 | Benjamin Franklin - 1859 - 680 Seiten
...nrt always lonestly, as (to use here one of those proverbs) " il is hard for an empty snr\ to ftund upright." These proverbs which contained the wisdom...formed into a connected discourse prefixed to the Almanack of 1707, as the harangue of a wise old man to the people attending an auction : the bringing... | |
 | Henry Stevens (Jr.) - 1862 - 456 Seiten
...years after. Franklin says." These Proverbs, which contained the wisdom or many a^esand nations, 1 assembled and formed into a connected discourse, prefixed to the Almanac of 1758, as the harangue of a wise old man to the people attending an auction. The bringing all these... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 426 Seiten
...calendar with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality,, as the means of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue ; it...the wisdom of many ages and nations, I assembled and form'd into a connected discourse prefix'd to the Almanack of 1757, as the harangue of a wise old man... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 434 Seiten
...of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue; it being more diflicult for a man in want, to .net always honestly, as, to use here one of those proverbs,...the wisdom of many ages and nations, I assembled and form'd into a connected discourse prefix'd to the Almanack of 1757, as the harangue of a wise old man... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 602 Seiten
...calendar with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue ; it...the wisdom of many ages and nations, I assembled and form'd into a connected discourse prefix'd to the Almanack of 1757, as the harangue of a wise old man... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 812 Seiten
...calendar with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue ; it...the wisdom of many ages and nations, I assembled and form'd into a connected discourse prefix'd to the Almanack of 1757, as the harangue of a wise old man... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 Seiten
...sentences," inculcating industry and frugality as the means of procuring a competence, and, as he says, " thereby securing virtue ; it being more difficult for a man in want to act always honestly, as ' it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.' " Instructive hints were given in matters of morality... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1882 - 492 Seiten
...calendar, with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality as the means of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue; it...formed into a connected discourse prefixed to the Almanace of 1757, as the harangue of a wise old man to the people attending an auction. The bringing... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1882 - 592 Seiten
...Calendar, with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue ; it...use here one of those proverbs) ' It is hard for an tmjitif fack to stand upright.' These proverbs, which contained the wisdom of many ages and nations,... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1883 - 612 Seiten
...calendar with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality as the means of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue; it...proverbs), 'It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.' " The choice utterances of Poor Richard were copied by all the colonial newspapers, and were read,... | |
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I therefore filled all the little spaces that occurred between the remarkable days in the calendar with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality as the means of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue ; it being more... 
