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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt:...therein together, and they bought the oil for the lamp from a common fund; and they bound up in a napkin the eyes of him that had nothing to contribute to the price of the oil, until they went to sleep and had hung up the lamp. CCCCLI. A certain author composed a tract wherein he praised miserly conduct, and he brought it unto a king who was a miser. And it came to pass that when the king had read it, he sent to the author, and said unto him, "We do not wish to give thee any money so that "it may not be we who shall destroy thy good and "excellent counsels;" thus was the author put to shame by that which he himself had written. CCCCLII. Another miser having taken a hireling said unto him, "On what terms wilt thou work for me?" and the hireling said, "For the food of my mouth." The miser said to him, "Nay; thou must come down "very, very much lower than this in terms." And the hireling said to him, "I do not know any way of "reducing them lower than this except by fasting "the whole of Wednesday, and the whole of Friday "until the next day." CCCCLIII. Another poet was questioned by a man concerning a certain miser, saying, "Who eateth with "him at his table?" and the poet replied, "Flies." CCCCLIV. Another miser said, "That no man may "ever say to the angels, Give me some money," or, "Give me something to eat," or, "Give me something to put on," is an abundant gratification for them." CCCCLV. Unto another miser it was said, "How "beautiful the hands look on the table!" and he said, "Only when they are empty." CCCCLVI. Whilst a certain poor man was sitting by the side of a very rich but mean...