| English literature - 1777 - 756 pages
...and, as poor Dick fays, " For one poor perfon, there 'are an hundred indigent." By 1 1 •!'••, and other extravagancies, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of thofe whom theyformerly defpifed, but debt for thefe fuperfluities ! We arc ofwho through induftry... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - American prose literature - 1779 - 610 pages
...called the conveniences -, and yet only becaufe they look pretty, how many want to have them ? By thefe, and other extravagancies, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of thofe whom they formerly defpifed, but who, through induftry and frugality, have maintained their (landing... | |
| Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...conveniences : and yet, only bccaufc they look pretty, hew many want to have them • — By thcfc, and other extravagancies, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of thofc whom they formerly defpilVd, but who, through inihiltrv and frugality, have maintained their... | |
| Chapbooks - 1796 - 34 pages
...and velvets, put out the kitchen-fire," as Poor Richard says. These are not the necessaries of life i they can scarcely be called the conveniences: and...genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow ot those whom they formerly despised, but who, through industry and frugality, have maintained their... | |
| 1797 - 522 pages
...the conveniencies : and yet only becarfe tkey look pretty, how many want to have them ? — By thefe, and other extravagancies, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of thole whom tter formerly defpifed, but who, through icduftry and frugality, have maintained their {landing... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...the conveniencies : and yet only becaufe they look pretty, how many want to have them ?— By thefe, and other extravagancies, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of thofc whom they formerly defpifed, but who, through induftry and frugality, have maintained their Handing... | |
| Conduct of life - 1802 - 348 pages
...called the conveniencies : and yet only becaufe they look pretty, how many want to have them ? By thefe and other extravagancies, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of thofe whom they formerly defpifed, but who, thro' induftry and frugality, have maintained their ftanding... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 72 pages
...Richard says, ' put out the kitchen fire.' These are no necessaries of life ; they can scarcely be railed the conveniences, and yet only because they look pretty, how many want to have them. The artificial wants of mankind thus become more numerous than the natural ; and, as poor Dick says,... | |
| Gleaner - 1805 - 426 pages
...Silks and satins, scarlets and velvets, put out the kitchen fire," as poor Richard says. These are not the necessaries of life ; they can scarcely be...how many want to have them ! — By these and other extravagances the genteel are reduced to poverty, and' forced to borrow of those whom they formerly... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
..." Silks and satins, scarlet and velvets, put out the kitchen fire," as Poor Richard says. These are not the necessaries of life: they can scarcely be...despised , but who, through industry and frugality, haĞe maintained their standing ; in which case it appears plainly, that, " A ploughman en his legs... | |
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