Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Band 1Harper & brothers, 1839 |
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... 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 în fear when you ...
... 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 în fear when you ...
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... hope of being one day able to purchase and enjoy luxuries a great spur to la- bour and industry ? May not luxury , therefore , pro- duce more than it consumes , if without such a spur * From a letter to Mr. Benjamin Vaughan , dated at ...
... hope of being one day able to purchase and enjoy luxuries a great spur to la- bour and industry ? May not luxury , therefore , pro- duce more than it consumes , if without such a spur * From a letter to Mr. Benjamin Vaughan , dated at ...
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... hope the luxury of a few merchants on the coast will not be the ruin of America . One reflection more , and I will end this long , rambling letter . Almost all the parts of our bodies require some expense . The feet demand shoes ; the ...
... hope the luxury of a few merchants on the coast will not be the ruin of America . One reflection more , and I will end this long , rambling letter . Almost all the parts of our bodies require some expense . The feet demand shoes ; the ...
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... , turn my family out of doors , and ruin my reputation , whenever he shall find it his interest ; and if a man will lie and swear to it in his shop to obtain a trifle , why should we doubt his doing so when he may hope to ESSAYS . 51 ,
... , turn my family out of doors , and ruin my reputation , whenever he shall find it his interest ; and if a man will lie and swear to it in his shop to obtain a trifle , why should we doubt his doing so when he may hope to ESSAYS . 51 ,
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Benjamin Franklin. we doubt his doing so when he may hope to make a fortune by his perjury ? The crime is in itself so mean , that to call a man a liar is esteemed every- where an affront not to be forgiven . If any have lenity enough to ...
Benjamin Franklin. we doubt his doing so when he may hope to make a fortune by his perjury ? The crime is in itself so mean , that to call a man a liar is esteemed every- where an affront not to be forgiven . If any have lenity enough to ...
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acquainted affairs America appear become body called Catania cause centrifugal force clouds cold conductors continue David Hartley dear friend degree descending earth earthquakes endeavour England equal esteem farther favour fire fluid force Francis Hopkinson FRANKLIN give Glaucon globe gout hand happiness heat Hence honour hope imagine industry kind letter king king's counsel labour land late leave less light live Lord Kames Marquis de Lafayette matter ment mind motion nation nature necessary never New-York obliged observed occasion opinion paper Parliament particles pass Passy perhaps person Philadelphia Philosophical pleasure Poor Richard says present punishment pyrites quantity reason received rising river salt seawater Socrates soon spiracles spout Star Chamber suppose surface things thought tion vapour virtue warm whirl whirlwind wind wish write