...in the fen ! HE that would thrive Must rise at five ; He that hath thriven May lie till seven ; And he that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. xciv. [The following is quoted in Miege's ' Great French Dictionary,' Tol. Lond. 1687, 2d part.] A...

...shop will keep thee;' and again, 'If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send ; ' trad again, " ' He that by the plough would thrive, Himself...must either hold or drive.' And again, ' The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands ;' and again, 'Want of care does us more damage than...

...: " Money buys wJiat talents fail to win." These were rejected, and George Milbank proposed one : " He that by the plough •would thrive, himself must either hold or drive." This was accepted, and distributed ; Neal was led in and guessed it on George's own answer, from the...

...could hardly be said to be less industrious. Ilis guiding motto through life had been—- "He.that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive." And most literally had he been governed by the precept. He was, in short, an industrious, thriving Kew...

...Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee ;' and again, ' If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send.' And again, 'He that by the plough would...must either hold or drive." And again, 'The eye of the master -will do more work than both his hands ;' and again, ' Want of care does us more damage...

...the rheumatism. A man must look before he leap, and science does the looking. As Franklin put it : " The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands." Indeed, the farmer comes into close touch with biological problems because his business is directly...

...garden overflow. It He that would thrive Must rise at five; He that hath thriven May lie till seven; And he that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of the shoe, the horse was lost; For want of the horse,...

...you shall have Corn to sell and to keep. Laziness travels so slowly that Poverty soon overtakes him. He that by the Plough would thrive, himself must either hold or drive. Knaves & Nettles are akin ; stroak 'em kindly, yet they'll sting. Life with Fools consists in Drinking...

...management of ordinary business is the want of imagination. William Hazlitt (1778-1830) English essayist The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman The good governor should have a broken leg and keep...

...solidarity among workers were now commonplace. The new moral and economic resolve of the labourers was that He that by the plough would thrive, . . . himself must either hold or drive.43 Along with the labourers Cobbett was edging from a vertical to a horizontal perspective of...