Mirth and Vanity.
SIR Edward Fines would say, That he that would be Merry for a Day, let him be Trim'd; He that would be
An essay to promote virtue by example in a collection of excellent sayings (divine and moral) of devout & learned men, in all ages, from the apostles time, to this present year, 1689 / By William Whitcombe, gent.
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- An essay to promote virtue by example in a collection of excellent sayings (divine and moral) of devout & learned men, in all ages, from the apostles time, to this present year, 1689 / By William Whitcombe, gent.
- Author
- Whitcombe, William.
- Publication
- London:: Printed for the author: and are to be sold by Edw. Evets ...,
- 1689.
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- Subject terms
- Maxims.
- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
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"An essay to promote virtue by example in a collection of excellent sayings (divine and moral) of devout & learned men, in all ages, from the apostles time, to this present year, 1689 / By William Whitcombe, gent." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A96335.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.
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Merry for a Week, let him Marry: He that would be Merry for a Year, let him Build: And he that would be Merry for Ages, let him Improve his Land.