 ... deviation his extreme parsimony, and thus advanced by degrees into larger transactions and incipient wealth. I did not hear, or have forgotten, the continued course of his life ; but the final result was, that he more than recovered his lost possessions,...  Essays in a series of letters to a friend - Page 110by John Foster - 1813Full view - About this book
 | 1806 - 572 pages
...recovesed his lost possessions, and died an inveterate miser, worth 6o,oocl. 1 have always iccollected this as a signal instance, though in an unfortunate...belongs to the strongest form of such a character.*' Of Ersay III. the object is to exhibit contrasts to the representations which are given in the second.... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...was, that he more than recovered his lost possessions, and died an inveterate miser, worth 60,000f. I have always recollected this as a signal instance,...belongs to the strongest form of such a character. THE ENGLISH MOUTHS. — JULY. THIS is usually the hottest month in the year ; — when those who have... | |
 | John Foster - 1826 - 290 pages
...was, that he more than recovered his lost possessions, and died an inveterate miser, worth 60,000/. I have always recollected this as a signal instance,...this distinction no man ever exceeded, for instance, of ever will exceed, the late illustrious Howard. The energy of his determination was so great, that... | |
 | John Foster - 1830 - 116 pages
...was, that he more than recovered his lost possessions, and died an inveterate miser, worth £ 60,000. I have always recollected this as a signal instance,...though in an unfortunate and ignoble direction, of the decisive character, and of the extraordinary effect, which, according to general laws, belongs... | |
 | 1833 - 370 pages
...was, that he more than recovered his lost possessions, and died an inveterate miser, worth 60,0001. I have always recollected this as a signal instance,...belongs to the strongest form of such a character.— (Foster's Essays.) At the silver mine of Königsberg, a wonderful gallery has been pierced through... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...was, that he more than recovered his lost possessions, and died an inveterate miser worth 60.000Z. I have always recollected this as a signal instance,...belongs to the strongest form of such a character. LESSON LXII. streets of Bagdad,* musing on the varieties of merchandise which the shops opened toliis... | |
 | John Foster - 1846 - 370 pages
...was, that he more than recovered his lost possessions, and died an inveterate miser, worth 60,000/. I have always recollected this as a signal instance,...general laws, belongs to the strongest form of such a characten But not less decision has been displayed by men of virtue. In this distinction no man ever... | |
 | 1849 - 444 pages
...more than recovered his lost possessions, and died an inveterate miser, worth sixty thousand pounds. I have always recollected this as a signal instance,...though in an unfortunate and ignoble direction, of a decisive character, and of the extraordinary effect which, according to general laws, belongs to... | |
 | George Peck - 1854 - 312 pages
...was, that he more than recovered his lost possessions, and died an inveterate miser, worth £60,000. I have always recollected this as a signal instance,...belongs to the strongest form of such a character." An eminent instance of perseverance we have in John Wesley, whose long life, which reached the period... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1854 - 352 pages
...was, that he more than recovered his lost possessions, and died an inveterate miser worth 60,000/. I have always recollected this as a signal instance,...the extraordinary effect which, according to general Jaws, belongs to the strongest form of such a character. LESSON LXH. 2. Ortogrul mingled with the attendants... | |
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