The Autobiography and Essays of Dr. Benjamin FranklinJ.B. Lippincott, 1864 - 231페이지 |
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... proposed to evade the order by changing the title of the paper : but my brother foreseeing inconveniences that would result from this step , thought it better that it should in future be printed in the name 1 of Benjamin Franklin ; and ...
... proposed to evade the order by changing the title of the paper : but my brother foreseeing inconveniences that would result from this step , thought it better that it should in future be printed in the name 1 of Benjamin Franklin ; and ...
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... proposed . I had a brother - in - law , of the name of Robert Holmes , master of a trading sloop from Bos- ton to Delaware . Being at Newcastle , forty miles below Philadelphia , he heard of me , and wrote to inform me of the chagrin ...
... proposed . I had a brother - in - law , of the name of Robert Holmes , master of a trading sloop from Bos- ton to Delaware . Being at Newcastle , forty miles below Philadelphia , he heard of me , and wrote to inform me of the chagrin ...
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... proposed to me to esta- blish a printing - house . He set forth the probabilities of suc- cess , and himself and Colonel French assured me that I should have their protection and influence in obtaining the printing of the public papers ...
... proposed to me to esta- blish a printing - house . He set forth the probabilities of suc- cess , and himself and Colonel French assured me that I should have their protection and influence in obtaining the printing of the public papers ...
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... natural philosophy , to be conveyed with mine to New - York , where he proposed to wait for me . My father , though he could not approve Sir William's pro posal , was yet pleased that I had obtained so LIFE AND ESSAYS OF FRANKLIN . 31.
... natural philosophy , to be conveyed with mine to New - York , where he proposed to wait for me . My father , though he could not approve Sir William's pro posal , was yet pleased that I had obtained so LIFE AND ESSAYS OF FRANKLIN . 31.
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... proposed to me to become his col- league in the establishment of a new religious sect . He was to propagate the doctrine by preaching , and I to refute every opponent . When he explained to me his tenets , I found my absurdi ties ...
... proposed to me to become his col- league in the establishment of a new religious sect . He was to propagate the doctrine by preaching , and I to refute every opponent . When he explained to me his tenets , I found my absurdi ties ...
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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.