 | Samuel Pepys - 1867 - 516 páginas
...White Hall, I overheard Sir W. Coventry propose to the King his ordering ' of some particular thl1ig in the Wardrobe, which was of no great value ; but...answer not like a King that did intend ever to do well. hear my Lord Anglesey at the table, speaking touching th1s new Act for Accounts, say that the House... | |
 | Samuel [collections] Pepys - 1877 - 514 páginas
...invading us. This day, at White Hall, I overheard Sir W. Coventry propose to the King his ordering1 of some particular thing in the Wardrobe, which was...old English proverb, ' He that will not stoop for 1 /. e., putting in order. a pin, will never be worth a pound.'" And so they parted, the King bidding... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1877 - 514 páginas
...invading us. This day, at White Hall, I overheard Sir W. Coventry propose to the King his ordering1 of some particular thing in the Wardrobe, which was...old English proverb, ' He that will not stoop for 1 ie, putting in order. a pin, will never be worth a pound.'" And so they parted, the King bidding... | |
 | Andrew Reed - 1880 - 474 páginas
...hurried away, as from an indifferent matter, when his counsellor observed, ' I see your Majesty does not remember the old English proverb, " He that will...not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound." ' The King told him to do as he would, for ' his pounds went so fast he had not time to look for pins.'... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1882 - 586 páginas
...must never pi;t to sea. He that will not sail till he have a full fair wind will lose many a voyage. He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound. PEPYS. He that will not suffer evil must never think of preferment. HE. He that will not when he may,... | |
 | 1887 - 760 páginas
...another will come, viz., to places, of profit. Stooping. 1. He must stoop that hath a low door. 2. He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a point. 3. I will never stoop low and pick up nothing. 4. Stoop and let it pass ; the storm will have... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1900 - 196 páginas
...invading us. This day, at White Hall, I overheard Sir W. Coventry propose to the King his ordering 1 of some particular thing in the Wardrobe, which was...answer not like a King that did intend ever to do well. 3rd. At the office all the morning with Mr. Willson and my clerks, consulting again about a new contract... | |
 | Oregon. Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction - 1915 - 52 páginas
...four, and spends five, has no need of a purse." "He that walketh with the virtuous is one of them." "He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound." "Honesty is the best policy." "He is poor whose expenses exceed his income." "Habit is a cable; we... | |
 | Dwight Edwards Marvin - 1916 - 454 páginas
...when he will he shall have nay." We are told that Sir W. Coventry quoted the maxim to Charles II., "He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound, " and declared it to be an English proverb. She that pricks bread with fork or knife will never be happy... | |
 | Dwight Edwards Marvin - 1916 - 456 páginas
...when he will he shall have nay." We are told that Sir W. Coventry quoted the maxim to Charles II., "He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound, " and declared it to be an English proverb. She that pricks bread with fork or knife will never be happy... | |
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of some particular thing in the Wardrobe, which was of no great value ; but yet, as much as it was, it was of profit to the King and saving to his purse. The King answered to it with great indifferency, as a thing that it was no great matter whether... 
