The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as the Official and Scientific Correspondence Together with the Unmutilated and Correct Version of the Autobiography, Band 12G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1904 |
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... that Ulysses does a thousand things so well . " - ILIAD , B. 11 , 335 Volume XII G. P. Putnam's Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1904 The Knickerbocker Press , New York T Crocker Thomas 11-18-76 The Works of.
... that Ulysses does a thousand things so well . " - ILIAD , B. 11 , 335 Volume XII G. P. Putnam's Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1904 The Knickerbocker Press , New York T Crocker Thomas 11-18-76 The Works of.
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... , and therefore I did not put them in my ac- count . He transmitted the accounts to Congress , and had advice of their being received . On my arrival at Philadelphia , one of the first things I 1788 ] 29 Benjamin Franklin.
... , and therefore I did not put them in my ac- count . He transmitted the accounts to Congress , and had advice of their being received . On my arrival at Philadelphia , one of the first things I 1788 ] 29 Benjamin Franklin.
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... things I did was to despatch my grandson , William T. Franklin , to New York , to obtain a final settlement of those accounts ; he , having long acted as my secretary , and being well acquainted with the transactions , was able to give ...
... things I did was to despatch my grandson , William T. Franklin , to New York , to obtain a final settlement of those accounts ; he , having long acted as my secretary , and being well acquainted with the transactions , was able to give ...
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... thing , you can have his opinion . Our public affairs are getting fast into order , and we hope that in a year or two more they may be per- fectly settled . The bad habits introduced by the war are also wearing out , and sober industry ...
... thing , you can have his opinion . Our public affairs are getting fast into order , and we hope that in a year or two more they may be per- fectly settled . The bad habits introduced by the war are also wearing out , and sober industry ...
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... things is commencing there more favorable to human rights than any that has yet been known in this world . One of the circum- stances in which I am most disposed to rejoice is the separation which has taken place there of religion from ...
... things is commencing there more favorable to human rights than any that has yet been known in this world . One of the circum- stances in which I am most disposed to rejoice is the separation which has taken place there of religion from ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
affairs affectionately America April Arthur Lee August Bache Benjamin bill Boston Britain British colonies Committee Congress copy Count de Vergennes court David Hartley DEAR FRIEND:-I dear sir DEAR SIR:-I debts decease December Earl of Hillsborough enclosed England English school esteem Europe favor February France give grant honor hope humble servant Jane Mecom January Jonathan Williams July June Kinnersley labor lands language late letter liberty Majesty Majesty's March memorialists ment mention nation November obliged occasion October opinion paid papers Parliament payment peace Pennsylvania persons Plantations pleasure pounds sterling present printed proposed province of Pennsylvania quit-rents received respect Richard Bache salary Sarah Bache scholars sent September ships Thomas Cushing thousand pounds tion tongue trade trustees VIII wages William Franklin WILLIAM STRAHAN PHILADELPHIA William Temple Franklin wish write
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Seite 224 - 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 ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Seite 163 - God grant that not only the love of liberty, but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man, may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say, This is my country!
Seite 186 - I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some Doubts as to his Divinity; tho...
Seite 56 - The practice of robbing merchants on the high seas, a remnant of the ancient piracy, though it may be accidentally beneficial to particular persons, is far from being profitable to all engaged in it, or to the nation that authorizes it.
Seite 161 - Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.* Benjamin Franklin, Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, 13 Nov.
Seite 132 - Their support is founded in the depravity of such minds, as have not been mended by religion, nor improved by good education; "There is a Lust in Man no charm can tame, Of loudly publishing his Neighbour's Shame." Hence; "On Eagle's Wings immortal Scandals fly, While virtuous Actions are but born and die.
Seite 79 - To form their style, they should be put on writing letters to each other, making abstracts of what they read, or writing the same things in their own words; telling or writing stories lately read, in their own expressions.
Seite 200 - Franklin is dead ! The genius, that freed America and poured a flood of light over Europe, has returned to the bosom of the Divinity. " The sage whom two worlds claim as their own, the man for whom the history of science and the history of empires contend with each other, held, without doubt, a high rank in the human race.
Seite 187 - PS Had not your College some Present of Books from the King of France? Please to let me know, if you had an Expectation given you of more, and the Nature of that Expectation? I have a Reason for the Enquiry.
Seite 182 - I received the letter you did me the honor of writing to me, and am much obliged by your kind present of a book.