Variant of Title:
THE WEALTHY MERCHANT AND CONSCIENCIOUS CLERK.
THE WEALTHY MERCHANT AND CONSCIENCIOUS CLERK.
THE WEALTHY MERCHANT AND CONSCIENCIOUS CLERK.
l. 4: For—but the terms are only known to friends(D.)
l. 15: Her he immures and fixes in her stead.(D.)
instead ofll. 25–6:
The cruel Man who robs him fain would lendAid to his Grief—his Grief is near its End.(D.)
The cruel Man who robs him fain would lendAid to his Grief—his Grief is near its End.(D.)
The cruel Man who robs him fain would lendAid to his Grief—his Grief is near its End.(D.)
The cruel Man who robs him fain would lend
Aid to his Grief—his Grief is near its End.(D.)
afterl. 45:
There are who reason, but in reasoning strayBecause they deviate from the plain, right Way;Who by their own just feelings might abideAnd seldom need a Caution or a Guide.(D.)
There are who reason, but in reasoning strayBecause they deviate from the plain, right Way;Who by their own just feelings might abideAnd seldom need a Caution or a Guide.(D.)
There are who reason, but in reasoning strayBecause they deviate from the plain, right Way;Who by their own just feelings might abideAnd seldom need a Caution or a Guide.(D.)
There are who reason, but in reasoning stray
Because they deviate from the plain, right Way;
Who by their own just feelings might abide
And seldom need a Caution or a Guide.(D.)
instead ofll. 51–2:
In paths of Danger and beware of Sleep—A Guide he needed, for his Mind was slow.(D.)
In paths of Danger and beware of Sleep—A Guide he needed, for his Mind was slow.(D.)
In paths of Danger and beware of Sleep—A Guide he needed, for his Mind was slow.(D.)
In paths of Danger and beware of Sleep—
A Guide he needed, for his Mind was slow.(D.)
l. 75: I from this bold, bad Spirit must depart.(D.)
afterl. 79:
Thus reasoned John who, by his feelings led,Had from his Place as from Contagion fled.(D.)
Thus reasoned John who, by his feelings led,Had from his Place as from Contagion fled.(D.)
Thus reasoned John who, by his feelings led,Had from his Place as from Contagion fled.(D.)
Thus reasoned John who, by his feelings led,
Had from his Place as from Contagion fled.(D.)
l. 96: “But, O my Conscience, be not you beguiled.”(D.)
afterl. 97:
“’Twas thus I left John Pewit; can you stateHow he and Conscience finished their Debate?”(D.)
“’Twas thus I left John Pewit; can you stateHow he and Conscience finished their Debate?”(D.)
“’Twas thus I left John Pewit; can you stateHow he and Conscience finished their Debate?”(D.)
“’Twas thus I left John Pewit; can you state
How he and Conscience finished their Debate?”(D.)
instead ofl. 112:
The Wife whom now her Husband’s Death had freed.
The Wife whom now her Husband’s Death had freed.
The Wife whom now her Husband’s Death had freed.
The Wife whom now her Husband’s Death had freed.
instead ofl. 122:
The Man now left appeared awhile as one.
The Man now left appeared awhile as one.
The Man now left appeared awhile as one.
The Man now left appeared awhile as one.
afterl. 170:
’Tis a dull story, and of one so vileI have no Hope that I can raise a Smile;But from a Life so vile, a Death so swift,Reflecting Man a moral thought may sift.
’Tis a dull story, and of one so vileI have no Hope that I can raise a Smile;But from a Life so vile, a Death so swift,Reflecting Man a moral thought may sift.
’Tis a dull story, and of one so vileI have no Hope that I can raise a Smile;But from a Life so vile, a Death so swift,Reflecting Man a moral thought may sift.
’Tis a dull story, and of one so vile
I have no Hope that I can raise a Smile;
But from a Life so vile, a Death so swift,
Reflecting Man a moral thought may sift.