 The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their conquered neighbours ; this is robbery. — The second by commerce, which is generally cheating. — The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the...  Good, bad, and indifferent, a book of jests - Seite 95von Percival Keane (pseud.) - 1873Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Garnett - 1885 - 366 Seiten
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 | William Garnett - 1885 - 368 Seiten
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 | 1901 - 502 Seiten
...generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein a man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favor, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry. [Complete Works, Vol. 4, p. 238.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1904 - 478 Seiten
...generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favor, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry. 1 Franklin does not, probably,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 496 Seiten
...generally {cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual...his favour, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry. " Agricultural labour, according to his way of thinking, fixes the natural price... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1906 - 128 Seiten
...generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein a man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favor, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry. [Complete Works, Vol. 4, p. 338.... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1906 - 124 Seiten
...generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein a man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favor, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry. [Complete Works, Vol. 4, p. 238.... | |
 | 1907 - 832 Seiten
...generally cheating. — The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle wrought by the hand of God in his favor, as a reward for his innocent life, and his virtuous industry." " It was an excellent saying... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 Seiten
...generally cheating ; the third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase Franklin. Sloth is torpidity of the mental faculties ; the sluggard is a living insensible.— Zimmer favor, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry. — Franklin. In the age of acorns,... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 776 Seiten
...generally cheating ; the third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase ss, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back 唀 8 艬 E O ΧŁ hi« favor, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry. — Franklin. In the age of... | |
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