 A word to the wise is enough, and many words wont fill a bushel, as Poor Richard says." They joined in desiring him to speak his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows; "Friends," says he, and neighbours, "the taxes are indeed very heavy,...  Laconics, Or The Best Words of the Best Authors - 34 ページ1856全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1868 - 526 ページ
...who do not learn by degrees to practise those crimes which they cease to censure. and four times us much by our folly ; and from these taxes the commissioners...cannot ease or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. 26. The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter, and... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1871 - 232 ページ
...PHEMI, / say. Exercises in Dictation.— XXV. The taxes are indeed heavy ; and if those laid on by government were the only ones we had to pay we might...commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing any abatement. X ON THE AMERICAN WAR. From a Speech of the Great Orator and Statesman, WILLIAM PITT,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 988 ページ
...his mind, and, gathering round him, he proceeded as follows : " Friends," said he, " the tases aro indeed very heavy ; and, if those laid on by the government...commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing au abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us ; ' God helps... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1872 - 984 ページ
...laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge thorn ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to...commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing au abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us ; ' God helps... | |
 | Godfrey Golding - 1873 - 348 ページ
...as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly ; d and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us. God helps them that help... | |
 | Illustrated anecdotes, T. B. S. - 1874 - 228 ページ
...be in vain." The Heaviest Taxes. " THE taxes are indeed heavy," said Dr. Franklin on one occasion, "and if those laid on by the government were the only...commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing any abatement ! " s IN the sun, the moon, the sky ; On the mountains, wild and high ; In the thunder,... | |
 | 1875 - 380 ページ
...might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of Сада, us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three...commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing any abatement ! " Ï5» Common ¿Fiistahcs about BY THE REY. GEOEGE EVERABD, MA, AUTHOR OP "DAY BY... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1875 - 408 ページ
...discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed quite as much by our idleness, three times as much by our...cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement." Lord John Russell once made a similar statement to a body of working men who waited upon him for the... | |
 | 1870 - 684 ページ
...twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride and four times as much by our fully, and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us ; " God helps them that help... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 ページ
...his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows : " ' Friends,' says he, ' and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid...cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement. " 'However, let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for as. " God helps them that... | |
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