"'Tis true, the Desire of Riches seem'd the ruling and universal Passion among them; but then, they sought not the Gratification by mean Arts, or Projects destructive to their Fellow-Citizens, or shameful to their Country, but by honest Care, and painful Labour; by adhering strictly to their Promises; by being just in all their Dealings abroad, and frugal at home; by never delaying till to-morrow, what was in their power to accomplish to-day; and by suffering no Drones to eat up what the others laboured for."
Adventures of Eovaai
4 entries in ESTC (1736, 1741). Retitled in second edition as <u>The Unfortunate Princess: or the Life and Surprizing Adventures of the Princess of Ijaveo</u>.<br>
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See <u>Adventures of Eovaai. Princess of Ijaveo. A Pre-Adamitical History. Interspersed with a great Number of remarkable Occurrences, which happened, and may again happen, to several Empires, Kingdoms, Republicks, and particular Great Men. With some Account of the Religion, Laws, Customs, and Policies of those Times. Written originally in the Language of Nature, (of later Years but little understood.) First translated into Chinese, at the command of the Emperor, by a Cabal of Seventy Philosophers; and now retranslated into English, by the Son of a Mandarin, residing in London.</u> (London: Printed for S. Baker, 1736). &lt<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T57423">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW114435542&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from Women Writers Online. &lt;<a href="http://textbase.wwp.brown.edu/WWO/search?browse-all=yes;brand=wwo#!/view/haywood.eovaai.xml">Link to WWO</a>&gt;