| Benjamin Franklin - American prose literature - 1779 - 610 pages
...fays, " Fond pride of drefs is fure a very curfe ; " Ere fancy you confult, confult your purfe." * And again, " Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, *'...all that follow it :" And ' it is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as ' for the frog to fwell, in order to equal the ox. " Veflels large may... | |
| James Anderson - Scotland - 1791 - 422 pages
...and fays; " Fond pride of drefs is fiire a very curie \ E'er fancy you confult, confult your purfe." And again-, " Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and...your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Dick faysj " It is eafier to fupprefs the firft defire, than to fatisfy all that follow it." And it is as... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 72 pages
...loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.' 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. And that it... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1804 - 78 pages
...loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy." When you have bought one fjne thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but poor Dick says> TO rooR RICHARD'S ALMANACK. "It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to sat- . isfy all... | |
| Gleaner - 1805 - 426 pages
...loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy." 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." And it is as... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1806 - 586 pages
...loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy." 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 jt:" and it is as... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1806 - 590 pages
...loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy." 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 :" and it is as... | |
| James Plumptre - English drama - 1812 - 424 pages
...loud a befgar as Want, " and a great deal more saucy." Wheu 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 :" And it is... | |
| George Miller - 1813 - 638 pages
...loud a beggar as want, and' a great deal more saucy." When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Djck says, " it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it : * and it... | |
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