 | Benjamin Franklin - American prose literature - 1779 - 610 pages
...have maintained their (landing ; in which cafe it appears plainly, that " A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," as Poor Richard fays. Perhaps they have had a fmall eftatc left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think " It is day, and will never be night;"... | |
 | James Anderson - Scotland - 1791 - 422 pages
...plainly, " A ploughmart on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," a? poor Richai"d;fays. Perhaps they have had a fmall eftate left them, which...day, and will never be night ;" that a little to be fpent out of fo much, is not h minding ; " A child and a fool (as poor Richard fays) imagine twenty... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...have maintained their finding: in which cafe it appears plainly, that " A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," as Poor Richard...a fmall eftate left them, which they knew not the gctrity uf; they rlihik " li is day, and will never be nicht : ' that a little to be fpent out of Го... | |
 | Chapbooks - 1796 - 34 pages
...is higher than a gentleman on his knees," as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think " It is day, and •will never benight:" that a little to be spent out of so much, is not worth minding; but " Always taking out of... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...have maintained their {landing ; in which cafe it appears plainK-, that, "A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," as Poor Richard fays. Perhaps they have had a fmall eAate left them, which they knew net the getting of; they think " it is day.arul will never be night... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...have maintained their Handing ; in which cafe it appears plainly, that, "A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," as Poor Richard fays. Perhaps they have had я final! ellate loft them, which they knew not the getting of; they think " It is day, and will never... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1802 - 348 pages
...ftanding ; in which cafe it appears plainly, that a ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentlemaa on his knees," as Poor Richard fays. Perhaps they...day, and will never be night :" that a little to be fpent out of fo much is not worth minding ; bat always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 72 pages
...is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as poor Richard savs. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; 'They...day, and will never be night ; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding. ' A child and a fool,' as poor Richard says, 'imagine twenty... | |
 | Gleaner - 1805 - 426 pages
...is higher than a gentleman on his knees," as poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they...day, and will never be night," that a little to be spent out of so much, is not worth minding: but, "Always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1806 - 590 pages
...is higher than a gentleman on his knees," as poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they...day, and 'will never be night;" that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding ; but " always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting... | |
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A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of: they think, It is day, and will never be night; that a little to be spent out of... 
