysiognomy ; he has a negative face .
A GOLDEN RULE . EARS INDUSTRIOUSLY AND SPEND PRUDENTLY . IF the interpretation seems too rigid , and bears too hard upon your pride or vanity , it is only to qualify you to enter the' little end of the horn , ' with a good grace , that you may find the cornu copies at the other Clerical method would divide my lecture into two heads ;
. the division is natural ; I will follow it . First—' Earn industriously . ' When the sun has begun his daily task , expanded the flowers , and set all the busy agents of vegetation to work , if these do not afford you a sufficient stimulus to industry , walk on to your beehive ; these little labourers shall preach you a better sermon against indolence than will often hear from the pulp it , ifafter observing their
you , activity and ceconomy fifteen minutes , you do not profit by the lecture , let them sting you for a drone . ' Spend prudently . ' Never lay more out at the tavern , after sun set , than you have earned before sun rise ; nor even that , if your last year ' s taxes are not crossed out from the collector ' s book . Dress in home-spun three years , and if vanity or decency requite , you may wear superfine the fourth . What
follv lays out in sheep skin gloves in ten years , if managed by prudence , mio ' - ' nt ( ill a small purse . Are not white dollars worth more to a farmer than white hands ? If your finances are small , be not ambitions of walking up three pair of stairs . A second story has often proved an introduction to the gaol . A humble cottage is a good beginning . Enter at the' little end of the
horn , ' and you may see , at the other , an elegant house , large enough for the thrifty farmer . Check fancy ; exercise your judgment ; learn her character , find but her disposition , prove her ceconomy—W . hose ? The woman ' s you intend for a wife . Remember she is to be the steward of your house , the governess of your children , and the very key to your strong box .
EPITAPH UPON JOHN CABECA . THE following singular inscription appears on the tomb of the King of Spain ' s precentor in music , in the cathedral church of Sarragossa . ' Here lies John Cabeca , Precentor of my Lord the King . When he is admitted to the chuir of angels , whose society he will embellish , and where he will distinguish himself by his powers of song , God shall say to the angels , ' Cease , ye calves , and let me hear John Cabeca , Precentor to my Lord the King . '
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The Collector.
being one day introduced to present his case to his Holiness in person , he , after some stav , broke away suddenly . A friend of his expressing o-reat concern at such a p iece of abruptness , he replied , ' It is to no purpose for me to stay here any longer , amidst the hateful bustle of a rapacious court ; for Iknow of a certainty that he will never be prevailed on to give me a sing le brass farthing ; stinginess stares in his p hysiognomy ; he has a negative face .
A GOLDEN RULE . EARS INDUSTRIOUSLY AND SPEND PRUDENTLY . IF the interpretation seems too rigid , and bears too hard upon your pride or vanity , it is only to qualify you to enter the' little end of the horn , ' with a good grace , that you may find the cornu copies at the other Clerical method would divide my lecture into two heads ;
. the division is natural ; I will follow it . First—' Earn industriously . ' When the sun has begun his daily task , expanded the flowers , and set all the busy agents of vegetation to work , if these do not afford you a sufficient stimulus to industry , walk on to your beehive ; these little labourers shall preach you a better sermon against indolence than will often hear from the pulp it , ifafter observing their
you , activity and ceconomy fifteen minutes , you do not profit by the lecture , let them sting you for a drone . ' Spend prudently . ' Never lay more out at the tavern , after sun set , than you have earned before sun rise ; nor even that , if your last year ' s taxes are not crossed out from the collector ' s book . Dress in home-spun three years , and if vanity or decency requite , you may wear superfine the fourth . What
follv lays out in sheep skin gloves in ten years , if managed by prudence , mio ' - ' nt ( ill a small purse . Are not white dollars worth more to a farmer than white hands ? If your finances are small , be not ambitions of walking up three pair of stairs . A second story has often proved an introduction to the gaol . A humble cottage is a good beginning . Enter at the' little end of the
horn , ' and you may see , at the other , an elegant house , large enough for the thrifty farmer . Check fancy ; exercise your judgment ; learn her character , find but her disposition , prove her ceconomy—W . hose ? The woman ' s you intend for a wife . Remember she is to be the steward of your house , the governess of your children , and the very key to your strong box .
EPITAPH UPON JOHN CABECA . THE following singular inscription appears on the tomb of the King of Spain ' s precentor in music , in the cathedral church of Sarragossa . ' Here lies John Cabeca , Precentor of my Lord the King . When he is admitted to the chuir of angels , whose society he will embellish , and where he will distinguish himself by his powers of song , God shall say to the angels , ' Cease , ye calves , and let me hear John Cabeca , Precentor to my Lord the King . '