The Autobiography and Essays of Dr. Benjamin FranklinJ.B. Lippincott, 1864 - 231페이지 |
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... enter- prise , as well relative to the county as the town of Northamp ton . A variety of remarkable incidents were told us of him at Eaton . After enjoying the esteem and patronage of Lord Halifax , he died January 6 , 1702 , precisely ...
... enter- prise , as well relative to the county as the town of Northamp ton . A variety of remarkable incidents were told us of him at Eaton . After enjoying the esteem and patronage of Lord Halifax , he died January 6 , 1702 , precisely ...
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... entering into the merits of the cause , he embraced the opportunity of speaking to me upon my manner of writing . He observed , that though I had the advantage of my adversary in correct spelling and pointing , which I owed to my ...
... entering into the merits of the cause , he embraced the opportunity of speaking to me upon my manner of writing . He observed , that though I had the advantage of my adversary in correct spelling and pointing , which I owed to my ...
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... entering the Kill , and threw us upon Long Island . During the squall , a drunken Dutchman , who , like myself , was a passenger in the boat , fell into the sea . At the mo ment that he was sinking , I seized him by the fore - top ...
... entering the Kill , and threw us upon Long Island . During the squall , a drunken Dutchman , who , like myself , was a passenger in the boat , fell into the sea . At the mo ment that he was sinking , I seized him by the fore - top ...
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... entered into conversation with me while I took some refreshment , and perceiving that I had read a little , he expressed towards me considerable interest and friendship . Our acquaintance continued during the remainder of his life I ...
... entered into conversation with me while I took some refreshment , and perceiving that I had read a little , he expressed towards me considerable interest and friendship . Our acquaintance continued during the remainder of his life I ...
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... entered a creek , and landed near some old palisades , which served us for fire - wood , it being a cold night in October . Here we stayed till day , when one of the company found the place in which we were to be Coop er's Creek , a ...
... entered a creek , and landed near some old palisades , which served us for fire - wood , it being a cold night in October . Here we stayed till day , when one of the company found the place in which we were to be Coop er's Creek , a ...
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193 페이지 - For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost;" being overtaken and Slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail.
191 페이지 - ... cannot ease or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says in his Almanack of 1733.
196 페이지 - We are offered, by the terms of this sale, six months' credit; and that perhaps has induced some of us to attend it, because we cannot spare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But, ah, think what you do when you run in debt; you give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor; you will be in fear when you speak to him, you will make poor pitiful sneaking excuses, and by degrees come to lose your veracity, and sink...
176 페이지 - But you who are wise must know, that different nations have different conceptions of things ; and you will therefore not take it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours.
106 페이지 - The Body Of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AUTHOR.
191 페이지 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and He that riseth late must trot, all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let. not that drive thee; and Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise, as Poor Richard says.
192 페이지 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy : " Diligence is the mother of good luck," as poor Richard says, and, " God gives all things to industry ; then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you will have corn to sell and to keep,
223 페이지 - In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered, and...
190 페이지 - I have been, if I may say it without vanity, an eminent author (of almanacs) annually, now a full quarter of a century, my brother authors in the same way, for what reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their applauses and no other author has taken the least notice of me ; so that, did...
175 페이지 - Counsellors; for all their Government is by the Counsel or Advice of the Sages; there is no Force, there are no Prisons, no Officers to compel Obedience, or inflict Punishment. Hence they generally study Oratory; the best Speaker having the most Influence.