Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself : Together with Essays, Humourous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator : in Two Volumes, Bände 1-2Samuel Campbell, Bookseller, No. 124, Pearl Street, New-York, 1794 |
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... tion which they ftill entertained for me , affuring me that , if I would return , every thing fhould be adjusted to my fatisfaction ; and he was very pref fing in his entreaties . Ianfwered his letter , thank- ed him for his advice ...
... tion which they ftill entertained for me , affuring me that , if I would return , every thing fhould be adjusted to my fatisfaction ; and he was very pref fing in his entreaties . Ianfwered his letter , thank- ed him for his advice ...
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... tion to do ! I continued to live upon good terms with Kei- mer , who had not the fmaileft fufpicion of my pro- . jected establishment . He still retained a portion . of his former enthufiafm ; and being fond of ar- 54 LIFE OF.
... tion to do ! I continued to live upon good terms with Kei- mer , who had not the fmaileft fufpicion of my pro- . jected establishment . He still retained a portion . of his former enthufiafm ; and being fond of ar- 54 LIFE OF.
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... tion will be able to fupport it . I affured him on the contrary , that he would find himfelf the bet- ter for it . He was naturally a glutton , and i wifh- ed to amufe myself by flarving him . He confent- ed to make trial of this regi ...
... tion will be able to fupport it . I affured him on the contrary , that he would find himfelf the bet- ter for it . He was naturally a glutton , and i wifh- ed to amufe myself by flarving him . He confent- ed to make trial of this regi ...
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... tion he appears not to have choice of words ; he hefitates , and is at a lofs ; and yet , good God how he writes ! At our next mecting Ralph difcovered the trick we had played Ofborne , who was rallied without mercy . By this adventure ...
... tion he appears not to have choice of words ; he hefitates , and is at a lofs ; and yet , good God how he writes ! At our next mecting Ralph difcovered the trick we had played Ofborne , who was rallied without mercy . By this adventure ...
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... tion of Woolafton's Religion of Nature . Some of his arguments appearing to me not to be well founded , I wrote a fmall metaphyfical treatife , in which I animadverted on thofe pafliges . It was entitled a Differtation on Liberty and ...
... tion of Woolafton's Religion of Nature . Some of his arguments appearing to me not to be well founded , I wrote a fmall metaphyfical treatife , in which I animadverted on thofe pafliges . It was entitled a Differtation on Liberty and ...
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Seite 10 - 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 I had given four times as much for it as it was worth.
Seite 128 - For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.
Seite 10 - ... 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 162 - 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 30 - Remember that money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings turned is six, turned again it is seven and threepence, and so on, till it becomes an hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the more it produces every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. He that kills a breeding sow destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation. He that murders a crown destroys all that it might have produced, even...
Seite 97 - The business of the women is to take exact notice of what passes, imprint it in their memories, for they have no writing, and communicate it to their children. They are the records of the council, and they preserve...
Seite 7 - 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 57 - But to throw one's self into cold spring water, when the body has been heated by exercise in the sun, is an imprudence which may prove fatal.
Seite 54 - I — No wit, no genius, yet for once will try. Various the papers various wants produce, The wants of fashion, elegance, and use.
Seite 31 - He that murders a crown destroys all that it might have produced, even scores of pounds. Remember that six pounds a year is but a groat a day. For this little sum (which may be daily wasted either in time or expense unperceived) a man of credit may, on his own security, have the constant possession and use of an hundred pounds.