 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
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 250 Seiten
...cheating. — The third hy agriculture, the only honest way, wherein a man receives a real increase oi* the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought hy the hand of God in his favour, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry. FKANKUN.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1848 - 312 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. B. FRANKLIN. PRELIMINARY ADDRESS TO THE PENNSYLVANIA ALMANAC, ENTITULED " POOR... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1848 - 292 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. FRANKLIN. PRELIMINARY ADDRESS TO... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1851 - 318 Seiten
...—The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the sied 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. FRANKLIN. PRELIMINARY ADDRESS TO... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 428 Seiten
...common air ; And, like the sunshine of the skies, It falleth everywhere. HOW TO ACQUIRE WEALTH HONESTLY. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, in condemning the system of plundering...reward for his innocent life and virtuous industry." BENEFITS OF OPPOSITION. A CERTAIN amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 308 Seiten
...agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, iu a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of...his favour, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry. B. FRANKLIN. PRELIMINARY ADDRESS 10 THE PENNSYLVANIA ALMANAC, ENTITULFD " POOH... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 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. April 4, 1769. [From the Pennsylvania... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 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. — Franklin. AGRICULTURE, ITS... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 428 Seiten
...Franklin lias beautifully observed) " blesses the labours of the husbandman by a continued miracle wrought in his favour, as a reward for his innocent life and virtuous industry." SECT. IV. — DIGRESSION WITH RESPECT TO THE USE AND ABUSE OF THE SPECULATION CONCERNING FINAL CAUSES... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 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. FRANKTJN. PRELIMINARY ADDRESS TO... | |
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