The Writings of Benjamin Franklin: Collected and Ed., with a Life and Introduction, Band 7

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Macmillan, 1906

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To Arthur
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January 3 1779
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To the Committee of Foreign Affairs January 15 1779
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To Mrs Margaret Stevenson
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January 25 1779
222
From David Hartley to Benjamin Franklin January 23 1779
225
April
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To Captain Peter Landais April 8 1779
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To Messrs Wharton Ridley Johnson Mease Ross Nes bit Cummings Gridley and Schweighauser American Merchants now at Nantes April 8 1779
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Passport for a Moravian Vessel April 11 1779
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To M de Sartine April 18 1779
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To John Quincy Adams April 21 1779
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To Samuel Cooper April 22 1779
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To John Adams April 24 1779
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To John Paul Jones
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April 27 1779
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To Arthur Lee May 3 1779
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To Thomas Viny May 4 1779
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To Mrs Patience Wright May 4 1779
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To John Lloyd May 4 1779
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To David Hartley May 4 1779
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To M de Sartine
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May 8 1779
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To John Adams May 10 1779
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To MajorGeneral John Beckwith May 17 1779
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To the Committee of Foreign Affairs January 15 1779
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To David Hartley January 25 1779
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To Sir Edward Newenham
331
To Comte de Vergennes ? May 27 1779
332
June 1 1779
333
July 8 1779
335
To Charles Carroll of Carrollton June 2 1779
337
To the Marine Committee of Congress June 2 1779
338
To John Jay June 2 1779
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To Richard Bache June 2 1779
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To Richard Bache
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To Mrs Sarah Bache
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To Francis Hopkinson June 4 1779
350
To William Greene June 4 1779
351
July 5 1779
362
To John Paul Jones
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To Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis September ? 1779
375
To Edward Bridgen October 2 1779
381
To Mrs Elizabeth Partridge October 11 1779
393
To James Lovell October 17 1779
401
To the Commercial Committee of Congress
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To Samuel Cooper October 27 1779
407
To Benjamin Vaughan November 9 1779
410
From Mlle Le Veillard to Benjamin Franklin November
417
To Joshua Johnson December 29 1779
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To Joshua Johnson December 29 1779
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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.

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