 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 482 lehte
...industry and frugality, have maintained their standing ; in which case it appears plainly, that, A plowman on his legs, is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. 11. " Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of: they think,... | |
 | 1859 - 80 lehte
...glad night hath the weary morrow. Silk and satins, scarlet and velvet, put out the kitchen fire. • . A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees. A child and a fool imagine twenty shillings and twenty years can never be spent ; but always taking... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 lehte
...extravagances, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formeHy despised, but who, through industry and frugality,...their standing ; in which case, it appears plainly, " A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees," as poor Richard says. Perhaps they... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 236 lehte
...— By these, and other extravagances, the genteel are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through...ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knee,' as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left tnem, which they knew not the... | |
 | Readings - 1866 - 196 lehte
...that hath a trade, hath an estate ; and he that hath a calling, hath a place of profit and honour. A ploughman on his legs, is higher than a gentleman on his knees. ADVANTAGE AND BEAUTY OF TRUTH. TRUTH is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it... | |
 | William H. Ablett - 1867 - 94 lehte
...them ! By these and other extravagancies, the greatest are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through...frugality, have maintained their standing ; in which it appears plainly, that ' a ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as poor... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - 1869 - 526 lehte
...mordent. — Dead men do not bite. Mortuo leoni et Kpores insultant. — Even hares insult a dead lion. " A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees." See " Captivum impune." Mortuo vcrbafacit. — He talks to a dead man. " He talks to the wind." Mortuum... | |
 | Ferdinand E A. Gasc - 1869 - 382 lehte
...maintained their standing;3 in which case, it appears plainly,4 that ' A ploughman on his legs is higher5 than a gentleman ° on his knees,' as poor Richard says. Perhaps they have 7 had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of;8 they think, ' It is day,9 and... | |
 | 1870 - 972 lehte
...Richard, it is that "Silks and satins, scarlet and velvet, put out the kitchen fire." And again, " A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees." " Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy." But "Pride that dines on vanity... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 988 lehte
...them ? By these and other extravagances, the greatest are reduced to poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who, through...which they knew not the getting of ; they think ' It ie day, and will never be night ; ' that a littlo to be spent out of so much is not worth minding ;... | |
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A 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, It is day, and will never be night ; that a little to be spent out... 
