The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Band 2Hillard, Gray, 1840 |
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... the date of November 20th , 1728 , when the author was twenty - two years old . It purports to be the FIRST PART ; but the continuation has never been published . - EDITOR . VOL . II . 1 A my narrow imagination , to be almost nothing , and.
... the date of November 20th , 1728 , when the author was twenty - two years old . It purports to be the FIRST PART ; but the continuation has never been published . - EDITOR . VOL . II . 1 A my narrow imagination , to be almost nothing , and.
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... never for a moment embarrassed with obscurity or doubt . In judging of the merits of these essays , in regard to the topics upon which they turn , and the mode of treating them , it would be unjust to the author not to keep in mind his ...
... never for a moment embarrassed with obscurity or doubt . In judging of the merits of these essays , in regard to the topics upon which they turn , and the mode of treating them , it would be unjust to the author not to keep in mind his ...
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... the value they put on their own writings , since they think to frighten the public into their applause , by threatening , that , unless you approve what they have already wrote , they intend never to 16 FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS .
... the value they put on their own writings , since they think to frighten the public into their applause , by threatening , that , unless you approve what they have already wrote , they intend never to 16 FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS .
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... never to may not be a pin matter write again ; when perhaps it whether they ever do or no . As I have not observed the critics to be more favorable on this account , I shall always avoid saying any thing of the kind ; and con- clude ...
... never to may not be a pin matter write again ; when perhaps it whether they ever do or no . As I have not observed the critics to be more favorable on this account , I shall always avoid saying any thing of the kind ; and con- clude ...
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... never spoke yet but with a design to divert and please , and who was never yet baulked in his intention . Eugenius takes more de- light in applying the wit of his friends , than in being admired himself ; and if any one of the company ...
... never spoke yet but with a design to divert and please , and who was never yet baulked in his intention . Eugenius takes more de- light in applying the wit of his friends , than in being admired himself ; and if any one of the company ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abbé Morellet advantage America better bills Britain called coin colonies commerce common consequently considered corn currency debts employed endeavour England English school Europe expense exportation favor foreign Franklin friends gentleman give Glaucon gold and silver GOUT happiness Helvetius horse hundred increase industry inhabitants judges kind King king's counsel Kinnersley labor land learned legal tender less libel liberty live Madame Helvétius mankind manner manufactures marriages master means ment merchants mind Montrésor nation nature necessary neighbours never obliged observed occasion opinion paid paper money PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE perhaps persons Philocles pleasure plenty Poor Richard says POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC pounds present principles procure produce profit province punished quantity readers reason receive Samuel Romilly shillings slavery Socrates subsistence thee things thou thought tion trade trustees virtue wages wise writing
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 5 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Seite 95 - Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him...
Seite 97 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Seite 96 - The cat in gloves catches no mice, as Poor Richard says. It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects; for, Constant dropping wears away stones; and, By diligence and patience the mouse ate in two the cable; and Little strokes fell great oaks, as Poor Richard says in his almanac, the year I cannot just now remember.
Seite 99 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of : they think, It is day, and will never be night ; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding ; but Always taking out of the mealtub, and never putting- in, soon comes to the bottom, as Poor Richard says ; and then, When the well is dry, they know the worth of water.
Seite 102 - No morning- sun lasts a whole day, as Poor Richard says. Gain may be temporary and uncertain, but ever, while you live, expense is constant and certain; and, 'Tis easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel, as Poor Richard says. So Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt. Get what you can, and what you get, hold; Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold, as Poor Richard says.
Seite 167 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Seite 165 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Seite 167 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Seite 93 - I have been, if I may say it without vanity an eminent author of almanacks annually now a full quarter of a century, my brother authors in the same way, for what reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their applauses, and no other author has taken the least notice of me, so that did...