| Elias Voster - 1774 - 296 pages
...other ; as to them, I fay, a Shotmaker in London fhall keep a better houie, fpend more money, cloth his family better, and yet grow rich too. It is evident where the difference lies ; an Efiatei's a pona, but, Trade's a //>ring : the firft, if it keeps full, and the water wholefcme, by... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 356 pages
...other ; as to them, I say, a shoemaker in London shall keep a better house, spend more money, clothe his family better, and yet grow rich too. It is evident where the difference lies ; an estate's a pond, but trade's a spring : the first, if it keeps full, and the water wholesome, by the... | |
| James T. Boulton - Literary Collections - 1975 - 304 pages
...other; as to them, I say, a Shoemaker in London shall keep a better house, spend more money, cloath his family better, and yet grow rich too: It is evident where the difference lies, an Estate's a pond, but a Trade sa spring; The first, if it keeps full, and the water wholesom, by the... | |
| Cynthia Wall - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 308 pages
...and the compting house; ... A Sbaemaher in London shall keep a better house, spend more money, cloath his family better, and yet grow rich too: It is evident where the difference lies, an Estate's a pond, buta Trade's a spnng. (CET Defoe seems here eager to blend the traditionally separated... | |
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