 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...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...from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or del,ver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good ad\ice, and something may be... | |
 | Cooking - 1821 - 24 pages
...by bewildering yonr. brain with strong liquor. Id * "• t •' ; » SAYINGS OF POOR RICH AR». " I. It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one lentil part of their time to be employed in its service : but ¡Ui-пегч taxes many of us much... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - Statesmen - 1822 - 272 pages
...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...them that help themselves," as poor Richard says. 1 (t will be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part of their time, to... | |
 | William Pinnock - Readers (Elementary) - 1822 - 252 pages
...others, and much more grievous to some of us. 6. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness. three times as much by our pride, and four times as much...commissioners cannot ease, or deliver us, by allowing any abatement. 7- However, let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us; 'God helps... | |
 | 1822 - 588 pages
...many others, and much more grievous to some of as. We are taxed twice. as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much...and from these taxes the Commissioners cannot ease us, or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. The Same. We return our thanks to Veritas for the above... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1822 - 336 pages
...Treatise m Life and Death, which contains some very curious inquiries on the art of prolonging life. * " It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time to be employed in its service : but idleness taxes many of us much more ; sloth, by bringing on... | |
 | H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times a* much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly j and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or de- . liver us by «У owing an abatement.... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1824 - 308 pages
...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...them that help themselves,' as Poor Richard says. 5 " It would bethought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part of their time, to... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1825 - 324 pages
...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...themselves,' as poor Richard says in his Almanac. " It.would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their time, to... | |
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...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...However, let us hearken to good advice, and something maybe done for us ; God helps them that help themselves, as poor Richard says. " It would be thought... | |
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The taxes are indeed very heavy ; and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharg-e them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. — We are taxed twice as much by our idleness,... 
