| Jesse Torrey - 1824 - 308 Seiten
...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 in,...'When the well is dry, they know the worth of water.' 10 "But this they might have known before, if they had taken his advice. ' If you would know the value... | |
| John Wade - 1824 - 258 Seiten
...Scotch. A covetous man makes a halfpenny of a farthing, and a liberal man makes sixpence of it. Always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom. A penny spared is twice got. An artist lives every where. A Greck proverb, used by Nero, when he was... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1825 - 324 Seiten
...Richard says) imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be spent ; but always be taking fut of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom ;' then, as poor Dick says, ' When the well is dry they know the worth of water.' But this they might... | |
| 1826 - 422 Seiten
...poor Richard says) imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be spent ; but always to be taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom :' then, as poor Dick says, ' When the well is dry they know the worth of water.' But this thev might... | |
| 1826 - 440 Seiten
...poor Richard says) imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be spent ; but always to be taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom :' then, as poor Dick says, ' When the well is dry they know the worth of water.' But this thev might... | |
| Horace Smith - 1829 - 326 Seiten
...your minority ; and ' take care of the pence, for a small leak will sink a great ship ; and always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom,' as poor Richard says." " Have you any particular reason for harping on poor Richard at the present moment, or may I consider... | |
| Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 Seiten
...will T 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 in, soon comes to the bottom,' as Pooi Richard says; and then, 'When the well is dry, they know the worth of water. ' 10 "But this they... | |
| Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1831 - 290 Seiten
...will never he night ;" that a little to he spent out of so much is not worth minding ; but " Always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in,...the worth of water." But this they might have known hefore, if they had taken his advice ; " lf}-ou would know the value of money, go and try to borrow... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1831 - 314 Seiten
...taking out of the meal-tuh, and never patting m, soon comes to the hottom :' then, ns poor Dick says, ' When the well is dry they know the worth of water.' But this they might have known hefore, if they hnd taken his ndvice : ' if yon would know the value of money, go and try to horrow... | |
| William Howells - 1831 - 220 Seiten
...to reveal to them some of the magnificence of her fairy abode " " Always taking out of the meal tub and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom," as poor Richard says, and it is a saying no more trite than true ; for I have drawn all the stories and tales* I was possessed... | |
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