Benjamin FranklinHoughton Mifflin, 1898 - 444 Seiten |
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... demands compared with those who think they deserve Heaven for the little good they do on earth . . . . For my own part , I have not the van- ity to think I deserve it , the folly to expect it , nor the ambition to desire it ; but ...
... demands compared with those who think they deserve Heaven for the little good they do on earth . . . . For my own part , I have not the van- ity to think I deserve it , the folly to expect it , nor the ambition to desire it ; but ...
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... demands began at once to pour in upon him , and suits were insti- tuted . It was a grievous affair , and the end was by no means clear . It was easily possible that in place of his fortune , sacrificed in the public ser- vice , he might ...
... demands began at once to pour in upon him , and suits were insti- tuted . It was a grievous affair , and the end was by no means clear . It was easily possible that in place of his fortune , sacrificed in the public ser- vice , he might ...
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... not suspecting , fell into the trap and increased their demand to 23,000,000 acres , certainly a sufficient quantity to call for serious consideration . • When the petition came before the board of trade 160 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
... not suspecting , fell into the trap and increased their demand to 23,000,000 acres , certainly a sufficient quantity to call for serious consideration . • When the petition came before the board of trade 160 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
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... demand upon Whately to exculpate him . This of course Whately could not do , since he had not inspected the letters taken by Temple , and so could not say of his knowledge that these were not among them . But instead of taking this ...
... demand upon Whately to exculpate him . This of course Whately could not do , since he had not inspected the letters taken by Temple , and so could not say of his knowledge that these were not among them . But instead of taking this ...
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... demand ; on which Mr. Lee accuses him of having , to the prejudice of his constituents , negotiated a gift into a debt . At present all that transaction is in darkness ; 1 and we know not whether the whole , or a part , or no part , of ...
... demand ; on which Mr. Lee accuses him of having , to the prejudice of his constituents , negotiated a gift into a debt . At present all that transaction is in darkness ; 1 and we know not whether the whole , or a part , or no part , of ...
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Seite 407 - I have said he, often and often in the course of the Session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting: But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting Sun.
Seite 11 - 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 201 - Mr. Strahan : You are a Member of " Parliament and one of that majority which has " doomed my country to destruction. You have " begun to burn our towns and murder our people. " Look upon your hands, they are stained with " the blood of your relations ! You and I were " long friends ; you are now my enemy, and I am
Seite 36 - That, as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours ; and this we should do freely and generously.
Seite 6 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Seite 28 - I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some Doubts as to his Divinity; tho...
Seite 44 - House approved the nomination, and provided the goods for the present, and tho' they did not much like treating out of the provinces; and we met the other commissioners at Albany about the middle of June. In our way thither, I projected and drew a plan for the union of all the colonies under one government, so far as might be necessary for defense and other important general purposes.
Seite 25 - Sees but a part o' the chain, the nearest link: His eyes not carrying to the equal beam, That poises all above;" and from the attributes of God, his infinite wisdom, goodness, and power, concluded that nothing could possibly be wrong in the world, and that vice and virtue were empty distinctions, no such things existing...
Seite 135 - The very tails of the American sheep are so laden with wool that each has a little car or waggon on four little wheels to support and keep it from trailing on the ground.
Seite 20 - These libraries have improved the general conversation of the Americans, made the common tradesmen and farmers as intelligent as most gentlemen from other countries, and perhaps have contributed in some degree to the stand so generally made...