 | Benjamin Franklin - American prose literature - 1779 - 610 pages
...our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from thefe taxes the commiffioners cannot cafe or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and fomething may be done for us ; " God helps them that help themfelves," as Poor Richard fays. ' I. It... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 614 pages
...our pride, and four times as much by our folly ; and from thefe taxes the commiflkmers cannot cafe or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and fomething may be done for us; " God helps them that help themfelves," as Poor Richardfays. * It would... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1780 - 612 pages
...our pride, and four times as much by our folly ; and from thefe taxes the commiflioners cannot cafe or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and fomething may be done for us ; " God helps them that help themfelves," as Poor Richard fays. ' It would... | |
 | several hands - 1780 - 612 pages
...our pride, and four times as much by our folly ; and from thefe taxes the commiflioners cannot cafe or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, aad fomething may be done for us ; " God helps them that help tbemfelves," as Poor Richard fays. '... | |
 | James Anderson - Scotland - 1791 - 422 pages
...our pride, and four times as much by our folly ; and from thefe taxes the commifiioners cannot eafe or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and fomething may be done for us ; " God helps them that help themfelves," as poor Richard fays, in his... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...our pride, and four times as much by our folly : and from thcfe taxes the commilfioncrs cannot cafe or deliver us by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and fomc thing may be dune fur us; " God helps them that help thcmfclvcs," as Poor Richard fays. I. ' It... | |
 | English literature - 1777 - 750 pages
...Pride, a nd fon r ti mes as m lieh by our Folly ; and from theft taxes the commiflioners cannot tale or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and fomething may be done for us ; " God helps them that help themfelves," as poor Richard fays, in his... | |
 | Chapbooks - 1796 - 34 pages
...deliver us by allowing an abatement. However, let us heark-> en to good advice, and something maybe done for us; " God helps them that help themselves," as Poor Richard says.' I. ' It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...our pride, and four times aj much by our folly; and from thefe taxes the commiflioners cannot eafe or deliver us by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and fomething may be done for us ; " God helps them that help themfelves," as Poor Richard fays. I. ' It... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1802 - 348 pages
...our pride, and four times as much by our folly ; and from thefe taxes the commiffioners cannot eafe or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and fornething may be done for HS ; God helps them that help themfelves," as Poor Richard fays. I. " IT... | |
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... more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot... 
