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Show 32 THE WAY TO WEALTH. ‘ fays; and, indeed, fo does he that lends to ‘ fuch people, when he goes to get it in again.- ‘ power over your liberty. ‘ Pom‘ Dick farther advifes, and fays, " Fond pride of drefs is fure a very curfe ; ‘ at the time, you will be afhamed to fee your " Ere fancy you confult, confult your purfe." mum: ‘m [G.P.] THE WAY To WEALTH. 4,; ‘ when you run in debt,- you give to another If you cannot pay ‘ creditor,- you will be in fear when you fpeak to ‘ him ; you will make poor pitiful fneaking ex- ‘ And again, " Pride is as loud a beggar asWant, ‘ cufes, and, by degrees, come to lofe your vera- " and agreat deal more faucy." When you have ‘ City, and link into bafe, downright lying; for, ‘ bought one fine thing, you mutt buy ten more, ‘ that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but " in debt," as Poor Ric/Jan! fays; and again, to " The fecond vice is lying, thefirfl is running ‘ Poor Dick fays, " It is eafier to fupprefs the firf't ‘ the fame purpofe, " Lying rides upon Debt's " defire, than to fatisfy all that follow it :" And ‘ it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as ‘ for the frog to fwell, in order to equal the ox. " back :" whereas a free-born Eng/Mama" ought ‘ not to be alhamed nor afraid to fee or {peak ‘ to any man living. But poverty often deprives ‘ a man of all fpirit and virtue. " Veffels large may venture more, " But little boats {hould keep near fhore." ‘ It is, however, a folly foon punifhed ; for, as " It is hard " for an empty bag to itand upright." What ‘ would you think of that prince, or of that go- ‘ vernment, who Ihould illue an ediét forbidding ‘ Poor Rickard fays, " Pride that dines on va- ‘ you to drefs like a gentleman or gentlewoman, " nity, fups on contempt ; Pride breakfai'ced with " Plenty, dined with Poverty, and flipped with ‘ on pain of imprifonment or fervitude? Would ‘ you not fay that you were free, have a right " Infamy." And, after all, of what ufe is this ‘ pride of appearance, for which f0 much is ‘ to drefs as you pleafe, and that fuch an edict ‘ would be a breach of your privileges, and fuel: ‘ rifked, {0 much is fufl‘ered P ‘ a government tyrannical? And yet you are ‘ about to put yourfelfunder that tyranny, when ‘ you run in debt for fuch drels I Your creditor It cannot promote ‘ health, nor eafe pain; it makes no increafe of ' merit in the perfon, it creates envy, it haf'tens ‘ misfortune. ‘ But what madnefs muft it be to mm in (Mt for ‘ thefe {uperfluities 3 We are offered, by the terms ‘ of this fale, fix months credit; and that, perhaps, ‘ has induced fome of us to attend it, becaufe we ‘. has authority, at his pleafure, to deprive you ‘ of your liberty, by confining you in gaol for ‘ life, or by felling you for a fervant, if you ‘ {hould not be able to pay him. When you ‘ have got your bargain, you may, perhaps, ‘ cannot fpare the ready money, and hope now to ‘ think little of payment; but, as Poor Rama ' be fine without it. But, ah ! think what you do ‘ fays, " Creditors have better memories than ‘ when F " debtors |