 | Benjamin Franklin - 1906 - 1056 Seiten
...Clothing; and the Belly, a good deal of Victuals. Our Eyes, tho' exceedingly useful, ask, when reasonable, only the cheap Assistance of Spectacles, which could...People are the Eyes that ruin us. If all but myself wore blind, I should want neither fine Clothes, fine Houses, nor fine Furniture. Adieu, my dear Friend,... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 776 Seiten
...above opinion. Vice is consistent with, and very often strengthened by, entire eebserviency to it. d moral lj0 — Franklin. We never are satisfied with our opinions, whatever we may pretend, till they are ratified... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 Seiten
...with, and very often strengthened by, entire subserviency to it. The eyes of other people are the eyee o. Franklin. We never are satisfied with onr opinions, whatever we may pretend( till they are ratified... | |
 | John Patrick McNichols - 1908 - 280 Seiten
...vanquished chief expiring lay, Upon the sands, with broken sword, He traced his farewell to the free. 9. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture. 10. Were a star quenched on high,* For ages would its light, Still traveling downward through the sky,... | |
 | William Cabell Bruce - 1917 - 560 Seiten
...Clothing; and the Belly, a good deal of Victuals. Our Eyes, tho' exceedingly useful, ask, when reasonable, only the cheap Assistance of Spectacles, which could...neither fine Clothes, fine Houses, nor fine Furniture. Another letter to Vaughan is really an essay on the Criminal Laws and the practice of privateering.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1927 - 298 Seiten
...and the belly, a good deal of victuals. Our eyes, though exceedingly useful, ask, when reasonable, only the cheap assistance of spectacles, which could...neither fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture. By the by, here is just issued an arrtt of Council taking off all the duties upon the exportation of... | |
 | 1879 - 1166 Seiten
...and have the world before you ; stoop, as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps." " The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us....neither fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture." " A rogue hanged out of a family does it more honor than ten that live in it." "If there be a nation... | |
 | Clifton Fadiman - 1955 - 1142 Seiten
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Almost all the parts of our bodies require some expense. The feet demand shoes ; the legs stockings ; the rest of the body clothing ; and the belly a good deal of victuals. Our eyes, though exceedingly useful, ask, when reasonable, only the cheap assistance... 
