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" ... would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is discovered to want it, and then all his pains and labour to seem to have... "
The Gentleman's Library: Containing Rules for Conduct in All Parts of Life ... - Page 214
by Gentleman - 1744 - 440 pages
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The Spectator, Volume 5

1739 - 312 pages
...Excellency. • Now the beft way in the World for a Man to feem to ' be any thing, is really to be what he would feem to be. • Befides that it is many times...• if a Man have it not, it is ten to one but he is difcover'd • to want it, and then all his Pains and Labour to feem to • have it is loft. There...
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The Spectator, Volume 2

1729 - 342 pages
...what he would feem to be. Befides, that it * is many times as troublefome to make good the Pre * tence of a good Quality, as to have it; and if a Man ' have...then all his Pains and Labour to feem to have " it, is loft. 1 N another Part of the fame Difcourfe he goes on to 'frew, that all Avtifice muft naturally...
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The Spectator, Volume 2

1729 - 354 pages
...times as troublefome to make good the l'i <> * tence of a good Quality, as to have it> and If a M.ui * have it not, it is ten to one but he is difcovered...then all his Pains and Labour to feem to have ' it, is loft. IN another Part of tlie fame DifcouiTe 'he goes on :<> Ibc w. that all Artifice muft naturally...
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Introductio Ad Prudentiam: Or, Directions, Counsels, and Cautions, Tending ...

Thomas Fuller - Conduct of life - 1731 - 526 pages
...Befides, that it is many Times as troublefome to make good the Pretence of a good Quality, as to have it j and if a Man have it not,; it is- ten to one b«t he is difcovered to want, it, and then all his Pains and,Libour tp feem- to h^ve it is loft. There...
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The Spectator, Volume 2

English essays - 1739 - 346 pages
...thing, is really ' to be what he would feem to be. Befides, that it is * many times as troublefora to make good the Pretence ' of a good Quality, as...then all his Pains and Labour to feem to have it, ' is loft. IN another Part of die fame; Difcourfe he goes on to ftiew, that all Artifice muft naturally...
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The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Volume 4

John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1748 - 448 pages
...thing, is really to be what he would feem to be. Befides that it is many times as troublefome to Jnake good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it...and then all his pains and labour to feem to have it is loft. There is fomething unnatural in painting, which a fkilful eye will eadly difccrn from native...
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The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces, in Prose and Verse ...

English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...times as troublefome to make wood the pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and if a man haie it not, it is ten to one but he is difcovered to want it, raid then all his pains and labour to feem to have it is loft. There is iomething unnatural in painting,...
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 5

1786 - 670 pages
...be any 'Hung, is really to be what he would &сш to be. Boulet i!ut u is many times as troublefeme to make good the pretence of a g-ood quality, as to...and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is difcovcred to want it, and then all his pains and Kbour to feem to have it is loft. Th те is fomething...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...real excellency. Now the beft way in the world for a man to feem to be any thing, is really to be what he would feem to be. Befides, that it is many times...and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is difcovercd to want it, and then all his pains and labour to feem to have it is loft. There is fomething...
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The Prose epitome; or, Extracts, elegant, instructive, and entertaining ...

Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...any thing, is really to be what he would fccm to be. Bcfides, that it is many times as troubjefome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to...and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is difcuvered te want it, and then all his pains and labour te feem to have it is loft. There is forncthmg...
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