Memoirs of the Life & Writings of Benjamin FranklinDent, 1927 - 314 Seiten |
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... crown I have since earned ; and the gratitude I felt toward House has made me often more ready than perhaps I should otherwise have been to assist young beginners . There are croakers in every country , always bod- ing its ruin . Such a ...
... crown I have since earned ; and the gratitude I felt toward House has made me often more ready than perhaps I should otherwise have been to assist young beginners . There are croakers in every country , always bod- ing its ruin . Such a ...
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... crown , to grant aids for military purposes . They were unwilling to offend government , on the one hand , by a direct refusal ; and their friends ' the body of the Quakers , on the other , by a compliance contrary to their principles ...
... crown , to grant aids for military purposes . They were unwilling to offend government , on the one hand , by a direct refusal ; and their friends ' the body of the Quakers , on the other , by a compliance contrary to their principles ...
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... crown as the postoffice of Ireland . Since that imprudent transaction , they have receiv'd from it — not one farthing ! The business of the postoffice occasion'd my taking a journey this year to New England , where the College of ...
... crown as the postoffice of Ireland . Since that imprudent transaction , they have receiv'd from it — not one farthing ! The business of the postoffice occasion'd my taking a journey this year to New England , where the College of ...
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... crown , and a grand council was to be chosen by the representatives of the people of the several colonies , met in their respective as- semblies . The debates upon it in Congress went on daily , hand in hand with the Indian business ...
... crown , and a grand council was to be chosen by the representatives of the people of the several colonies , met in their respective as- semblies . The debates upon it in Congress went on daily , hand in hand with the Indian business ...
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... Crown Point , and sent Mr Quincy to Pennsylvania , and Mr Pownall , afterward Governor Pownall , to New York , to solicit assistance . As I was in the Assembly , knew its temper , and was Mr Quincy's countryman , he appli'd to me for my ...
... Crown Point , and sent Mr Quincy to Pennsylvania , and Mr Pownall , afterward Governor Pownall , to New York , to solicit assistance . As I was in the Assembly , knew its temper , and was Mr Quincy's countryman , he appli'd to me for my ...
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acquaintance Adams affairs afterwards America appear'd appointed arriv'd Art of Virtue Arthur Lee Assembly attend Autobiography began Benjamin Franklin Boston British brother brought call'd captain character colonies colonists Comte de Vergennes conduct Congress continu'd continued dispute Dr Franklin employ'd England English father favour France French friends gave give good-natur'd Government governor hands Indians instructions interest John Adams Keimer kind King letters lived London Lord Lord Loudoun means ment mind never occasion opinion pamphlet paper Paxton Boy Penn Pennsylvania perhaps person Philadelphia Poor Richard's Almanack present printed printer printing-house propos'd proposed proprietaries province Quakers Ralph reason receiv'd respect sail sect sent ship Silas Deane soon Stamp Act street Temple Franklin things thought thro tion took treaty Veillard virtue waggons whole words writing wrote young
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Seite 97 - I was now and then prevail'd on to do so, once for five Sundays successively. Had he been in my opinion a good preacher, perhaps I might have continued, notwithstanding the occasion I had for the Sunday's leisure in my course of study ; but his discourses were chiefly either polemic arguments, or explications of the peculiar doctrines of our sect, and were all to me very dry, uninteresting, and unedifying, since not a single moral principle was inculcated or enforc'd, their aim seeming to be rather...
Seite ii - TRAVEL * SCIENCE * FICTION THEOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY HISTORY * CLASSICAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ESSAYS * ORATORY POETRY & DRAMA BIOGRAPHY REFERENCE ROMANCE IN FOUR STYLES OF BINDING: CLOTH, FLAT BACK, COLOURED TOP; LEATHER, ROUND CORNERS, GILT TOP; LIBRARY BINDING IN CLOTH, & QUARTER PIGSKIN LONDON: JM DENT & SONS, LTD.
Seite 103 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Seite 95 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Seite 114 - I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he first forms a good plan, and, cutting off all amusements or other employments that would divert his attention, makes the execution of that same plan his sole study and business.
Seite 104 - Father of light and life ! thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ! teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit! and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Seite 22 - For, if you would inform, a positive and dogmatical manner in advancing your sentiments may provoke contradiction and prevent a candid attention. If you wish information and improvement from the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly...
Seite 25 - ... secrets. During my brother's confinement, which I resented a good deal, notwithstanding our private differences, I had the management of the paper; and I made bold to give our rulers some rubs in it, which my brother took very kindly, while others began to consider me in an unfavorable light, as a young genius that had a turn for libelling and satyr.
Seite 30 - Second-street, and ask'd for bisket, intending such as we had in Boston; but they, it seems, were not made in Philadelphia. Then I asked for a three-penny loaf, and was told they had none such. So not considering or knowing the difference of money, and the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bade him give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I was...
Seite 17 - I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little pieces ; my brother, thinking it might turn to account, encouraged me, and put me on composing occasional ballads. One was called The Lighthouse Tragedy...