 | Kathleen Anne McHugh - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 246 pages
...48-49. 27. He advises the man who is in debt, "The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer." Quoted ibid., 4928. Though related to labor in this context, this quality fosters the home's identity... | |
 | Bernard S. Phillips - Social Science - 2001 - 272 pages
...affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money... | |
 | Bernard S. Phillips - Social Science - 268 pages
...destroys all that it might have produced, even scores of pounds.... The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard-table,... | |
 | Max Weber - Business & Economics - 2001 - 354 pages
...disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever The most trifling actions that affect a man's eredit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning. or eigbt at nigbt, heard by a ereditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard-table,... | |
 | Richard P. Horwitz - History - 2001 - 420 pages
...promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at 5:00 in the morning or 8:00 at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but if... | |
 | Bert N. Adams, R. A. Sydie - Social Science - 2001 - 672 pages
...actions . . . affect a man's credit. . . . The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer" t1904-1905:48-49). For Franklin, life was "dominated by the making of money, ... as the ultimate purpose... | |
 | Bert N. Adams, R A Sydie - Social Science - 2002 - 390 pages
...actions . . . affect a man's credit. . . . The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or eight at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer" t1904-1905:48-49). For Franklin, life was "dominated by the making of money, ... as the ultimate purpose... | |
 | Winfried Fluck, Welf Werner - Democracy - 2003 - 314 pages
...»Advice to a Young Tradesman« schreibt Franklin beispielsweise: »The most trifling Actions that affect a Man's Credit, are to be regarded. The Sound...sees you at a Billiard Table, or hears your Voice in a Tavern, when you should be at Work, he sends for his Money the next Day.« (17) und nicht zum... | |
 | Laura Desfor Edles, Scott Appelrouth - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 420 pages
...promised. lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever. "The most trilling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning. or eight at night. heard by a creditor. makes him easy six months longer; but if he sees you at a billiard,table.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 446 pages
...sbuts up your Friends Purse forever. The most trifling Actions that affect a Man's Credit, are to he regarded. The Sound of your Hammer at Five in the Morning or Nine at Night, heard hy a Creditor, makes him easi Sis Momhs longer. But if he sees you at a Billiard Tahle, or hears your... | |
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The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice... 
