 ... reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through industry and frugality, have maintained their standing ; in which case it appears plainly, that ' A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on...  Enquire Within Upon Everything - Page 114by Robert Kemp Philp - 1856 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 430 pages
...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, 'Tis day, and will never be night; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding; (J.... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 460 pages
...plowman 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...little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding : * A child and a fool, ' as Poor Richard says, 'imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Almanacs, American - 1900 - 190 pages
...plowman 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, " 'Tis day and will never be night ; " that " A little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding... | |
 | William Peterfield Trent, Benjamin Willis Wells - American literature - 1901 - 358 pages
...plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have a small estate left them which they knew not the getting of ; they think, It is day and it never will be night ; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding ; but, Always... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1901 - 296 pages
...plowman 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, "'tis day and will never be night;" that "a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Literature - 1901 - 444 pages
...plowman 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, " 'tis day and will never be night;" that "a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding"... | |
 | David Excelmons Cloyd - Biography & Autobiography - 1902 - 126 pages
...ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have a small estate left them which they knew not the getting of ; they think, It is day and it never will be night ; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding; but Always... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - Biography - 1902 - 518 pages
...ploughman on his legs is hig/ier than a gentleman on Ins knees, as Poor RICHARD says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of. They think 'tis day! and will never be night! that a little to be spent out of so much ! is not worth minding... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - American literature - 1903 - 600 pages
...ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as poor Richard says. Perhaps th§y have had a small estate left them, which they knew not...little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding: ' A child and a fool (as poor Richard says) imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be... | |
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