The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Now First Collected and Arranged: With Memories of His Early Life, Band 3J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... petition drawn up by order , and then under the consideration of the house , praying his majesty for a royal , in lieu of a proprietary government Remarks on a late protest against the appointment of Mr. Franklin as agent for this ...
... petition drawn up by order , and then under the consideration of the house , praying his majesty for a royal , in lieu of a proprietary government Remarks on a late protest against the appointment of Mr. Franklin as agent for this ...
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... petition to those who have the superintendency of education The handsome and de formed leg Morals of chess The art of procuring pleasant dreams Dialogue between Franklin and the gout On the death of relatives The ephemera an emblem of ...
... petition to those who have the superintendency of education The handsome and de formed leg Morals of chess The art of procuring pleasant dreams Dialogue between Franklin and the gout On the death of relatives The ephemera an emblem of ...
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... petition to the house of com- mons , in 1701 , outdone by the mayor of Philadelphia , and one hundred and thirty three other inconsiderates , in a demand on their assembly to constitute a militia forthwith . A petition of certain of the ...
... petition to the house of com- mons , in 1701 , outdone by the mayor of Philadelphia , and one hundred and thirty three other inconsiderates , in a demand on their assembly to constitute a militia forthwith . A petition of certain of the ...
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... petition- ers , or rather prescribers to the assembly . Unanimous resolutions concerning the right of grant- ing ... petitions . They They adjourn ; and two months after re - assemble 82 PAPERS ON AMERICAN POLITICS .
... petition- ers , or rather prescribers to the assembly . Unanimous resolutions concerning the right of grant- ing ... petitions . They They adjourn ; and two months after re - assemble 82 PAPERS ON AMERICAN POLITICS .
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... petition for specific measures . The governor on the other hand alarms the house with an account of a number of people coming in a body to make demands upon them . Their unanimity on that occasion . The governor takes advantage of this ...
... petition for specific measures . The governor on the other hand alarms the house with an account of a number of people coming in a body to make demands upon them . Their unanimity on that occasion . The governor takes advantage of this ...
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Seite 448 - 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 is 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, and that there will be sleeping etwugh in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Seite 451 - 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...
Seite 381 - 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.
Seite 448 - I stopped my horse lately where a great number of people were collected at an auction of merchants' goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times ; and one of the company called to a plain, clean old man with white locks, " Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times ? Will not these heavy taxes quite ruin the country ? How shall we ever be able to pay them ? What would you advise us to do ? " Father Abraham stood up and replied, " If you would...
Seite 455 - ... 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 ' The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt...
Seite 459 - In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Seite 451 - So much for Industry, my Friends, and Attention to one's own Business; but to these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly successful. A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will...
Seite 412 - For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.
Seite 457 - Thus the old gentleman ended his harangue. The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practised the contrary, just as if it had been a common sermon ; for 'the auction opened, and they began to buy extravagantly.
Seite 448 - ... commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us : G-od helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says.