The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography, with Notes and a MemoirJ.L. Shorey, 1866 - 256 Seiten |
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... appeared as the apostle of the Union . It was Franklin who suggested the Congress of 1774 ; and but for his wis- dom , and the confidence that wisdom inspired , it is a matter of doubt whether that Congress would have taken effect . It ...
... appeared as the apostle of the Union . It was Franklin who suggested the Congress of 1774 ; and but for his wis- dom , and the confidence that wisdom inspired , it is a matter of doubt whether that Congress would have taken effect . It ...
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... appeared . Franklin began to despair of success , when suddenly he saw the loose fibres of his string in motion , and bristling , in an upright position , as if placed on a conductor . On applying his knuckle to the key , he experienced ...
... appeared . Franklin began to despair of success , when suddenly he saw the loose fibres of his string in motion , and bristling , in an upright position , as if placed on a conductor . On applying his knuckle to the key , he experienced ...
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... appeared reasonably founded . " In a letter to Mrs. Franklin , dated London , December 13 , 1757 , Mr. Strahan writes of her husband : " I never saw a man who was , in every respect , so perfectly agreeable to me . Some are amiable in ...
... appeared reasonably founded . " In a letter to Mrs. Franklin , dated London , December 13 , 1757 , Mr. Strahan writes of her husband : " I never saw a man who was , in every respect , so perfectly agreeable to me . Some are amiable in ...
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... appeared to you that I much exceeded the bounds of morality in the methods I pursued for the advancement of the supposed interests of America . ' I am sensible there is a good deal of truth in the adage that our sins and our debts are ...
... appeared to you that I much exceeded the bounds of morality in the methods I pursued for the advancement of the supposed interests of America . ' I am sensible there is a good deal of truth in the adage that our sins and our debts are ...
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... appeared the more extraor- dinary , as I knew that just before we left London he had expressed himself concerning me in very angry terms , call- ing me a republican , a factious , mischievous fellow , and the like . " He seemed ...
... appeared the more extraor- dinary , as I knew that just before we left London he had expressed himself concerning me in very angry terms , call- ing me a republican , a factious , mischievous fellow , and the like . " He seemed ...
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Seite 101 - 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.
Seite 139 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Seite 203 - ... 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. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the...
Seite 101 - On the whole, sir, I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the convention who may still have objections to it, would, with me, on this occasion, doubt a little of his own infallibility, and, to make manifest our unanimity, put his name to this instrument.
Seite 124 - My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read) and the opinion of all his friends that I should certainly make a good scholar encouraged him in this purpose of his. My uncle Benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to give...
Seite 111 - 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 147 - So I din'd upon cod very heartily, and continued to eat with other people, returning only now and then occasionally to a vegetable diet. So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.
Seite 183 - Temperance, for example, was by some confined to eating and drinking, while by others it was extended to mean the moderating every other pleasure, appetite, inclination, or passion, bodily or mental, even to our avarice and ambition.
Seite 167 - Some books against Deism fell into my hands; they were said to be the substance of sermons preached at Boyle's Lectures. It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them; for the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much stronger than the refutations; in short, I soon became a thorough Deist.
Seite 43 - ... paper. They were led by a thread. They had not only a respect, but an affection, for Great Britain, for its laws, its customs and manners, and even a fondness for its fashions, that greatly increased the commerce. Natives of Britain were always treated with particular regard ; to be an Old England- man, was, of itself, a character of some respect, and gave a kind of rank among us.