 | 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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... fail of getting into some business, that will in time enable you to pay all your debts. In that case, when you meet with another honest man in similar distress, you must pay me by lending this sum to him; enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like... 
