<p>EH! Master, what is all this work,<lb/> This hamm'ring, sawing, clatter?<lb/> Each morning that I wake of late<lb/> I wonder what's the matter!<lb/> What is't that you are building here?<lb/> A Mill, forsooth! but surely<lb/> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac194"/> So large a Mill as this will be<lb/> A loss of money purely;<lb/> For in this sack of yours I feel<lb/> So little corn for grinding,<lb/> That when you've made it into meal<lb/> 'Twil scare be worth your minding.<lb/> A Hand-mill would be large enough<lb/> To grind this corn, good neighbour!<lb/> And if you'd be advised by me<lb/> You'd cease your useless labour.<lb/> You may rely, this Mill of yours<lb/> Will yield you little profit,<lb/> 'Twill soon stand still, or, what is worse,<lb/> You'll be obliged to let it:<lb/> Don't spend your money thus, my friend,<lb/> 'Tis hard enough to find it;<lb/> Who only hath a peck of corn<lb/> Need build no Mill to grind it.</p> <p>TRUDITUR dies die,<lb/> Novaeque pergunt interire lunae.<lb/> Tu secanda marmora<lb/> Locas sub ipsum funus, et sepulcri<lb/> Immemor struis domos.-HORAT. ii. Od. 18.<lb/> Senes, inquit Arnsaeus, spolia opima marinae Deae suspendere debent, cum hae<lb/> inscriptione, -(DE Jur, Connub.)<lb/> VIXI puellis nuper idoneus,<lb/> Et militavi non sine gloriâ,<lb/> Nunc arma defunctumque bello<lb/> Hunc gladium paries habebit.<lb/> HORAT. iii. Od. 26.<lb/> -DESINE dulcium<lb/> Mater saeva Cupidinum. -Idem iv. Od. I.<lb/> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac195"/> CIRCA lustra decem flectere mollibus<lb/> Jam durum imperiis: abi<lb/> Quò blandae juvenum te revocant preces.<lb/> EEN oudt man met een jonge vrou,<lb/> Wat kan het westen als berou?<lb/> C'est chose aussi follastre de voir le gendarme qui va au baston, que l'amoureux<lb/> qui ne peut marcher sans aide.<lb/> VEEL geschreeus en luttel wolle.<lb/> Veel vlagen luttel boter.<lb/> LA più guasta rota del carro<lb/> Fa sempre maggior strepito.<lb/> Viel geschrey, wenig wollen.<lb/> Grosse word und nichts da hinder.</p> <p>Ne'er put the Plough afore the Owsen.<lb/> IN every undertaking, that which is Essential should have the first place; and the<lb/> Accessory, if there is occasion for it, should be considered afterwards, Many men<lb/> commence with that which is of least moment to them, and defer the consideration of<lb/> those things which would be useful and profitable, to a period when it is too late to<lb/> reap the advantages which would accrue from them. We thus frequently see men who<lb/> have no sooner begun to prosper in life, than they become eclipsed as it were in their<lb/> very success, and emerge in poverty. Method is a necessary to the art to Live, as to<lb/> the aquirement of Knowledge.</p> <p>SELON le pain il faut le couteau.<lb/> Selon ta bourse gouverne ta bouche.<lb/> Fou est qui plus dépense qua sa rente ne vaut.<lb/> STRETCH out your legs according to the length of your blanket.<lb/> Qui trop embrasse, mal étreint.<lb/> CHI tutto abraccia, nulla stringa.<lb/> CE qui vient au son de la flûte s'en va au son du tambour.<lb/> MAKE no more haste than good speed.<lb/> CAVENDUM est, ne in festinationibus suspiciamus nimias celeritates. -CICERO.<lb/> Qui unumquodque mature transegit, is properat; qui multa simul incipit neque<lb/> perficit, festinat. -CATO.</p> <pb n="uiuc_83931c29eep_fac196"/> <p>TITANS day burning lamp is set on high,<lb/> The more to Light'n the Earth from saphir sky;<lb/> His beames more glorious and conspicuous shine<lb/> From East to West, from South to midnight line:<lb/> My light you must not under bushell put,<lb/> Nor in a chinky corners prison shut;<lb/> That lights may cleare the chambers all throughout,<lb/> They must aloft be hanged round about.<lb/> You holy Priests, to whom the word of light<lb/> Is trust, advance your torches in the sight<lb/> Of mortals, shew them wo in darkenesse dwell,<lb/> The narrow way that leads to Heaven, from Hell.<lb/> FARLIE'S Emblems.</p>

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A Whole Mill to Grind a Peck of Corn

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A man advises against building a whole mill to grind just one sack of corn

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<p>A WHOLE MILL TO GRIND A PECK OF CORN</p>

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