| Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1825 - 324 pages
...gracious king, be up by peep of day ; ' Let not the sun look down, and say, Inglorious here he lies !' Handle your tools without mittens ; remember, that...the cat in gloves catches no mice,' as poor Richard says. It is true, there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed ; but stick to it steadily,... | |
| Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...felf idle, when there is fo nyich to be done foryourfelf, yoar family, your country, and )our king. Handle your tools without mittens : remember, that...and, perhaps, you are weak-handed ; but flick to it fleadily, and you will fee great eft'ccla ; for " Confiant droppingwears away ftones : and by diligence... | |
| United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...gracious king, be up by peep of day: ' Let not the sun look down, and say, Inglorious here he lies !' Handle your tools without mittens ; remember that...the cat in gloves catches no mice,' as poor Richard says. It is true, there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed ; but stick to it steadily,... | |
| United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...gracious king, be up by peep of day : ' Let not the sun look down, and say, Inglorious here he lies !' Handle your tools without mittens ; remember that...the cat in gloves catches no mice,' as poor Richard says. It is true, there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed ; but stick to it steadily,... | |
| Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...when there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, your relations, and your country. 13 " Handle your tools without mittens: remember, that...The cat in gloves catches no mice,' as Poor Richard say si It is true, there is much to be done, and, perhaps, you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily,... | |
| Working class - 1832 - 220 pages
...yourself idle, when there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, your country, and your king. Handle your tools without mittens ; remember, that...The cat in gloves catches no mice,' as Poor Richard says. It is true, there is much to be done, and, perhaps you are weak-handed ; but stick to it steadily,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1834 - 206 pages
...when there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, your country, and benevolent movements. Handle your tools without mittens : remember, that,...The cat in gloves catches no mice,' as Poor' Richard says. It is true, there in much to be done, and, perhaps, you are weak handed ; but stick to it steadily,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1836 - 584 pages
...yourself idle, when there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, your country, and your king. Handle your tools without mittens; remember, that The cat in gloves catches no mice, as Poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed ; but stick to it steadily,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - Statesmen - 1836 - 584 pages
...your tools without mittens; remember, that The cat in gloves catches no mice, as Poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed ; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects ; for Constant dropping wears away stones ; and... | |
| Readers - 1839 - 428 pages
...as Poor Richard says. is so much to be done for yourself, your family, your country and your king. Handle your tools without mittens; remember that "...the cat in gloves catches no mice," as Poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and, perhaps, you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily,... | |
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