...directly to human selfishness. A little management must therefore be resorted to if it is to succeed. Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat, when done on a large scale ; and our political Solons were prepared to do an extensive business. They...

...to grief. • JANUARY. 13 less daring. The poet Butler wrote the following well-known couplet: — " Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat." But this is more appliable to legerdemain than to labelling fruit trees. Mistakes or frauds in the...

...And look before you ere you leap ; For as you sow, y' are like to reap.f Part ii. Canto ii. Line 501. Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat. Part ii. Canto iii. Line 1. He made an instrument to know If the moon shine at full or no. Part ii....

...comes Trevor at last." And Trevor entered the gate, and approached them. IMPOSTUKE AND CREDULITY. " Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat" — UUDIBRAS. IF we are to judge by the avidity with which men in all ages have swallowed, and still...

...not even made uneasy by the checks of his own conscience. I would gladly think that in most cases, Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat. I would gladly think that the man who has done another feels it as blistering to remember the fact...

...comes Trevor at last" And Trevor entered the gate, and approached them. IMPOSTUBB AND CREDULITY. " Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat." — HUDIBRAS. IF we are to judge by the avidity with which men in all ages have swallowed, and still...

...Nov. 1832. All wonder (says Dr. Johnson) is the effect of novelty upon ignorance. Or, satirically, Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated...feel most delight, That least perceive a juggler's slight ; And still the less they understand, The more th' admire his slight of hand. Hudibras, Part...

...sentiment was sweetly and aptly quoted. But really, Cousin Emma, I believe that as regards flirtation, ' Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat.' I deplore the folly of flirting though, and I do not believe any high-toned man, or woman, will be...

...happiness of life consists in being well deceived ; nor do I believe in the lines of Jfttdibras, — Doubtless, the pleasure is as great Of being cheated...lookers-on feel most delight, That least perceive the juggler's sleight ! To me it is no pleasure to be deceived, but •when commiseration is added,...

...the science astrologic ; Till, falling from dispute to fight, The conj'rer's worsted by the Knight. DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat ; As lookers on feel most delight, That least perceive a juggler's slight ; And still the less they understand,...