 When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too much for his whistle.  Cobb's New Juvenile Reader, No. III, Or, Third Reading Book: Containing ... - Pàgina 171per Lyman Cobb - 1844 - 216 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1906 - 564 pàgines
...his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, loo much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable...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 every laudable... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, George Rice Carpenter, Jennie Freeborn Owens - 1906 - 504 pàgines
...affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, " He pays, indeed," said I, " too much for his whistle." If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable...the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of friend10 ship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, "Poor man," said I, " you pay too much for your... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1906 - 128 pàgines
...his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable...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,... | |
 | Franklin Bi-centennial Joint Committee (Boston, Mass.) - 1906 - 124 pàgines
...his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable...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,... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1906 - 124 pàgines
...his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable...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,... | |
 | Franklin Bi-centennial Joint Committee (Boston, Mass.) - 1906 - 132 pàgines
...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 much for your whistle. When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable... | |
 | 1907 - 374 pàgines
...neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up any kind of a comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good...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 every laudable... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1908 - 454 pàgines
...own affairs, 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...I, "you do indeed pay too much for your whistle." When I meet a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1908 - 430 pàgines
...his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable...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 every laudable... | |
 | William B. Cairns - 1909 - 520 pàgines
...his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable...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 every laudable... | |
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