 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 984 Seiten
...good. For in another place he says, 'Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths." Again, ' It is foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance...for want of minding the Almanac. Many a one, for the pake of finery on the back, have gone with a hungry telly, and half (starved their families; ' Silks,... | |
 | 1872 - 660 Seiten
...Again : It is foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance ; and yet this folly is practiced every day at auctions for want of minding ' The Almanac.'...finery on the back, have gone with a hungry belly, and half starved their families. Silks and satins, scarlet and velvets, put out the kitchen-fire, as Poor... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 Seiten
...than good. For in another place he says, Muny have been rained by buying good pennyworths. Again : It is foolish to lay out money in a. purchase of repentance ; and yet this folly is practiced every day at auctions for want of minding ' The Almanac.' Many a one, for the sake of finery... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1873 - 266 Seiten
...good. For in another place he says. "many have been ruined by buying great pennyworths." Again, " it is foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance:"...auctions, for want of minding the Almanac. Many a one, fur the sake of finery on the back, have gone with a hungry belly, and half starved their families;... | |
 | Edwin Chesterman - 1873 - 466 Seiten
...giiod pennyworths," "It is foolish to lay out money In the purchase of repentance ¡ " and yet tnis folly is practised every day at auctions for want of minding the Almanack, Gash and Credit,— If you would i?«t rich, don't deal in bill books. Credit is the "Templer... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 Seiten
...more harm than good. Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths. Again, it is foolish to lay our money in a purchase of repentance ; and yet this folly is practised every day. Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own. Many a one, for the sake of finery on... | |
 | 1870 - 684 Seiten
...good. For in another place he says, " Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths. " Again, " It is foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance," and yet this folly is practiced every day at auctions for want of minding the almanac. Many a one, for the sake of finery... | |
 | Charles Joseph Sherwill Dawe - 1877 - 392 Seiten
...good. For in another place he says, ' Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.' Again, ' It is foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance...practised every day at auctions, for want of minding Poor Richard's Almanac. Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry stomach... | |
 | Phebe Lankester - 1880 - 270 Seiten
...entirely out of everybody's debt; and he kept his word. Benjamin Franklin, in his "Way to Wealth,'' says: "Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, have...and halfstarved their families. ' Silks and satins, scarlet and velvets, put out the kitchen fire.' These are not the necessaries of life; they can scarcely... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1903 - 358 Seiten
...place he says, " many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths." Again, Poor Richard says, ' ' 'tis foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance" ; and yet this folly is practiced every day at vendues for want of minding the almanac. poor Ktcbara'fl almanac "Wise men,"... | |
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He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths. 
