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" 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 it is lost. "
The Enquirer: Reflections on Education, Manners, and Literature. In a Series ... - Page 410
by William Godwin - 1797 - 481 pages
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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...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 tend to...
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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...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 tend...
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The Spectator, Volume 5

1739 - 312 pages
...he would feem to be. • Befides that it is many times as- troublefome 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 difcover'd • to want it, and then all his Pains and Labour to feem to • have it is loft. There...
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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 Gentleman's Library: Containing Rules for Conduct in All Parts of Life ...

Gentleman - Conduct of life - 1744 - 488 pages
...le that he would feem to be. Befides that, it is many Times as troublefome to make good the Pretence of a good Quality as to have it ; and if a Man have...then all his Pains and Labour to feem to have it, are loft. It it is hard to perfonate and aft a Part long ; for where Truth is not at the Bottom, Nature...
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The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Volume 4

John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1748 - 448 pages
...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 if a man have...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 beauty...
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The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces, in Prose and Verse ...

English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...be what he would feem to be. Befides that it is many 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...
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The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...really to be what he would feem to be. Befides, it is often as troublefome to fupport the pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is mofl likely he will be difcovered to want it, and then all hi.- labour to feem to have it is loft....
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Harrison's British Classicks, Volume 5

1786 - 670 pages
...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 have it; 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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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...really to be what he would feem to be. Ecfi-Jes, -it is often as troublefome to fupport the pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and if a man have it not, .it is rnoft likely he will be d if covered to want it ; and then all his labour to feem to have it is loft....
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