| Benjamin Franklin - American prose literature - 1779 - 610 pages
...be," as Poor Richard « fays, " the greateft prodigality;" fince, as he • elfewhere tells us, " Loft time is never found " again ; and what we call time...enough, always *' proves little enough :" Let us then up and ' be doing, and doing to the purpofe ; fo by di• ligence fliall we do more with lefs perplexity.... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1780 - 612 pages
...mud be," as Poor Richard fays, " the greateft prodigality;" fince, as he elfewhere tells us, " Loft time is never found again ; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough :" let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpofe; fo by diligence fhall we do more with lefs perplexity. "... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 614 pages
...muft be," as Poor Richard fays, " the greateft prodigality ;" fince, as he elfewhere tells us, " Loft time is never found again ; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough :" let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpofc ; fo by diligence fhall we do more with lefs perplexity.... | |
| several hands - 1780 - 612 pages
...rnuft be," as Poor RicKafd fays, " the greateft prodigality ;" fince, as he elfewhere tells us, " Loft time is never found again ; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough :" let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpofe; fo by diligence (hall we do more with lefs perplexity. *'... | |
| James Anderson - Scotland - 1791 - 422 pages
...time muft be (as poor Richard fays} the gr-eateft prodigality ;" finee, as he elfewhere tells, " Loft time is never found again ; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough," Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpofe ; fo by diligence fliall we do more with lefs perplexity.... | |
| Chapbooks - 1796 - 34 pages
...as poor Richard says. — How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep! forgetting that "The sleeping fox catches - no poultry, and that there...time enough always proves little enough." Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpose : so by diligence we shall do more with less perplexity.... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...muft be," as Poor Richard fays, " the grcateft prodigality ;" fince, as he elfewhere tells us, " Loll time is never found again; and what we call time enough always proves little enough." Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpofe : fo by diligence (hall we do more with lefs perplexity.... | |
| 1797 - 522 pages
...be," as Poor Richard fays, «« the greateft prodigality ;" fince, ai he elfcwhere tells us, " Loll time is never found again; and what we call time enough always proves little enough." Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpoie : fo by diligence (hall we do more with lels perplexity.... | |
| Conduct of life - 1802 - 348 pages
...muft be," as Poor Richard fays, " the greateft prodigality ;" fince, as he elfewhere tells us, " Loft time is never found again ; and what we call time enough always proves little enough :" Let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpofe ; fo by diligence fhall we do more 'with -lefs perplexity.... | |
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