Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Band 1Harper & brothers, 1839 |
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... mind ; and , gathering round him , he proceeded as follows : 66 ' Friends , " said he , " the taxes are indeed very heavy , and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay , we might more easily discharge them ...
... mind ; and , gathering round him , he proceeded as follows : 66 ' Friends , " said he , " the taxes are indeed very heavy , and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay , we might more easily discharge them ...
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... mind , the term , which at first seemed so long , will , as it lessens , appear extremely short . Time will seem to have added wings to his heels as well as his shoulders . Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter . At ...
... mind , the term , which at first seemed so long , will , as it lessens , appear extremely short . Time will seem to have added wings to his heels as well as his shoulders . Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter . At ...
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... minds ; all true happiness , as all that is truly beautiful , can only result from order . While there is a conflict between the two princi- ples of passion and reason , we must be miserable in proportion to the struggle ; and when the ...
... minds ; all true happiness , as all that is truly beautiful , can only result from order . While there is a conflict between the two princi- ples of passion and reason , we must be miserable in proportion to the struggle ; and when the ...
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... mind , abstract from virtue , we shall soon see the disconnexion between that and true , solid happiness . It is of the very essence , for instance , of envy to be uneasy and disquieted . Pride meets with provocations and disturbances ...
... mind , abstract from virtue , we shall soon see the disconnexion between that and true , solid happiness . It is of the very essence , for instance , of envy to be uneasy and disquieted . Pride meets with provocations and disturbances ...
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Benjamin Franklin. time , the only true happiness of the mind , and the best means of preserving the health of the body ... mind to govern the republic , that he frequently presented himself before the people to discourse of affairs of ...
Benjamin Franklin. time , the only true happiness of the mind , and the best means of preserving the health of the body ... mind to govern the republic , that he frequently presented himself before the people to discourse of affairs of ...
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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