The Life of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself ; Together with a Number of His Humorous, Moral, and Literary Essays, Chiefly in the Manner of the SpectatorStarr & Niles, 1823 - 300 Seiten |
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... mind all its circumstances , and to render their remembrance more durable , commit them to writing . By thus em- ploying myself , I shall yield to the inclination , so natu- ral in old men , to talk of themselves and their exploits ...
... mind all its circumstances , and to render their remembrance more durable , commit them to writing . By thus em- ploying myself , I shall yield to the inclination , so natu- ral in old men , to talk of themselves and their exploits ...
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... minds . Thomas thus rendered himself compe- tent to the functions of a country attorney ; soon be- came an essential personage in the affairs of the vil- lage ; and was one of the chief movers of every public enterprize , as well ...
... minds . Thomas thus rendered himself compe- tent to the functions of a country attorney ; soon be- came an essential personage in the affairs of the vil- lage ; and was one of the chief movers of every public enterprize , as well ...
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... mind for public enter- prises , though the one in question was not conducted by justice . The mill - pond was terminated on one side by a marsh , upon the borders of which we were accustom- ed to take our stand at high water , to angle ...
... mind for public enter- prises , though the one in question was not conducted by justice . The mill - pond was terminated on one side by a marsh , upon the borders of which we were accustom- ed to take our stand at high water , to angle ...
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... minds of his children . By this means , he early attracted our attention to what was just , prudent , and beneficial in the conduct of life . He never talked of the meats which appeared upon the table , never discussed whether they were ...
... minds of his children . By this means , he early attracted our attention to what was just , prudent , and beneficial in the conduct of life . He never talked of the meats which appeared upon the table , never discussed whether they were ...
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... mind . I afterwards compared my Spectator with the original ; I perceived some faults , which I corrected : but I found that I wanted a fund of words , if I may so express myself , and a facility of recollecting and em- ploying them ...
... mind . I afterwards compared my Spectator with the original ; I perceived some faults , which I corrected : but I found that I wanted a fund of words , if I may so express myself , and a facility of recollecting and em- ploying them ...
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Seite 260 - I doubt, too, whether any other Convention we can obtain may be able to make a better Constitution. For when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their pas,sions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views.
Seite 157 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
Seite 232 - We are however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, tho* -we decline accepting it : and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.
Seite 261 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best.
Seite 232 - But you who are wise, must know, that different nations have different conceptions of things ; and you will therefore not take it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours.
Seite 233 - ... he intended to say or has any thing to add, he may rise again and deliver it. To interrupt another, even in common conversation, is reckoned highly indecent.
Seite 177 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day; demands it, before he can receive it, in a lump.
Seite 159 - I might have bought with the rest of the money; and laughed at me so much for my folly, that I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.
Seite 177 - It shows, besides, that you are mindful of what you owe; it makes you appear a careful as well as an honest man, and that still increases your credit. Beware of thinking all your own that you possess, and of living accordingly.
Seite 159 - 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.