 | Samuel Martin - 1863 - 352 trang
...hath an office of profit." "The rolling stone gathers no moss." "Little strokes fell great oaks." " It is foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance." " Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labour wears." " Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 trang
...another place he says, " Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths. Again, as poor Richard says, " It is foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance...day at auctions, for want of minding the Almanack. " Wise men (as poor Dick says) learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own ; but Felix que'n... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 trang
...bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths. Again, It is foolish to fay out money in a purchase of repentance ; and yet this folly is practised every day at auctions,... | |
 | Simon Kerl - 1866 - 366 trang
...and considerate ; Remark under Rule VII. Supply which as the object of with. Infinitive Phrases. 1, It is foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance. 2. It is our duty to be friendly toward mankind, as much as it is our interest that mankind should... | |
 | William H. Ablett - 1867 - 94 trang
...bargain, by straightening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good ; for in another place he says, ' many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.' Again, ' it is foolish to lay out money in the purchase of repentance ;' and yet this folly is practised everyday at auctions, for want of minding... | |
 | 1869 - 430 trang
...says, "Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths." x. " It is foolish to lay out money in the purchase of repentance;" and yet this folly is practised...day at auctions for want of minding the Almanack. Buy goods on trust, and you will purchase a thousand articles that cash would never have dreamed of.... | |
 | Ferdinand E A. Gasc - 1869 - 382 trang
...place he says, ' Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.'10 Again, as poor Richard says, ' It is foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance ;' and yet this folly is practised everyday at auctions, for want of minding the Almanac. " Many a one, for the sake of finery on the... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 984 trang
...bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, 'Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths."...practised every day at auctions, for want of minding the Almanac. Many a one, for the pake of finery on the back, have gone with a hungry telly, and half (starved... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 988 trang
...bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do tliee more harm than good. For in another place he says, ' Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.'...practised every day at auctions, for want of minding the Almanac. Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, have gone with a hungry belly, and half starved... | |
 | 1872 - 660 trang
...bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths....in a purchase of repentance ; and yet this folly is practiced every day at auctions for want of minding ' The Almanac.' Many a one, for the sake of finery... | |
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He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths. 
