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" Nor choose a base and uncomely creature altogether for wealth ; for it will cause contempt in others and loathing in thee. "
Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ... - Page 222
by George Burnett - 1813
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A Thousand Thoughts from Various Authors

Arthur B. Davison - 1880 - 396 pages
...not be poor, how genefous soever ; for a man can buy nothing in the market with gentility. Nor choose a base and uncomely creature altogether for wealth...others, and loathing in thee. Neither make choice of a fool ; for she will be thy continual disgrace, and it will yirke thee to hear her talk ; for thou shalt...
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The glass of fashion

Lounger in society the pseud - 1881 - 374 pages
...birth) soever, for a man can buy nothing in the market with gentility. Nor choose a base and unseemly creature altogether for wealth ; for it will cause...shalt beget a race of pigmies ; the other will be thy universal disgrace, and it will irk thee to hear her talk. Thou shalt find, to thy great grief, that...
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Exemplary Women: A Record of Feminine Virtues and Achievements

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 420 pages
...(generosus) soever, for a man can buy nothing in the market with gentility. Nor choose a base and unseemly creature altogether for wealth ; for it will cause...other will be thy continual disgrace, and it will irk thee to hear her talk. Thou shalt find, to thy great grief, that there is nothing more fulsome...
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Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 31

1883 - 648 pages
...well born ; for a man can buy nothing in the market with gentility." And in another place, " Nor chuse a base and uncomely creature altogether for wealth,...will cause contempt in others and loathing in thee." But above all does he advise most strenuously against the selection of a foolish, silly woman as a...
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How to be Happy Though Married: Being a Handbook to Marriage

Edward John Hardy - 1886 - 332 pages
...how generous (well-born) soever ; for a man can buy nothing in the market with gentility. Nor choose a base and uncomely creature altogether for wealth,...for by the one thou shalt beget a race of pigmies, while the other will be thy continual disgrace, and it will yirke (irk) thee to hear her talk. For...
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Our Thrones and Crowns: Or: The Golden Way to the Highest Attainments. A ...

James Henry Potts - 1889 - 806 pages
...birth) soever, for a man can buv nothing in the market with gentility. Nor choose a base and 7 unseemly creature altogether for wealth ; for it will cause...shalt beget a race of pigmies ; the other will be thy universal disgrace, and it will irk thee to hear her talk. Thou shalt find, to thy great grief, that...
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English Lands, Letters and Kings, Volume 1

Donald Grant Mitchell - 1889 - 352 pages
...Inquire diligently of her disposition, and how her parents have been inclined in their youth. Choose not a base, and uncomely creature, altogether for Wealth...others, and loathing in thee : Neither make choice of a fool, for she will be thy continual disgrace, and it will irk thee to heat her talk." A Group of Great...
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English Lands, Letters and Kings ...

Donald Grant Mitchell - 1889 - 354 pages
...Inquire diligently of her disposition, and how her parents have been inclined in their youth. Choose not a base, and uncomely creature, altogether for Wealth...others, and loathing in thee : Neither make choice of a fool, for she will be thy continual disgrace, and it will irk thee to hear her talk." A Group of Great...
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The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 2

David Josiah Brewer - 1900 - 460 pages
...in others and loathing in thee; neither make choice of a dwarf, nor a fool, for by the one you shall beget a race of pigmies, the other will be thy continual...and it will yirke thee to hear her talk; for thou shall find it, to thy great grief, that there is nothing more fulsome than a she-fool. And touching...
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A Multitude of Counsellors: Being a Collection of Codes, Precepts and Rules ...

Josephus Nelson Larned - 1901 - 518 pages
...not be poor, how generous soever; for a man can buy nothing in the market with gentility; nor choose a base and uncomely creature altogether for wealth...make choice of a dwarf, or a fool; for by the one you shall beget a race of pigmies, the other will be thy continual disgrace, and it will yirke thee...
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