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" And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to... "
Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces: Arranged Under the ... - Page 32
by Benjamin Franklin - 1779 - 567 pages
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Chambers's Information for the People: A Popular Encyclopedia, Volume 2

William Chambers - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 858 pages
...loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.' When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it" And it is as...
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The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors

Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1853 - 442 pages
...as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but it is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. — Franklin. PRIDE....
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself ; to which is Added His ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 402 pages
...loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more sancy.' When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.' And, it is as...
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Enquire Within Upon Everything

Robert Kemp Philp - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1856 - 372 pages
...a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy." 862. WHEN you have bought one fino thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece : but Poor Dick says, " It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it ;" and it is as...
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Laconics, Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors: In Three Volumes, Volume 2

Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 372 pages
...as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but it is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. — Franklin, DCLX....
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The Prose Writers of America: With a Survey of the Intellectual History ...

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American prose literature - 1856 - 592 pages
...beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ton more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress thr frst desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. And it is as truly...
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Laconics: Or the Best Words of the Best Authors ...

John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 pages
...worse and more terrible than a lie : for ; / «n excuse is a lie guarded. — Pope. J DCXLVIII. muit buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but it is easier to suppress the firat desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.— Fraxkli*. DCLX. It...
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The Youth's Companion and Counsellor

William Chambers - Conduct of life - 1858 - 378 pages
...loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy.' When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says : ' It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.' And it is...
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Inquire Within for Anything You Want to Know

Robert Kemp Philp - Cooking - 1858 - 454 pages
...s beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy." 862. WHEN you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, "It is easier to suppress the first desiitf than to satisfy all that follow it ;" and it is as...
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Materials for French Prose Composition ...

Ferdinand E. A. Gasc - French language - 1858 - 362 pages
...the 19 'and with a great deal more meal-tub, without putting any- sauciness.' fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ;l but poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress2 the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow...
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