Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator...G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793 - 316 Seiten |
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... thing ; it may poffibly serve to fcrape a trencher . Pray make my compliments and best wishes acceptable to your bride . I am old and heavy , or I fhould ere this have presented them in perfon . I fhall make but but fmall use of the old ...
... thing ; it may poffibly serve to fcrape a trencher . Pray make my compliments and best wishes acceptable to your bride . I am old and heavy , or I fhould ere this have presented them in perfon . I fhall make but but fmall use of the old ...
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... had given four times as much for it as it was worth . This put me in mind what good things I might have bought bought with the reft of the money ; and they 14 ESSAYS . The Whistle, a true Story; written to his Nephew.
... had given four times as much for it as it was worth . This put me in mind what good things I might have bought bought with the reft of the money ; and they 14 ESSAYS . The Whistle, a true Story; written to his Nephew.
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... thing , I taid to myself , Don't give too much for the shiftle ; and fo I faved my money . As I grew up , came into the world , and obferved the actions of men , I thought I met with many , very many , who gave too much for the whistle ...
... thing , I taid to myself , Don't give too much for the shiftle ; and fo I faved my money . As I grew up , came into the world , and obferved the actions of men , I thought I met with many , very many , who gave too much for the whistle ...
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... were brought upon them by the falfe eftimates they had made of the value of things , and by their giving too much for their whistles . VOL . I. C A PETI- A PETITION TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENCY OF EDUCATION ESSAYS . 17.
... were brought upon them by the falfe eftimates they had made of the value of things , and by their giving too much for their whistles . VOL . I. C A PETI- A PETITION TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENCY OF EDUCATION ESSAYS . 17.
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... things , perfons , and events ; and the effect of thofe different views their own minds . upon In whatever fituation men can be placed , they may find conveniences and inconveniences : in whatever company , they may find perfons and ...
... things , perfons , and events ; and the effect of thofe different views their own minds . upon In whatever fituation men can be placed , they may find conveniences and inconveniences : in whatever company , they may find perfons and ...
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Seite 14 - 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 184 - We have had some experience of it — 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, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were totally good...
Seite 56 - 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 232 - With regard to encouragements for strangers from government, they are really only what are derived from good laws and liberty. Strangers are welcome, because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old inhabitants are not jealous of them ; the laws protect them sufficiently, so that they have no need of the patronage of great men; and every one will enjoy securely the profits of his industry. But, if he does not bring a fortune with him, he must work and be industrious to live. One or...
Seite 15 - ... 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 182 - Nations would send down half a dozen of their sons to that college, the government would take care that they should be well provided for, and instructed in all the learning of the white people.
Seite 15 - I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and observed the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who gave too much for the whistle.
Seite 56 - Remember that credit is money. If a man lets his money lie in my hands after it is due, he gives me the interest, or so much as I can make of it, during that time. This amounts to a considerable sum where a man has good and large credit, and makes good use of it.
Seite 234 - Multitudes of poor people from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Germany, have by this means in a few years become wealthy farmers, who, in their own countries, where all the lands are fully occupied, and the wages of labour low, could never have emerged from the poor condition wherein they were born.
Seite 185 - 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...