The Writings of Benjamin Franklin: Collected and Ed., with a Life and Introduction, Band 7Macmillan, 1906 |
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... America borrowed Ten Millions Sterling during the last War , for the Mainte- nance of her Army of 25,000 Men and other Charges , had faith- fully discharged and paid that Debt , and all her other Debts , in 1772. Whereas Britain ...
... America borrowed Ten Millions Sterling during the last War , for the Mainte- nance of her Army of 25,000 Men and other Charges , had faith- fully discharged and paid that Debt , and all her other Debts , in 1772. Whereas Britain ...
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... America , men bred to close Employment in their private Affairs attend with habitual Ease to those of the publick when engag'd in them , and nothing fails through Negligence . 3. With regard to Frugality in Expences ; the Manner of ...
... America , men bred to close Employment in their private Affairs attend with habitual Ease to those of the publick when engag'd in them , and nothing fails through Negligence . 3. With regard to Frugality in Expences ; the Manner of ...
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... America , Salaries , where indispensable , are extreamly low ; but much of publick Business is done gratis . The ... Americans in their civil Govern- ment , of 3,000,000 People , amounted to but £ 70,000 sterling per Annum , and drew ...
... America , Salaries , where indispensable , are extreamly low ; but much of publick Business is done gratis . The ... Americans in their civil Govern- ment , of 3,000,000 People , amounted to but £ 70,000 sterling per Annum , and drew ...
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... America are engag'd for the Payment of every Debt contracted by the Congress , and the Debt to be contracted by the present War is the only Debt they will have to pay ; all , or nearly all , the former Debts of particular Colonies being ...
... America are engag'd for the Payment of every Debt contracted by the Congress , and the Debt to be contracted by the present War is the only Debt they will have to pay ; all , or nearly all , the former Debts of particular Colonies being ...
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... America , on the con- trary , has , besides her Lands already cultivated , a vast Territory yet to improve ; The Lands cultivated continually increase in Value with the Encrease of People ; and the peo- ple , who double themselves by a ...
... America , on the con- trary , has , besides her Lands already cultivated , a vast Territory yet to improve ; The Lands cultivated continually increase in Value with the Encrease of People ; and the peo- ple , who double themselves by a ...
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Seite 429 - Doth Job fear God for nought? 10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. 11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Seite 427 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Seite 429 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Seite 412 - I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle.
Seite 429 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Seite 411 - I voluntarily offered him all my money for it. 1 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 I had given four times as much for it as it was worth.
Seite 410 - I approve much of your conclusion, that, in the mean time, we should draw all the good we can from this world. In my opinion, we might all draw more good from it than we do, and suffer less evil, if we would take care not to give too much for whistles.
Seite 354 - For life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it.
Seite 410 - Wednesday and one for Saturday. This is again Wednesday. I do not deserve one for today, because I have not answered the former. But indolent as I am, and averse to writing, the fear of having no more of your pleasing epistles, if I do not contribute to the correspondence, obliges me to take up my pen ; and as Mr. B. has kindly sent me word, that he sets out to-morrow to see you, instead of spending this Wednesday evening as I have done its name-sakes, in your delightful company, I sit down to spend...
Seite 411 - When I saw another, fond of popularity, constantly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, he pays indeed, said I, too much for his whistle.