| Richard Miller Devens - 1868 - 906 Seiten
...generously assisted, " you must pay me by lending this sum to Mm, enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation when he shall be able, and shall meet with such another opportunity. This is a trick of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money." Jacob Lorillard was not only... | |
| George Washington Montgomery - 1870 - 334 Seiten
...him, enjoining him to discharge the debt, by a like ' Dr, Epps' Essays, p. 53. ' Life of Franklin. operation when he shall be able, and shall meet with...go through many hands before it meets with a knave to stop its progress. This is a trick of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money4." The venerable... | |
| 1870 - 452 Seiten
...similar distress, you will pay me, by lending this money to him, enforcing him to discharge the debt by a like operation when he shall be able, and shall...with such another opportunity. I hope it may thus pass through many hands before it meets a knave to stop its progress. This is a trick of mine to do... | |
| 1870 - 720 Seiten
...similar distress, you will pay me, by lending this money to him, enforcing him to discharge the debt by a like operation when he shall be able, and shall...with such another opportunity, I hope it may thus pass through many hands before it meet» a knave to stop its progress. This is a trick of mine to do... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 556 Seiten
...similar distress, you must pay me by lending this sum to him ; enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation, when he shall be able, and shall...This is a trick of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money. I am not rich enough to alTord much in good works, and so am obliged to be cunning... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 796 Seiten
...similar distress, you must pay me by lending this sum to him ; enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation, when he shall be able, and shall...This is a trick of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money. I am not rich enough to afford much in good works, and so am obliged to be cunning... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow - 1884 - 558 Seiten
...similar distress, you must pay me by lending this sum to him ; enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation, when he shall be able, and shall...This is a trick of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money. I am not rich enough to afford much in good works, and so am obliged to be cunning... | |
| Fortunate men - 1884 - 192 Seiten
...similar distress, you must pay me by lending this sum to him, enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation, when he shall be able, and shall...I hope it may thus go through many hands before it meet with a knave to stop its progress. This is a trick of mine for doing a good deal with a little... | |
| William Stebbing - 1887 - 432 Seiten
...offices go round." To an American in distress he gives ten louis, bidding him follow the same course : " I hope it may thus go through many hands before it...This is a trick of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money." He adopted the same system with the salary he received, on quitting his French mission,... | |
| John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler - 1891 - 508 Seiten
...similar distress, you must pay me by lending this sum to him ; enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation when he shall be able, and shall...This is a trick of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money. I am not rich enough to afford much in good works, and so am obliged to be cunning,... | |
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