 | Benjamin Franklin - 1849 - 322 Seiten
...indigent.' By these and other extravagances, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through...maintained their standing; in which case, it appears plain!}', 'A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman O'l his knees,' as poor Richard says.... | |
 | 1851 - 112 Seiten
...The glad night hath the weary morrow. Silk and satins, scarlet and velvet, put out the kitchen fire. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees. A child and a fool imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be spent ; but always taking... | |
 | Indiana. State Board of Agriculture - 1852 - 334 Seiten
...slave, and draws behind him a chain of trouble as heavy and exhausting, as the clanking chain of iron. " A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees." The man who goes to California and procures his tens of thousands, is not successful if there or on... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 Seiten
...them ! By these and other extravagances, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through...knew not the getting of; they think ' it is day, and it will never be night;' that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding; but ' always... | |
 | 1853 - 446 Seiten
...them! By these and other extravagances, the greatest are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through...they have had a small estate left them, which they know not the getting of; they think, 'It is day, and will never be night;' that a little to be spent... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 308 Seiten
...Standing ; in which case, it appears plainly, ' A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman OB Bis knees,' as poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had...getting of; they think, ' It is day, and will never be night ;' that a little to be spent out of so much, is not worth minding : ' A child and a fool (as... | |
 | William Chambers - 1853 - 858 Seiten
...through industry and frugality, ha^fe mnintained their standing; in which case it appear* plainly, 'A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as poor Richard says. 1'trhaps they have had a small estate left them wJiich they knew not the getting of; they think ' It... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 Seiten
...He that hath a trade, hath an estate ; and he that hath a calling, hath a place of profit and honor. A ploughman on his legs, is higher than a gentleman on his knees. — Franklin. TRADITIONS, ROMISH. — Tradition, as held by the Romanists, is subordinate to Scripture... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 Seiten
...them? By these and other extravaganoies, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through...their Standing; in which case it appears plainly, thnt ,.a ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," äs poor Richard says. Perhaps... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 Seiten
...indigent.' By these and other extravagances, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through...their standing ; in which case, it appears plainly, ' A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as poor Richard says. Perhaps they... | |
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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... 
