The Life of Benjamin FranklinD. Lothrop & Company, 1876 - 398페이지 |
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... shilling , a sum refused by the kind - hearted boatmen , but which his independent spirit forced them to accept ; for , as he afterwards shrewdly said , in relating his adventures , " man is some- times more generous when he has little ...
... shilling , a sum refused by the kind - hearted boatmen , but which his independent spirit forced them to accept ; for , as he afterwards shrewdly said , in relating his adventures , " man is some- times more generous when he has little ...
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... shillings and sixpence a week , the most they could then afford . It had been better for Franklin to be alone . Collins had been his burden in Philadelphia , and Ralph took that place in London . Ralph had no money , and failed to get ...
... shillings and sixpence a week , the most they could then afford . It had been better for Franklin to be alone . Collins had been his burden in Philadelphia , and Ralph took that place in London . Ralph had no money , and failed to get ...
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... shillings to pay out of his wages every Sat- urday night for that vile liquor ; an expense I was free from . And thus these poor devils keep themselves always under . " After some weeks , Franklin was transferred to the composing - room ...
... shillings to pay out of his wages every Sat- urday night for that vile liquor ; an expense I was free from . And thus these poor devils keep themselves always under . " After some weeks , Franklin was transferred to the composing - room ...
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... shillings and sixpence a week , which , after- wards , from her liking his company , was reduced to one shilling and sixpence . The hostess , who was a Catholic , a convert from Protestantism , was confined to her room by lameness . She ...
... shillings and sixpence a week , which , after- wards , from her liking his company , was reduced to one shilling and sixpence . The hostess , who was a Catholic , a convert from Protestantism , was confined to her room by lameness . She ...
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... shillings , which he put in his pocket in- stead of paying his debts , he walked out of town , one day , hid his scholar's gown in a furze bush , and made his way on foot to London . Having no friends to advise him , he here fell into ...
... shillings , which he put in his pocket in- stead of paying his debts , he walked out of town , one day , hid his scholar's gown in a furze bush , and made his way on foot to London . Having no friends to advise him , he here fell into ...
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385 페이지 - I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that " except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
118 페이지 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
133 페이지 - If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest prodigality ; since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost time is never found again ; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough...
133 페이지 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears; while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life? then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of, as Poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep? forgetting, that the sleeping fox catches no poultry...
150 페이지 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften and concluded to give the copper.
135 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...
136 페이지 - 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 into base downright lying; for, as Poor Richard...
329 페이지 - MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce. And that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people...
133 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,
135 페이지 - If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send;' and again, " 'He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.' And again, ' The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands;' and again, 'Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge !' and again, ' Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.' Trusting too much to others...