 | Frank McAlpine - American prose literature - 1886 - 456 pages
...upon debt's back;' whereas a freeborn Englishman ought not to be ashamed nor afraid to see or speak to any man living. But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue. 'It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright." What would you think of that Prince,... | |
 | John Bach McMaster - Biography & Autobiography - 1887 - 316 pages
...upon Debt's back ; whereas, a free-born Englishman ought not to be ashamed nor afraid to see or speak to any man living. But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue. It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. " What would you think of that prince,... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 518 pages
...upon Debt's back ;' whereas a free-born Englishman ought not to be ashamed nor afraid to see or speak to any man living. But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue. ' It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.' ' ' What would you think of that... | |
 | Marshman William Hazen - Elocution - 1895 - 452 pages
...upon debt's back ;' whereas a freeborn American ought not to be ashamed nor afraid to see or speak to any man living. But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue. ' It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.' 6. " ' Creditors have better memories... | |
 | Marshman William Hazen - Readers - 1895 - 450 pages
...upon debt's back ;' whereas a freeborn American ought not to be ashamed nor afraid to see or speak to any man living. But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue. ' It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.' 6. " ' Creditors have better memories... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 464 pages
...upon Debt's back ; ' whereas a free-born Englishman ought not to be ashamed nor afraid to see or speak to any man living. But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue. ' It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.' " What would you think of that... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Readers - 1896 - 220 pages
...upon debt's back ; whereas a freeborn Englishman ought not to be ashamed nor afraid to see or speak to any man living. But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue. It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. " What would you think of that prince,... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - American literature - 1897 - 554 pages
...rides upon debt's back ; ' whereas a freeborn Englishman ought not to be ashamed nor afraid to speak to any man living. But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue : ' It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright,' as poor Richard truly says. What... | |
 | george rice carpenter - 1898 - 498 pages
...upon Debt's back ; whereas a free-born Englishman ought not to be ashamed or afraid to see or speak to any man living. But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue. // is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. " What would you think of that prince... | |
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And again to the same purpose, Lying rides upon debt's back. Whereas a freeborn Englishman ought not to be ashamed or afraid to see or speak to any man living. But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue: 'tis hard for an empty bag to stand... 
