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" He, that hath a trade, hath an estate; and he, that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour," as poor Richard says: but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to... "
Essays and Letters - Page 75
by Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 340 pages
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The Oxford Magazine: Or, Universal Museum, Volume 1

1768 - 332 pages
...no gains without pains ; then help hands, for I have no lands. He that hath a trade hath an eñate, and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour. Induftry pays debts, while defpalr increafeth them. Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God giveth...
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Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces: Arranged Under the ...

Benjamin Franklin - American prose literature - 1779 - 610 pages
...no lands," or, if • I have, they are fmartly taxed. '* He that " hath a trade, hath an eftate -, and he that hath ** a calling, hath an office of profit and honour," ' as Poor Richard fays j but then the trade muft • be ' be worked at, and the calling well followed, or « neither...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 62

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1780 - 612 pages
...for I have no lands," or, if I have, they are fmartly taxed. " He that hath a trade, hath an eftate ; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour," as Poor Richard fays ; but then the trade muft be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the eftate nor...
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the monthly review or literary journal: from january to june, inclusive,. m ...

several hands - 1780 - 612 pages
...for I have no lands," or, if I have, they are fmartly taxed. " He that bath a trade, hath an eftate; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour," as Poor Richard fays ; but then the trade muft be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the eftate nor...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged, Volume 62

Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 614 pages
...for I have no lands," or, if I have, they are fmartly taxed. " He that hath a trade, hath an eftate; and he that hath a calling, hath. an office of profit and honour," as Poor Richard fays ; but then the, trade muft be worked at, and the calling well followed, or, neither the eftate...
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The Bee: Or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Volume 1

James Anderson - Scotland - 1791 - 422 pages
...fmartly taxed ;" and, (as poor Richard likewifc obferves), " He that hath a trade hath an eflate ; and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honour:" but then the trade muft be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the eilate nor the...
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Association Papers..: Part I. Publications printed by special order of the ...

Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers (London, England) - France - 1793 - 432 pages
...hope will die failing. There are no gains " without pains. He that hath a trade, hath an eftate; " and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and *' honour," as Poor Richard fays ; but then the trade * muft be worked at, and the calling Well followed, or * neither the eftate...
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Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10

Chapbooks - 1796 - 34 pages
...gains without pains ; then help hands, for I have no lands," or, if I have, they are smartly taxed. " He that hath a trade, hath an estate; and he that...neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes — If we are industrious, we shall never* starve; for, " at the working man's house hunger...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose ..., Volume 2

1797 - 522 pages
...for I have no lands," or, if I have, they are fmartly taxed. " He that hath a trade, hath an eftate; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour," as Poor Richard fays; but then the trade mull be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the eftate nor...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...for I have no lands," or, if I have, they arc fmartly taxed. " He that hath a trade, hath an eilate ; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour," as Poor Richard fays; but then the trade mull be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the eftate nor...
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