Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself, Band 3Lippincott, 1875 |
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... mean time , if they should think fit to employ him as a secretary to their minister at any European court , I am persuaded they will have reason to be satisfied with his conduct , and I shall be thankful for his appointment , as a favor ...
... mean time , if they should think fit to employ him as a secretary to their minister at any European court , I am persuaded they will have reason to be satisfied with his conduct , and I shall be thankful for his appointment , as a favor ...
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... means 12 April , 1781. I might use to defeat them . Having in view at present no other point to gain but that of rest , I do not take their malice so much amiss , as it may farther my pro- ject , and perhaps be some advantage to you ...
... means 12 April , 1781. I might use to defeat them . Having in view at present no other point to gain but that of rest , I do not take their malice so much amiss , as it may farther my pro- ject , and perhaps be some advantage to you ...
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... mean farmers , fishermen , and merchants ; because their employments are not only innocent , but for the common subsistence and benefit of the human species in general . As men grow more enlightened , we may hope that this will in time ...
... mean farmers , fishermen , and merchants ; because their employments are not only innocent , but for the common subsistence and benefit of the human species in general . As men grow more enlightened , we may hope that this will in time ...
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... mean time I cannot suffer the credit of our country to be destroyed , if , by detaining this money , it may be saved . And , if I were to consent to its going , our banker would be obliged to arrest great part of it as belonging to the ...
... mean time I cannot suffer the credit of our country to be destroyed , if , by detaining this money , it may be saved . And , if I were to consent to its going , our banker would be obliged to arrest great part of it as belonging to the ...
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... mean by sending only two men to bring this harrow ? No two men upon earth are strong enough to carry it . " " Poh ! " said the other , who was vain of his strength , " what do you talk of two men ? One man may carry it . shoulders and ...
... mean by sending only two men to bring this harrow ? No two men upon earth are strong enough to carry it . " " Poh ! " said the other , who was vain of his strength , " what do you talk of two men ? One man may carry it . shoulders and ...
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Seite 261 - I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, "You are young, and have the world before you ; STOOP as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.
Seite 490 - 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 40 - Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace with Great Britain without the formal consent of the other first obtained; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms until the independence of the United States shall have been formally or tacitly assured by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the war.
Seite 387 - MR. PRESIDENT, The small progress we have made, after four or five weeks' close attendance and continual reasonings with each other, our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many Noes as Ayes, is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding. We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, since we have been running all about in search of it.
Seite 261 - Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Seite 320 - The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments ' and other rites and ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England, together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches ; and the form or manner of making, ordaining, and consecrating of bishops, priests, and deacons.
Seite 470 - I Benjamin Franklin, of Philadelphia, Printer, late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Court of France, now President of the State of Pennsylvania, do make and declare my last Will and Testament as follows.
Seite 96 - And the next day I received the following answer. FROM COUNT DE VERGENNES TO B. FRANKLIN. Translation. " Versailles, 5 May, 1782. "SIR, " I have received the letter, which you did me the honor to write to me the 4th instant, as also those which accompanied it.
Seite 365 - ... and may prevail with some readers, you will not succeed so as to change the general sentiments of mankind on that subject, and the consequence of printing this piece will be a great deal of odium drawn upon yourself, mischief to you, and no benefit to others. He that spits against the wind, spits in his own face.
Seite 388 - I have lived, sir, a long time ; and the longer I live. the more convincing proofs I see of this truth : That GOD goverra 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.