The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself Together with Humourous, Moral, and Literary Essays, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator : Among which are Several Not in Any American EditionSolomon Wiate, 1815 - 335 Seiten |
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... learned the trade of a blacksmith under his father ; but possessing a good natural understanding , he improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentle- man by the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal inhabitant of ...
... learned the trade of a blacksmith under his father ; but possessing a good natural understanding , he improved it by study , at the solicitation of a gentle- man by the name of Palmer , who was at that time the principal inhabitant of ...
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... learned Englishman , " if I rightly recollect his ex- pressions . I have been told of his having written a varie- ty of little pieces ; but there appears to be only one in print , which I met with many years ago . It was published in ...
... learned Englishman , " if I rightly recollect his ex- pressions . I have been told of his having written a varie- ty of little pieces ; but there appears to be only one in print , which I met with many years ago . It was published in ...
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... learned to read , for I do not remember to have been ever without this acquire- ment , and the encouragements of his friends , who as- sured him that I should one day certainly become a man- of letters , confirmed him in this design ...
... learned to read , for I do not remember to have been ever without this acquire- ment , and the encouragements of his friends , who as- sured him that I should one day certainly become a man- of letters , confirmed him in this design ...
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... learned this trade in London , and had established him- self at Boston . But the premium he required for my apprenticeship displeasing my father , I was recalled home . From my earliest years I had been passionately fond of reading ...
... learned this trade in London , and had established him- self at Boston . But the premium he required for my apprenticeship displeasing my father , I was recalled home . From my earliest years I had been passionately fond of reading ...
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... learned that it has been translated into almost all the languages of Europe , and next to the Bible , I am persuaded , it is one of the books which has had the greatest spread . Honest John is the first , that I know of , who has mixed ...
... learned that it has been translated into almost all the languages of Europe , and next to the Bible , I am persuaded , it is one of the books which has had the greatest spread . Honest John is the first , that I know of , who has mixed ...
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Seite 217 - 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 217 - We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it: and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.
Seite 217 - ... in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted, by the armed force...
Seite 243 - I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain, may be able to make a better Constitution; for, when you assemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men, all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.
Seite 244 - ... their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected? It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel ; and that our States are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for...
Seite 222 - And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
Seite 163 - Remember that money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on.
Seite 164 - Remember this. saying, The good paymaster is lord of another man's purse. He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the time he promises, may at any time, and on any occasion, raise all the money his friends can spare. This is sometimes of great use.
Seite 164 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day; demands it, before he can receive it, in a lump.
Seite 285 - 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.