 | Ferdinand E A. Gasc - 1860 - 360 Seiten
...that lends to such people,15 when he goes to get it again.'16 Poor Dick farther advises, and says, ' Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse : Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse.' 17 And again, 'Pride is as loud a beggar13 as Want, and a great deal more saucy.'19 When you have bought... | |
 | Jacob Cats, Robert Farlie - 1860 - 260 Seiten
...enough begun, That which is well done. DRESS drains our Cellar dry, And keeps our Larder lean.—COWPER. FOND pride of Dress is sure a very curse. Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse.—BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. THE most violent Passions will sometimes allow us a respite, but Vanity... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 Seiten
...he that lends to such people, when he goes to get it again." Poor Dick farther advises, and says, *' Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse ; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse." And again, " Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy." When you have bought... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 236 Seiten
...people, when he goes to get it in again. Poor Dick farther advises, and says, ' Fond pride of dross is sure a very curse, Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse.' And again, ' Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy.' When you_have bought... | |
 | William H. Ablett - 1867 - 94 Seiten
...that lends to such people, when he goes to get it again. Poor Dick further advises, and says — ' Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse, Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse.' And again, ' Pride is as bound a beggar as want, and POOR RICHARD. 67 a great deal more saucy.' When... | |
 | Pamphilius (pseud.) - 1869 - 282 Seiten
...punch forsook hewing and splitting." " Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy." "Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse : Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse." When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - 1869 - 526 Seiten
...the ox who has carried the calf. See " Parvis imbutus." Tecum habita. — Live not beyond your means. "Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse ; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse." See " Infra tuam." " Sumptus sensum." Teipsum non alens, canes alts. — Unable to keep yourself, you... | |
 | Thomas Walker (poet.) - 1870 - 270 Seiten
...And so he who lends to such folks finds it is vain, And often its very hard to get it back again ; A pride of dress is sure a very curse ; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse. Again pride is as loud a beggar as want, And a great deal more saucy, without any cant. If you have... | |
 | Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - 1873 - 476 Seiten
...Tantum bona valent, quantum vendi possunt. The worth of a thing Is what it will bring. Tuum habita — Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse ; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse. Tendo ossum in sollicitum — Care brings on grey hairs, And age without years. Tune canent cygni,... | |
 | Godfrey Golding - 1877 - 268 Seiten
...lends to such people when he goes to get his own in again. Poor Dick further advises, and says — " ' Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse ; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse. And again — Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought... | |
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And again, Pride is as 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... 
