 | English literature - 1777 - 756 pages
...life. " Sloth, like rult, confumcs fatter tvian Labour wears, while the key ufcd is air treafure, noi has any rich relation left you a legacy:' "Diligence is the mother of Good-luck," as poor Richard fays ; and-, " -God gives all things to Induttry ; then plough deep while... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American prose literature - 1779 - 610 pages
..." Induftry pays debts, while defpair increafeth " them." What though you have found no trea' fure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, " Diligence...mother of good luck, and God «« gives all things to indufhy. Then plow deep, " while fluggards fleep, and you mall have corn '« to fell and to keep."... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1780 - 612 pages
...for " Induftry pays debts, while Defpair increafeth them." What though you have found no trcafure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, *' Diligence...the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to induftry. Then plow deep, while fluggards fleep, and you (hall have corn to fell and to keep." Work... | |
 | several hands - 1780 - 612 pages
...pay o'ur taxes. —If we are iriduftrious, we {hall never ftarve; for, " at the working man's houfe hunger looks in, but dares not enter." Nor will the bailiff or the conftable enter, for " Induftry pays debts, while Defpair incrcafeth them." What though you have found... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 614 pages
...to pay our taxes. —If we are induftrious, we tball never ftarve; for, " at the working man's houfe hunger looks in, but dares not enter." Nor will the bailiff" or the conftable enter, for " Induftry pays debts, while Defpair increafeth them." What though you have found... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 614 pages
...our taxes. •»— Jf we are induftrious, we fhall never ftarve; for, " at the working man's houfe hunger looks in, but dares not enter." Nor will the bailiff' or the conftable enter, for " Induftry pays debts, while Defpair increafeth them." What though you have found... | |
 | James Anderson - Scotland - 1791 - 422 pages
...we are induftrious, we (hall never ftarve; for, as poor Richard fays, " At the working-man's houfe hunger looks in, but dares not enter." Nor will the bailiff or the conftable enter; for, " Induftry pays debts, while defpair increafeth them," fays poor Richard. Whaj:... | |
 | Chapbooks - 1796 - 34 pages
...us to pay our taxes — If we are industrious, we shall never* starve; for, " at the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter." Nor will...constable enter, for "industry pays debts, while despair encreaseth them." Whatthough you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...to pay our taxes — If we are induilrious we mall never ilarve; for, « at the working man's houfe hunger looks in, but dares not enter." Nor will the bailiff or the conibble enter, for " indullry pays debts, while defpair encreaieth them." What though you have found... | |
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... but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious we shall never starve ; for, as Poor Richard says, At the working-man's house hunger looks... 
