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" Today. If you were a Servant would you not be ashamed that a good Master should catch you idle? Are you then your own Master, be ashamed to catch yourself idle, as Poor Dick says. "
Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most eminent ... - Page 146
by Elegant extracts - 1812
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral ...

Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1825 - 324 pages
...to-day is worth two to-morrows ;' and, farther, ' Have you somewhat to do to-morrow, do it to-day." ' If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that...your own master, be ashamed to catch yourself idle,' as poor Dick says. When there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, and your gracious king,...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ...

United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...to-day is worth two to-morrows ;' and, further, ' Have you somewhat to do to-morrow, do it to-day.' ' If you were a servant,, would you not be ashamed that...your own master, be ashamed to catch yourself idle,' as poor Dick says. When there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, and your gracious king,...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ...

United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...to-day is worth two to-morrows ;' and, further, ' Have you somewhat to do to-morrow, do it to-day.' ' If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that...your own master, be ashamed to catch yourself idle,' as poor Dick says. When there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, and your gracious king,...
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The Moral Instructor, and Guide to Virtue: Being a Compendium of Moral ...

Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...as Poor Richard says ; and farther, ' Never leave that till to-morrow, which you can do to-day.' 12 "If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that...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...
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Practical Morality; Or, A Guide to Men and Manners: Consisting of Lord ...

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Conduct of life - 1831 - 290 pages
...Never leave that till to-morrow, which you car do to-day." — If you were a servant* would you not he ashamed that a good master should catch you idle Are...ashamed to catch yourself idle, when there is so much to he done for yourself, your family, your co'.iutry, and your king. Handle your tools without mittens...
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The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the ..., Volume 1

Almanacs, American - 1833 - 336 pages
...to-morrows," as poor Richard says; and farther, " never leave that till to-morrow, which you can do to-day." If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that a good master should catch you idle 1 Are you then your own master ? Be ashamed to catch yourself idle, when there is so much to be done...
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Benjamin Franklin's Way to Wealth: And William Penn's Maxims ...

Benjamin Franklin - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1834 - 206 pages
...to-morrows,' as Poor Richard says ; and farther, ' Never leave that till to-morrow, which you can do to-day.' If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that...done for yourself, your family, your country, and benevolent movements. Handle your tools without mittens : remember, that, ' The cat in gloves catches...
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral ...

Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1834 - 310 pages
...do to-morrow, do it to-day.' ' If you wen a servant, would you not be ashamed that a good mas> ter should catch you idle? Are you then your own master, be ashamed to catch yourself idle,' as pour Dick •ays. When there is so mnch to be done for yourself, /our family, and your gracious...
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The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral ...

Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1834 - 312 pages
...farther, - Have you somewhat to do to-morrow, do it to-day.' 'If you were a servant, would you not he ashamed that a good master should catch you idle ? Are you then your own mastnr. he ashamed to catch yourself idle, as poor Dick aaya. When there is so much to he done for...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 6-7

1835 - 538 pages
...to-morrows," as Poor Richard says ; and further, " Never leave that till to-morrow, which you can do to-day." If you were a servant, would you not be ashamed that...yourself, your family, your country, and your king. FRANKLIN. * The celebrated Dr. Franklin published an almanac with the title of Pnar Hiehanl. This article...
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