The Writings of Benjamin Franklin: Collected and Ed., with a Life and Introduction, Band 7Macmillan, 1906 |
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... wish you to embark yourself for Havre and on your arrival put the vessel into the care of Mr. Limozin , to be filled with every thing necessary for her to proceed the designed voyage , at the same time directing Mr. Limozin to call her ...
... wish you to embark yourself for Havre and on your arrival put the vessel into the care of Mr. Limozin , to be filled with every thing necessary for her to proceed the designed voyage , at the same time directing Mr. Limozin to call her ...
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... wish you to make the utmost despatch and to conduct with the utmost secrecy and the economy consistent with hastening as fast as possible the object in view . [ BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ] 824. TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY DEAR SIR , ( L. C. ) Paris ...
... wish you to make the utmost despatch and to conduct with the utmost secrecy and the economy consistent with hastening as fast as possible the object in view . [ BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ] 824. TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY DEAR SIR , ( L. C. ) Paris ...
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... wish they had . For you must know she is a Toryess as well as you , and can as flippantly call Rebel . I drank Tea with her ; we talk'd affectionately of you and our other friends the Wilkeses , of whom she had received no late ...
... wish they had . For you must know she is a Toryess as well as you , and can as flippantly call Rebel . I drank Tea with her ; we talk'd affectionately of you and our other friends the Wilkeses , of whom she had received no late ...
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... wish I had not persuaded her to stay there . I am glad to learn from you , that that unhappy , tho ' deserving Family , the W - s , are getting into some Business , that may afford them Subsistence . I pray , that God will bless them ...
... wish I had not persuaded her to stay there . I am glad to learn from you , that that unhappy , tho ' deserving Family , the W - s , are getting into some Business , that may afford them Subsistence . I pray , that God will bless them ...
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... wish you could see me ; but , as you can't , I will describe myself to you . Figure me in your mind as jolly as formerly , and as strong and hearty , only a few years older ; very plainly dress'd , wearing my thin gray strait hair ...
... wish you could see me ; but , as you can't , I will describe myself to you . Figure me in your mind as jolly as formerly , and as strong and hearty , only a few years older ; very plainly dress'd , wearing my thin gray strait hair ...
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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.