 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 482 pages
...frugality, have maintained their standing ; in which case it appears plainly, that, A plowman on his legs, is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. 11. " Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of: they think,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 pages
...frugality, have maintained their standing ; in which case, it appears plainly, " A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," as poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small esfatn left them, which they knew not the petting of; they think, " It is day, and will never be niiiht... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 236 pages
...which case it appears plainly, that ' A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knee,' as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left tnem, which they knew not the getting of; they think, ' It is clay, and will never be night ;' that... | |
 | William H. Ablett - Commerce - 1867 - 94 pages
...frugality, have maintained their standing ; in which it appears plainly, that ' a ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as poor...be spent out of so much is not worth minding ; but 'always taking out of the meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the bottom,' as poor Richard... | |
 | Ferdinand E A. Gasc - 1869 - 382 pages
...maintained their standing;3 in which case, it appears plainly,4 that ' A ploughman on his legs is higher5 than a gentleman ° on his knees,' as poor Richard says. Perhaps they have 7 had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of;8 they think, ' It is day,9 and... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1872 - 988 pages
...¡ have maintained their standing ; in which case it appears plainly, that ' A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as Poor...which they knew not the getting of ; they think ' It ie day, and will never be night ; ' that a littlo to be spent out of so much is not worth minding ;... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1872 - 984 pages
...plainly, that ' A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as Poor Richard Bays. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which...getting of; they think 'It is day, and will never bo night ;' that a little to bo spent out of so much is not worth minding; but 'always taking out of... | |
 | Godfrey Golding - 1873 - 348 pages
...Never leave that till to-morrow ing; in which case it appears plainly that, A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as poor Richard...which they knew not the getting of ; they think it is •0 day, and will never be night ; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding ;... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 pages
...this case it appears plainly that" A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees." Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which...little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding. A child and a fool imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be spent; but bjr always taking... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1870 - 684 pages
...frugality, have maintained their standing; in which case it appears plainly that "a ploughman oo his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," as poor...knew not the getting of ; they think "it is day, and it will never be night ." that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding , but "always... | |
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A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of: they think, It is day, and will never be night; that a little to be spent out of... 
