 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, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice...  The Monthly critical gazette - Page 3911824Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1823 - 310 pages
...promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. The most trifling actions that can affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound...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,... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1824 - 308 pages
...an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your "friend's purse for ever. 6 The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...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,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1825 - 324 pages
...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...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,... | |
 | Caleb Bingham - 1825 - 234 pages
...a disappointment shut up your friend's purse tor er ef. 7 . The most trilling actions which uilect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at live in the inon.ingvwr nine at night, heard by a creditor, nwkes ' easy six months Icnjtr. • 8.... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 422 pages
...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he see you at a billiard-table, or hear your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work,... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 440 pages
...money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six mouths longer ; but if he see you at a billiard-table, or hear your voice at a tavern, when you should... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...side. If I wear all colours but black. then I am superstitious in not wearing black. — Selden. DCXX. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...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,... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 390 pages
...side. If I wear all colours but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black. — Selden. DCXX. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...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,... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. 6 The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit...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,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1831 - 314 pages
...shut up your friend's purse for ever. The must trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to he regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard, hy a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; hut if lie sees you at a hilliard-tahle, or hears... | |
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