 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Statesmen - 1904 - 408 pages
...Franklin's Autobiography, as published by Sparks, we read, " We have an English proverb that sa)'S, ' He that would thrive, must ask his wife.' It was lucky...much disposed to industry and frugality as myself. She assisted me cheerfully in my business, folding and stitching pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - Anthologies - 1910 - 330 pages
...(Prom the" Autobiography " In Bigelow's Edition of Franklin'i Works. G. I1. Putnam's Sons Publishers) WE have an English proverb that says, " He that would...much disposed to industry and frugality as myself. She assisted me cheerfully in my business, folding and stitching pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 238 pages
...stood before five, and even had the honor of sitting down with one, the King of Denmark, to dinner. We have an English proverb that says, " He that would...much disposed to industry and frugality as myself. She assisted me cheerfully in my business, folding and stitching pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1905 - 354 pages
...stood before Jive, and even had the honour of sitting down with one, the King of Denmark, to dinner. We have an English proverb that says, " He that would...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1905 - 496 pages
...stood before five, and even had the honour of sitting down with one, the King of Denmark, to dinner. We have an English proverb that says, "He that would...wife." It was lucky for me that I had one as much dispos'd to industry and frugality as myself. She assisted me chearfully in my business, folding and... | |
 | Franklin Bi-centennial Joint Committee (Boston, Mass.) - Boston (Mass.) - 1906 - 124 pages
...had the honor of sitting down with one, the King of Denmark, to dinner. THE HELPFULNESS OF HIS WIFE We have an English proverb that says, "He that would...much disposed to industry and frugality as myself. She assisted me cheerfully in my business, folding and stitching pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1906 - 124 pages
...had the honor of sitting down with one, the King of Denmark, to dinner. THE HELPFULNESS OF HIS WIFE We have an English proverb that says, "He that would...much disposed to industry and frugality as myself. She assisted me cheerfully in my business, folding and stitching pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1906 - 128 pages
...had the honor of sitting down with one, the King of Denmark, to dinner. THE HELPFULNESS OF HIS WIFE We have an English proverb that says, "He that would thrive, must ask his 'urife." It was lucky for me that I had one as much disposed to industry and frugality as myself. She... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1908 - 430 pages
...stood before^/zve, and even had the honor of sitting down with one, the King of Denmark, to dinner. We have an English proverb that says, " He that would...much disposed to industry and frugality as myself. She assisted me cheerfully in my business, folding and stitching pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing... | |
 | Charles W. Eliot LLD - 1909 - 426 pages
...stood before five, and even had the honor of sitting down with one, the King of Denmark, to dinner. We have an English proverb that says, "He that would...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... | |
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We have an English proverb that says, " He that would thrive, must ask his wife. 
