 When I see a merchant over polite to his customers, — begging them to take a little brandy, and throwing his goods on the counter, — thinks I, That man has an axe to grind. When I see a man flattering the people, making great professions of attachment...  The treasury of wit and anecdote - Pagina 105door The treasury of wit and anecdote - 1842Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Russell Webb - 1876 - 514 pagina’s
...thought of it since. 13. When I see a man flattering the people, making great professions of attachment to liberty, who is in private life a tyrant, methinks,...people! that fellow would set you turning grindstones ! " 14. When I see a man hoisted into office by party spirit, without a single qualification to render... | |
 | Henri van Laun - 1876 - 120 pagina’s
...fellow would set you turning grindstones.3 When I see a man hoisted into office by party spirit 4 — without a single qualification to render him either respectable or useful— alas! methinks, deluded people,5 you are doomed for a season 6 to turn the grindstone for a booby.7 FRANKLIN. 1706 — 1790.... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 280 pagina’s
...a tyrant, methinks, " Look out, good people ! That fellow would set you turning grindstones ! " 8. When I see a man hoisted into office by party spirit,...for a season to turn the grindstone for a booby." Benjamin Franklin. FOR PREPARATION. — I. Who wrote this piece? (See the signature at the end.) Supposing... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 286 pagina’s
...an ax to grind." 7. When I see a man flattering the people, making great professions of attachment to liberty, who is in private life a tyrant, methinks,...people! That fellow would set you turning grindstones !" 8. When I see a man hoisted into office by party spirit, without a single qualification to render... | |
 | James Baird McClure - 1879 - 324 pagina’s
...has an axe to grind. When I see a man flattering the people, making great professions of attachment to liberty, who is in private life a tyrant, methinks,...man hoisted into office by party spirit, without a singk qualification to render him either respectable or useful, alas! methinks, deluded people, you... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1883 - 816 pagina’s
...has an axe to grind. When I see a man flattering the people, making great professions of attachment to liberty, who is in private life a tyrant, methinks,...doomed for a season to turn the grindstone for a booby. # * Eli on Ben Butler. Gen. Butler went into a hospital in Washington not long since, writes Eli Perkins,... | |
 | Charles Herman Allen, John Swett, Josiah Royce - 1883 - 252 pagina’s
...private life a tyrant, flattering the people, and making great professions of attachment to liberty, methinks, "Look out, good people ! that fellow would set you turning grindstones!" 10 WRITTEN SPELLING.— IMPORTANT LITTLE WORDS, base. Lying is a bane act. bass. He has a good bass... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 pagina’s
...private life a tyrant, flattering the people, and making great professions of attachment to liberty, methinks, ' ' Look out, good people ! that fellow would set you turning grindstones !" BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Ш KRIS KRINGLE'S SURPRISE. ITH heavy pack upon his back, And smiles upon his... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1889 - 218 pagina’s
...private life a tyrant, flattering the people, and making great professions of attachment to liberty, methinks, ' Look out, good people! that fellow would set you turning grindstones! ' — FRANKLIN. (4) THE VILLAGE SCHOOLMASTER. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With... | |
 | Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States - 1894 - 400 pagina’s
...has an ax to grind. When I see a man flattering the people, making great professions of attachment to liberty, who is in private life a tyrant, methinks,...doomed for a season to turn the grindstone for a booby. Benjamin franklin. LVIL— ALFRED THE GREAT. (871—901.) treat'-y, a contract, especial/// between... | |
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