 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
 | Clarence Edmund Meleney - 1894 - 180 pagina’s
...people, making great professions of attachment to liberty, who is in private life a tyrant, methiuks ' Look out, good people! that fellow would set you turning...for a season to turn the grindstone for a booby.'" FRANKLIN. 39. NOTE. — Write the following words in stories. ren der hatch et oak en grat i tude crank... | |
 | Martin Grove Brumbaugh - 1899 - 408 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,...for a season to turn the grindstone for a booby." NOTES FOR STUDY. AC COST'ED, spoken to, addressed. BOO'BY, a dull person, a dunce. COM'PLI MENT, words... | |
 | Hélène Adeline Guerber - 1899 - 364 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,...people! that fellow would set you turning grindstones.' " III. TROUBLES AFTER THE WAR. ON arriving in America, Dr. Franklin received a warm welcome from all... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - 1900 - 400 pagina’s
...an axe to grind." 6. 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 ! " XXIII. — AN ADVENTURE WITH INDIANS. 1. More than a hundred years ago, when the vast northern... | |
 | Melville De Lancey Landon - 1901 - 814 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,...qualification to render him either respectable or useful, alas ! methinJcs, deluded people, you are doomed for a season to turn the grindstone for a booby. * * *... | |
 | 1902 - 364 pagina’s
...people, making great professions of attachment to liberty, but in private life a tyrant, I think, " Look out, good people! That fellow would set you turning grindstones." When I see a man lifted into office by party spirit, without one qualification to render him either respectable or useful,... | |
 | 1902 - 438 pagina’s
...people, making great professions of attachment to liberty, who is in private life a tyrant, methimiks, Look out, good people! that fellow would set you turning...qualification to render him either respectable or useful,—alas! methinks, deluded people, you are doomed for a season to turn the grindstone for a... | |
 | Isabel Moore - 1906 - 296 pagina’s
...people, making great professions of attachment to liberty, but in private life a tyrant, I think, " Look out, good people ! That fellow would set you turning grindstones." When I see a man lifted into office by party spirit, without one qualification to render him either respectable or useful,... | |
 | 1907 - 546 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, Look out, good people ! that fellow will set you turning grindstones." Story : "How Johnny Was Cured." Page 89. To be told either by the... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1908 - 430 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,...render him either respectable or useful, — alas! inethinks, deluded people, you are doomed for a season to turn the grindstone for a booby. LETTER TO... | |
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