 My original habits of frugality continuing, and my father having, among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean...  Biography Exemplary and Instructive - Page 116by William Chambers - 1873 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1818 - 590 pages
...frugality continuing, and my father having among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a Proverb of Solomon, " Seest thou a man diligent in...before kings, he shall not stand before mean men" I thence considered industry as a mean of obtaining wealth and distinction, which encouraged me ; though... | |
 | 1818 - 486 pages
...frugality continuing, and my father having among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a Proverb of Solomon, " Seest thou a man diligent in...stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men s" I thence considered industry as a mean of obtaining wealth and distinction, which encouraged me... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 556 pages
...frugality continuing, and my father having among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a Proverb of Solomon, "seest thou a man diligent in...before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." I thence considered industry as a means of obtaining wealth and distinction, which encouraged me; though... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1818 - 558 pages
...having among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a Proverb of Solomon, "seest than a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." I thence considered industry as a means of obtaining wealth and distinction, which encouraged me; though... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1818 - 596 pages
...frugality continuing, and my father having among his instructions to me when a boy frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shallstnnd before kings, he shall not stand before mean men," I thence considered industry as a means... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...father, among other instructions to him while a boy, so frequently repeated in his hearing ; — " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, — he shall...stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men ! " See him, finally, and above all, as early as 1754, as a delegate to the Convention at Albany, proposing... | |
 | Joel Harvey Linsley - Conduct of life - 1828 - 192 pages
...marked out for you," your course, and have placed before you the strongest inducements to pursue it. ' Seest thou a man diligent in his calling ; he shall stand before princes ; he shall not stand before mean men.' In Franklin's case, this was strikingly verified. He... | |
 | Daniel Appleton White - Lyceums - 1830 - 72 pages
...frugality continuing, and my father having among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he skall stand before, kings, he shall not stand before me.an men" \ thence considered industry as a means... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1834 - 682 pages
...having among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a Proverb of Solomon, " seest tíiou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men," I thence considered industry as a means of obtaining wealth and distinction, which encouraged me ;... | |
 | James Herring, James Barton Longacre - United States - 1835 - 430 pages
...frugality continued, and my father having, among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, ' Seest thou a man diligent in...before kings, he shall not stand before mean men;' I thence considered industry as a mean of obtaining distinction, which encouraged me ; though I did... | |
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