 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 pages
...Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse ; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse." And again, " Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy." When you have bought one tine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece;... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 236 pages
...Fond pride of dross is sure a very curse, Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse.' And again, ' Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy.' When you_have bought one f,ne thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece... | |
 | Pamphilius (pseud.) - 1869 - 282 pages
...Since n-omen for tea forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting." " Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy." "Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse : Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse." When you have... | |
 | 1870 - 972 pages
...the kitchen fire." And again, " A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees." " Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy." But "Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt;" and another proverb says, " Pride breakfasted with... | |
 | Thomas Walker (poet.) - 1870 - 270 pages
...back again ; A pride of dress is sure a very curse ; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse. Again pride is as loud a beggar as want, And a great deal more saucy, without any cant. If you have bought a fine thing, you want ten more, That you may correspond behind... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 984 pages
...dreee IB впге а тегу спгае ; Ere Äi:cy you consult, consult your pureo.' And again, x"23) ڍ When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece... | |
 | William Crawford Armor - 1872 - 602 pages
...velvets put out the kitchen fire. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees. Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright. Drink water, put the money in your pocket, and leave... | |
 | 1874 - 648 pages
...beat and speak together, and make both felt in action. It is for cowards to lie. — George Herbert. Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When yon have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that jonr appearance may be all of a piece... | |
 | 1870 - 684 pages
...says, " Fond pride of dress is sure a curse ; lire fancy you consult, consult your purse." And again, " Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy." When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece,... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 pages
...satins, scarlet and velvets, have put out the kitchen fire," as Poor Richard says. • • And again, " Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. • • • • pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt," as Poor Richard says. And, in another place, " Pride breakfasted... | |
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And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy... 
