 | Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) - 1911 - 614 páginas
...Translate into German : — We have an English proverb that says, ' He that would thrive must ask his wife.' It was lucky for me that I had one as much disposed to industry and frugality as myself. We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance,... | |
 | Emma Lilian Dana - 1915 - 234 páginas
...to his great success. "We have an English proverb," he says, " 'He that would thrive, must ask his wife.' It was lucky for me that I had one as much...shop, purchasing old linen rags for the paper makers. We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1916 - 696 páginas
...says, "Ife that would thrive, must ask his wife" It was lucky for me that I had one as much dispos'd to industry and frugality as myself. She assisted...cheerfully in my business, folding and stitching pamphlets, tend ing shop, purchasing old linen rags for the papermakers, etc., etc. We kept no idle servants,... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell, Francis Kingsley Ball - 1917 - 176 páginas
...his thrifty young wife: " We have an English proverb that says, ' He that would thrive, must ask his wife.' It was lucky for me that I had one as much...shop, purchasing old linen rags for the paper makers, etc., etc. We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest.... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - 1917 - 816 páginas
...Edition of Franklin's Works WE HAVE an English proverb that says, "He that ^vould thrive must ask his. wife" It was lucky for me that I had one as much disposed...pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing old linen rags for the papermakers, etc., etc. We kept no idle servants; our table was plain and simple, our furniture of... | |
 | Gertrude Van Duyn Southworth - 1917 - 460 páginas
...the first morning he came to Philadelphia. Mrs. Franklin was a true helpmate to her husband. He says, "She assisted me cheerfully in my business, folding...pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing old linen rags for the paper-makers," etc. In those days everyone read the almanac very carefully. No matter how few books... | |
 | Percy Holmes Boynton - 1919 - 528 páginas
...luxury into his own household. We have an English proverb that says, He that would thrive, must ask his wife. It was lucky for me that I had one as much disposed...pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing old linen rags for the paper-makers, etc., etc. We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of... | |
 | Percy Holmes Boynton - 1919 - 534 páginas
...have an English proverb that says, He that would thrive, must ask his wife. It was lucky for me th&t I had one as much disposed to industry and frugality...pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing old linen rags for the paper-makers, etc., etc. We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of... | |
 | Percy Holmes Boynton - 1919 - 530 páginas
...folding and stitching pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing old linen rags for the paper-makers, etc., etc. We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and...furniture of the cheapest. For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer, with a pewter... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1920 - 536 páginas
...and 5 stitching pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing old linen rags for the paper-makers, etc., etc. We kept no idle servants; our table was plain and...my breakfast was for a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a twopenny 10 earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury... | |
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For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. 
