 | Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 396 pages
...frugality, have maintained their standing ; in which case it appears plainly that A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard...them, which they knew not the getting of : they think, // is day, and will never be night ; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1910 - 330 pages
...frugality, have maintained their standing; in which case it appears plainly that " a plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as Poor...them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, "tis day and will never be night"; that 'a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding'... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 318 pages
...frugality, have maintained their standing; in which case it appears plainly, that A plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard...them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, 'Tis day, and -will never be night; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding (A... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 512 pages
...Perhaps they have had a small Estate left them, which they knew not the Getting of; they think, 'tis Day, and will never be Night; that a little to be spent out of so much, is not worth minding; a Child and a Fool, as Poor Richard says, imagine Twenty shillings and Twenty Years can never be spent... | |
 | Lionel Strachey - 1905 - 316 pages
...frugality, have maintained their standing; in which case it appears plainly, that A plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they haw had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, 'Tis day, and will... | |
 | 1907 - 668 pages
...frugality, have maintained their standing; in which case it appears plainly that A plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard...them, which they knew not the getting of : they think, // is day, and will never be night; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding;... | |
 | 1907 - 374 pages
...frugality, have maintained their standing; in which case it appears plainly, that A plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard...them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, 'Tis day, and will never be night; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding (A... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1908 - 454 pages
...frugality, have maintained their standing; in which case, it appears plainly, <A plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as Poor...little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding : < A child and a fool, ' as Poor Richard says, < imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 280 pages
...frugality, have maintained their standing ; in which case it appears plainly that " a plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," as Poor...them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, "'tis day and will never be night ; " that " a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding... | |
 | 1910 - 272 pages
...frugality, have maintained their standing ; in which case it appears plainly, that A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard...them, which they knew not the getting of ; they think, 'Tis day, and will never be night ; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding ;... | |
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A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of: they think, It is day, and will never be night; that a little to be spent out of... 
