 | Benjamin Franklin - 1904 - 496 Seiten
...gentleman on VoI.. II.— 3. 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... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - 1899 - 522 Seiten
...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... 
