The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary : with His LifeJohn Lomax, 1831 - 290 Seiten |
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... whole family preserved its attachment to the Church of England till towards the close of the reign of Charles II . when certain ministers , who had been rejected as nonconformists , having held conventicles in Northamptonshire , they ...
... whole family preserved its attachment to the Church of England till towards the close of the reign of Charles II . when certain ministers , who had been rejected as nonconformists , having held conventicles in Northamptonshire , they ...
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... whole life , I have ever preserved . My apprentice- ship became insupportable to me , and I continually sighed for an opportunity of shortening it , which at ength unexpectedly offered . An article inserted in our paper , upon some ...
... whole life , I have ever preserved . My apprentice- ship became insupportable to me , and I continually sighed for an opportunity of shortening it , which at ength unexpectedly offered . An article inserted in our paper , upon some ...
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... whole right ; but the wind abating the next day , we succeeded in reaching Amboy before it was dark , after having pass- ed thirty hours without provisions , and with no other drink than a bottie of bad rum , the water DR . FRANKLIN . 31.
... whole right ; but the wind abating the next day , we succeeded in reaching Amboy before it was dark , after having pass- ed thirty hours without provisions , and with no other drink than a bottie of bad rum , the water DR . FRANKLIN . 31.
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... whole day , so that I was wet to the skin . Finding myself fatigued about noon , I stopped at a paltry inn , where I passed the rest of the day and the whole night , be- ginning to regret that I had quitted my home . I made besides so ...
... whole day , so that I was wet to the skin . Finding myself fatigued about noon , I stopped at a paltry inn , where I passed the rest of the day and the whole night , be- ginning to regret that I had quitted my home . I made besides so ...
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... whole expense of our living did not exceed for each , eighteen - pence a week . I have since that period observed several lents with the greatest strictness , and have suddenly returned again to my ordmary diet , without experiencing ...
... whole expense of our living did not exceed for each , eighteen - pence a week . I have since that period observed several lents with the greatest strictness , and have suddenly returned again to my ordmary diet , without experiencing ...
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Seite 278 - Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these walls they were born, and here they shall die.
Seite 243 - Blessing of Heaven; and therefore ask that Blessing humbly, and be not uncharitable to those that at present seem to want it, but comfort and help them. Remember Job suffered, and was afterwards prosperous. And now to conclude, Experience keeps a dear School, but Fools will learn in no other...
Seite 141 - I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one. I then came home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me...
Seite 279 - On the whole, sir, I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the Convention who may still have objections to it would, with me, on this occasion doubt a little of his own infallibility, and, to make manifest our unanimity, put his name to this instrument.
Seite 243 - 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 216 - Several of our Young People were formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living in the Woods, unable to bear either Cold or Hunger, knew neither how to build a Cabin, take a Deer, or kill an Enemy...
Seite 215 - Counsellors; for all their Government is by the Counsel or Advice of the Sages; there is no Force, there are no Prisons, no Officers to compel Obedience, or inflict Punishment. Hence they generally study Oratory; the best Speaker having the most Influence.
Seite 133 - Pounds in Public Works which may be judged of most general utility to the Inhabitants, such as Fortifications, Bridges, Aqueducts, Public Buildings, Baths, Pavements, or whatever may make living in the Town more convenient to its People, and render it more agreeable to strangers, resorting thither for Health or a temporary residence.
Seite 234 - 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?
Seite 158 - 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...