 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - 424 pages
...of sitting down with one, the King of Denmark, to dinner. We have an English proverb that says, " He that would thrive must ask his wife." It was lucky for me that I had one us much disposed to industry and frugality as myself. She assisted me cheerfully in my business, folding... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - American literature - 1882 - 492 pages
...of sitting down with one, the King of Denmark, to dinner. We have an English proverb that says, " He that would thrive must ask his wife." It was lucky...purchasing old linen rags for the paper-makers, etc. We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. 'For instance,... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - English literature - 1884 - 486 pages
...of sitting down with one, the King of Denmark, to dinner. We have an English proverb that says, " He that would thrive must ask his wife." It was lucky...shop, 'purchasing old linen rags for the paper-makers, elc. We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1886 - 256 pages
...of sitting down with one, the King of Denmark, to dinner. "We have an English proverb that says, "He that would thrive, must ask his wife." It was lucky...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 250 pages
...of sitting down with one, the King of Denmark, to dinner. We have an English proverb that says, "He that would thrive, must ask his wife." It was lucky...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1888 - 604 pages
...of sitting down with one, the King of Denmark, to dinner. 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 dispos'd to industry and frugality as myself. She assisted me cheerfully in my business, folding and... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - United States - 1890 - 322 pages
...now in business for himself, his wife became his partner. " She assisted me cheerfully," he says, " in my business, folding and stitching pamphlets, tending...purchasing old linen rags for the paper-makers, etc. We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1891 - 142 pages
...of sitting down with one, the King of Denmark, to dinner. We have an English proverb that says, "He that would thrive, must ask his wife." It was lucky...pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing old linen rags for the paper makers, etc. We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1895 - 310 pages
...King of Denmark, to dinner. We have an English proverb that says, " He that would thrive must asJc his wife." It was lucky for) me that I had one as...shop, purchasing old linen rags for the papermakers, &c. We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 130 pages
...sitting down with ' oni, the King of Denmark, to dinner. We have an English proverb that says, "He, that would thrive, must ask his wife." It was lucky...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... | |
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We have an English proverb that says, " He that would thrive must ask his wife. 
