 | 1914 - 304 trang
...country? How shall -we ever be able to pay them ? What would you advise us to?" Father Abraham stood up and replied: "If you would have my advice, I will give it you in short; for A word to the wise is enough, and 2Iany words won't fill a bushel, as Poor Kichard says."... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 trang
...country? How shall we ever be able to pay them ? What would you advise us to do? " Father Abraham stood up and replied, " If you would have my advice, I will give it to you in short ; for A word to the wise is enough, as Poor Richard says." They joined in desiring... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter - 1917 - 328 trang
...country? How shall we ever be able to pay them? What would you advise us to do?" Father Abraham stood up and replied: "If you would have my advice, I will give it to you in short; for 'a word to the wise is enough,' as poor Richard says." They joined in desiring... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 trang
...country? How shall we ever be able to pay them? What would you advise us to do?" Father Abraham stood up and replied: "If you would have my advice, I will give it to you in short; for 'a word to the wise 15 is enough,' as Poor Richard says." They joined in desiring... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 680 trang
...country? How shall we ever be able to pay them? What would 5 you advise us to do?" Father Abraham stood up and replied: "If you would have my advice, I will give it to you in short; for 'a word to the wise is enough,' as Poor Richard says." They joined in desiring... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 518 trang
...country ? How shall we ever be able to pay them? What would you advise us to do?" Father Abraham stood up and replied: "If you would have my advice, I will give it you in short; for, 'a word to the wise is enough,'- and 'many words won't fill a bushel,' 3 as Poor Richard... | |
 | William Gardiner - 1927 - 328 trang
...country? How shall we ever be able to pay them? What would you advise us to do?" Father Abraham stood up and replied: "If you would have my advice, I will give it you in short; for A word to the wise is enough, and Many words won't fill a bushel, as Poor Richard says."... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 320 trang
...country? How shall we ever be able to pay them? What would you advise us to?" Father Abraham stood up and replied: "If you would have my advice, I will give it you in short; for 'a, word to the wise is enough/ and 'many words won't fill a bushel,* as Poor Richard says."... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2006 - 168 trang
...in fiiort, for A Word to the Wife is enough, and Many Jl'ords won't fill a BuJJjel, as Poor Riehard fays. They joined in defiring him to fpeak his Mind, and gathering rcund him, -he proceeded as follows. " Friends and Neighbours, '"THE Taxes are indeed very heavy, and... | |
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... badness of the times; and one of the company called to a plain, clean, old man, with white locks, "Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times? Will not these heavy taxes quite ruin the country? How shall we ever be able to pay them? What would... 
