 | Edward Stanley Bosanquet - 1840 - 436 Seiten
...sell thy necessaries. Silks and satins, scarlet and velvets, put out the kitchen fire, as poor Richard says. It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. It is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell in order to equal the ox.... | |
 | 1841 - 300 Seiten
...;" Kre f:mcy you couuH, consult your purse." • And again. " Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy." When you have bought one...desire, than to satisfy all that follow it ;" and it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the... | |
 | 1842 - 194 Seiten
...curse : Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse.' And again, ' Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.' When you have bought one...first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.' And it is as truly folly for. the poor to ape the rich, as the frog to swell in order to equal the ox.... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 Seiten
...; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse." And again, " Pride is as loud a beggar as Want ; and a great deal more saucy." When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy many more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick suys, " It is easier to suppress... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1844 - 600 Seiten
...curse ; Ere funcy you consult, consult your purse. And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one...first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. And it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell in order to equal the ox,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 Seiten
...conveniently converse with him, and he may the more readily assist her, in case of accident. Varieties. 1. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more; so that your appearance may all be of a piece. 2. Miraculous evidence, is inefficacious for producing... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 Seiten
...conveniently converse with him, and he may the more readily assist her, in case of accident. Varieties. 1. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more ; so that your appearance may all be of a piece. 2. Miraculous evidence, is inefficacious for producing... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 320 Seiten
...curse ' Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse. And again, 'Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.' When you have bought one...first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.' And it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as the frog to swell, in order to equal the ox.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1846 - 250 Seiten
...have hought one fine thing, you -must huy ten more, that your appearance may he all of a piece ; hut poor Dick says, " It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it." And it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as the ;frog to swell, in order to equal the ox.... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 Seiten
...curse ; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse.' And again, ' Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.' When you have bought one...first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.' And it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the... | |
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When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. 
