| Caroline M. Mersereau - 1860 - 370 páginas
...and insult your Maker ! Be ye hypocrite, knave, or fool, But don't be poor ! remember the rule — Dimes and dollars ! Dollars and dimes ! An empty pocket's the worst of crimes. L. — You ne'er must crouch to those above ; You ne'er must tread on those below ; Love those —... | |
| William Baldwin Affleck - 1866 - 234 páginas
...At home he meeteth a starving wife : — The struggle against a fearful odds, Who will not worship the people's gods ; Dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes, An empty pocket's the worst of crimes." Mr. Faulker, in his nomination speech at Nottingham, took out of his pocket a sovereign and characteristically... | |
| William Morris Stewart - 1870 - 156 páginas
...They are possessed <Jf a go-ahead spirit, and are very fond of making money. As the poet has it, ' Dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes ! An empty pocket's the worst of crimes." Characteristics of the People. 93 In their haste to make money they will try a great many things, first... | |
| Paul Reeves - 1872 - 236 páginas
...Who strove to live on a prudent plan ! But poor he is and poor will be — A scorned and- hated thing is he. At home he meeteth a starving wife, Abroad he leadeth a leper's life. They struggle against most fearful odds, Who will not bow to the people's gods. Dimes... | |
| Massachusetts. Dept. of Labor and Industries. Division of Statistics - 1873 - 536 páginas
...charity is an advertisement of one's destitution and poverty that the public is very slow to forget. " Dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes, An empty pocket's the worst of crimes." To betray or confess the secrets of one's destitution, is nlso regarded, in some measure, as a sign... | |
| 1884 - 652 páginas
...scorned and hated thing is he ; At home he meeteth a starving wife, Abroad he leaduth a leper's life ; Who will not bow to the people's gods— Dimes and...dollars and dimes, An empty pocket's the worst of crimes ! They struggle against fearful odds Then got your wealth, no matter how, No questions asked of the... | |
| 1890 - 400 páginas
...he. At home he meets the starving wife. Abroad he leadeth the leper's life. The struggle before the fearful odds. Who will not bow to the people's gods, Dimes and dollars ! dollars and dimes. An empty pocket is the worst of crimes ! "So goes the wealth ! no matter how ; 'No questions asked,' of the... | |
| H. W. Bowman - 1897 - 528 páginas
...for falling ; But if he is up, then lift him higher, Your soul is for sale and he's the buyer. "It's dimes and dollars! dollars and dimes! An empty pocket's the worst of crimes. I know of a poor and honest man, Who strives to live on the Christian's plan, Who labors hard at his... | |
| 1909 - 448 páginas
...selfrespect and the respect of others is to make provision for old age and unwelcome contingencies : — Dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes, An empty pocket's the worst of crimes. Although eighteenpence a night is usually included in the bill for attendance, the waiter and " boots... | |
| Edward Bellamy - 1893 - 636 páginas
...the 'general welfare demands it is a question to be decided as the cases arise." DIMES AND DOLLARS. Dimes and dollars, dollars and dimes, An empty pocket's the worst of crimes. If the man's down, give him a thrust; Trample the beggar into the dust; Presumptuous poverty. It's... | |
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