 | Edwin Troxell Freedley - 1878 - 384 Seiten
...Richard," heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he see you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern* when you should be at work, he sends for his money next day, and demands it before he can receive it in a lump. 7 CHAPTER IV. ON MARRIAGE AND THE CHOICE... | |
 | Charles H. Kent - 1880 - 192 Seiten
...night, heard by a creditor makes him easy six mouths longer ; but if he sees you at the billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be...day, demands it before he can receive it in a lump.'' — Franklin. JOHN MC DONOGH'S RULES. Upon the tomb of John McDonogh, the millionare of New Orleans,... | |
 | John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1880 - 426 Seiten
...night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day. — Franklin. 9. Whatever disgrace we have merited, it is almost always in our power to re-establish... | |
 | 1880 - 234 Seiten
...night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next d;iy ; demands it before he can receive it in a lump. It shows, besides, that you are mindful of what... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1906 - 124 Seiten
...night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard table or hears your voice at a tavern when you should be...day, demands it before he can receive it in a lump. . . . In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly... | |
 | Franklin Bi-centennial Joint Committee (Boston, Mass.) - 1906 - 124 Seiten
...night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard table or hears your voice at a tavern when you should be...day, demands it before he can receive it in a lump. . . . In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1906 - 124 Seiten
...night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard table or hears your voice at a tavern when you should be...day, demands it before he can receive it in a lump. . . . In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1909 - 280 Seiten
...night heard by a creditor makes him easy six months longer, but if he sees you at a billiard-table or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be...a lump. It shows, besides, that you are mindful of what you owe ; it makes you appear a careful as well as an honest man, and that still increases your... | |
 | Charles Gottshall Reigner - 1917 - 346 Seiten
...night heard by a creditor | makes him easy six months longer, 27 but if he sees you at a billiard-table or hears your voice at a tavern when you should | be at work, 6 he sends for his money the next day; 28 demands it, 8 before he can receive it, 8 in a lump. It shows,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards - 1920 - 424 Seiten
...night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiardtable, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be...a lump. It shows, besides, that you are mindful of what you owe; it makes you appear a careful as well as an honest man, and that still increases your... | |
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The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night... 
