| Charles Frederick Hoffman - 1896 - 204 Seiten
...for his whistle. " If I knew a miser who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens,...benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle. " When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing... | |
| John Piersol McCaskey - 1897 - 592 Seiten
...for his whistle." ! If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens,...benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth — "Poor man," said I, "you pay too dear for your whistle." When I met a man of pleasure, sacrificing... | |
| George Eugène Fasnacht - 1898 - 268 Seiten
...the actions of men, I thought I met (§ 74) with many, very many, who gave too much for the whistle. If I knew a miser who gave up every kind of comfort5...man," said I, " you pay too much for your whistle." When I meet a man of pleasure sacrificing every laudio able improvement of the mind or of his fortune... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 556 Seiten
...much for his whistle. If I knew a miser who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens,...benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing... | |
| Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 Seiten
...indeed, said I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up any kind of a comfortable living, all the pleasures of doing good to others,...benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing... | |
| 1899 - 312 Seiten
...much for his whistle. If I knew a miser who gave up all of the comforts of life and all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens...benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing... | |
| 1899 - 312 Seiten
...much for his whistle. If I knew a miser who gave up all of the comforts of life and all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens...benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 526 Seiten
...much for his whistle. If I knew a miser who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens,...benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your •whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure,... | |
| 1900 - 424 Seiten
...much for Ms whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens,...benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing... | |
| David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 460 Seiten
...for his whistle." If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens,...benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth; tt Poor man," says I, "you do indeed pay too much for your whistle." When I meet a man of pleasure,... | |
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