We are offered, by the terms of this sale, six months' credit; and that perhaps has induced some of us to attend it, because we cannot spare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But, ah, think what you do when you run in debt; you give... THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - Page 223by W & R CHAMBERS - 1887Full view - About this book
| English literature - 1777 - 756 pages
...cumftances, and that you hope DOW to be fine without it. But, aft.' think what you do when you run ia debt. You give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will be afhamed to fee your creditor: you will be in fear when you fpeak to him ; you will make poor, pitiful,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - American prose literature - 1779 - 610 pages
...ready money, and hope now to ' be fine without it. But, ah ! -think what you do ' when when you run in debt; you give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will be afhamed to fee your creditor ; you will be in fear when you fpeak to him j you will make poor pitiful... | |
| James Anderson - Scotland - 1791 - 422 pages
...fine without it. But, ah ! think what •you do when you run in debt. You give to another power bver your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will be afhamed to fee your creditor ; y»u will be irt fast vfyen you fpeak to him ; you will make poof, pitiful,... | |
| Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...fparc the ready irpncy, and hone now to be fine without it. Bui, ah 1 think what you do when you run in debt ; you give to another power over your liberty. If you canr.ct pay at tlie timr, you will be afhamcd to I te your creditor ; yu will be in fear whcu you fr>cak... | |
| Chapbooks - 1796 - 34 pages
...think what you do when you run in debt; you give ta another power over your liberty. If you-cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor;...pitiful sneaking excuses, and, by degrees, come to .fose your veracity, and sink intobase, downright ly>n>{r; for, "The second vice is lying, ti>e fust... | |
| 1797 - 522 pages
...fpare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. Bnt, ah ! think what you do when you run in debt ; you give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will bealhamcd to fee your creditor ; you will be in fear when you (peak to him ; you will make poor pitiful... | |
| Conduct of life - 1802 - 348 pages
...to be fine without it. But, ah ! think what you do when you run in debt ; you give to another power power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will be afhamed to fee your creditor ; you will be in fear when you fpeak to him ; you will make poor pitiful... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 72 pages
...the ready money, and hope now to he fine without it. But ah! think what you do when you run in deht ; you give to another power over your liberty. If you...poor Richard says, ' The second vice is lying, the the first is running into debt.' And again, to the same purpose, ' Lying rides upon Debt's back.' Whereas,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - American literature - 1804 - 78 pages
...spare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But, ah ! think what you do when you run in debt. You give to another power over your liberty....says, "The second vice is lying; the first is running in debt." And again, to the same purpose, "Lying rides upon Debt's back; whereas a free-born English40... | |
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