| 1899 - 394 pages
...It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright." " Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt." " Get what you can, and what you get hold, "Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold." " And when you have got the philosopher's stone, sure you will no longer complain of bad times or the... | |
| Charles William Bardeen - Authors, American - 1899 - 510 pages
...keep one in fuel,' as poor Richard says : so, ' rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.' " ' Get what you can, and what you get hold, 'Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold.' And when you have got the philosopher's stone, sure you will no longer complain of bad times, or the... | |
| Henry George Bohn - Proverbs - 1899 - 646 pages
...early, and you may lie all day. Get thy spindle and thy distaff ready, and God will send the flax, 9. Get what you can, and what you get hold, 'tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold. Getting out well is a quarter of the journey. Gie ne'er the wolf the wedder to keep, 236. Gie o'er... | |
| Readers - 1899 - 312 pages
...in fuel,' as Poor Richard says ; so be willing rather to go to bed suppeiiess than to rise in debt. "Get what you can, and what you get hold; 'Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold. "This doctrine, my friends, is reason and wisdom; but, after all, do not depend too much upon your... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1899 - 204 pages
...than to keep one in fuel, as Poor RICHARD says. So rather go to bed supperless, than rise in debt ! Get what you can / and what you get, hold! 'Tis the Stone that will turn all your lead into gold ! as Poor RICHARD says. And when you have 147 got the Philosopher's Stone, sure, you will no longer... | |
| Readers - 1899 - 312 pages
...Poor Richard says ; so be willing rather to go to bed supperless than to rise in debt. "Get what yon can, and what you get hold; 'Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold. "This doctrine, my friends, is reason and wisdom; but, after all, do not depend too much upon your... | |
| Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 430 pages
...than to keep one in fuel, as Poor Richard says; so, Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt. Get what you can, and what you get hold; ' Tis the stone that Witt turn all your lead into gold, as Poor Richard says ; and, when you have got the Philosopher's... | |
| Literature - 1900 - 424 pages
...than to keep one in fuel,' as Poor Richard says; so, 'Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.' Get what you can, and what you get hold; 'Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold. "And, when you have got the Philosopher's stone, sure you will no longer complain of bad times or the... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - Almanacs, American - 1900 - 190 pages
...to keep one in fuel," as Poor Richard says ; so, " rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt." " Get what you can, and what you get hold ; 'Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold," ' as Poor Richard says ; and when you have got the philosopher's stone, sure, you will no longer complain... | |
| American essays - 1900 - 514 pages
...to keep one in fuel,' as Poor Richard says ; so, ' Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.' ' Get what you can, and what you get hold; 'Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold." And, when you have got the philosopher's stone, sure you will no longer complain of bad times, or the... | |
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