 | Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 360 sivua
...perhaps his friends, to attain it, I have said to myself, " This man gives too much for his whistle." When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly...ruining them by that neglect, " He pays, indeed," says I, " too much for his whistle." - If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living,... | |
 | 1821 - 356 sivua
...perhaps his friends, to attain it, I have said to myself, " This man gives too much for his whistle." When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly...ruining them by that neglect, " He pays, indeed," says I, " too much for his whistle." If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 sivua
...perhaps his friends, to attain it, I have said to myself, "This man gives too much (or his whistle." When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly...bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them In that neglect, " He pays, indeed," says I, " too much for his whistle." If I knew a miser, who gave... | |
 | Mason Locke Weems - 1822 - 272 sivua
...perhaps his friends, to attain it: I have said to myself, this man gives too much for his whistle. When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly...himself in political bustles, neglecting his ' own dffairs, and ruining them by that neglect; he pays, indeed, says I, too much for his whistle. If 1... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1823 - 310 sivua
...perhaps his friends to attain1 it, I have said to myself, This man gives too much for his whistle. When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly...and ruining them by that neglect: He pays indeed, says I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1824 - 170 sivua
...and perhaps his friends to attain it, I said to myself, This man gives too much for his whistle. 6. When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly...neglect; He pays indeed, said I, too much for his whittle, 7. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing... | |
 | 1825 - 204 sivua
...perhaps his friends, to attain it, I have said to myself, this man gives too much for his whistle — When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly...whistle. — If I knew a miser, who gave up every comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens,... | |
 | 1825 - 538 sivua
...said to myself, This man gives too much for his whittle. . When I saw another fond of po» pularity, constantly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too much for his whistle. If i know a miser, who gave up every kind... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1825 - 234 sivua
...fond of popularity, constan'ly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affa;rs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays indeed, said I. too much for hii Whistle. 8. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, a'.l the pleasure... | |
 | 1826 - 422 sivua
...perhaps his friends, to attain it, I have said to myself, This man gives too much for his whistle. When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly...and ruining them by that neglect, He pays indeed, says I, too much for his whistle. If 1 knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living,... | |
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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, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too... 
