The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and a Sketch of Franklin's Life from the Point where the Autobiography Ends. Drawn Chiefly from His Letters. With Notes and a Chronological Historical TableHoughton, Mifflin, 1896 - 253 Seiten |
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... a watch , and my pockets lined with near five pounds sterling in silver . He re- ceived me not very frankly , looked me all over , and turned to his work again . • The journeymen were inquisitive where I had been , BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . 41.
... a watch , and my pockets lined with near five pounds sterling in silver . He re- ceived me not very frankly , looked me all over , and turned to his work again . • The journeymen were inquisitive where I had been , BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . 41.
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... having some money due to him in Penn- sylvania , about thirty - five pounds currency , desired I would receive it for him , and keep it till I had his directions what to remit it in . Accordingly , he BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . 43.
... having some money due to him in Penn- sylvania , about thirty - five pounds currency , desired I would receive it for him , and keep it till I had his directions what to remit it in . Accordingly , he BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . 43.
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... pounds sterling . He liked it , but asked me if my being on the spot in England to choose the types , and see that everything was good of the kind , might not be of some advantage . " Then , " says he , " when there , you may make ...
... pounds sterling . He liked it , but asked me if my being on the spot in England to choose the types , and see that everything was good of the kind , might not be of some advantage . " Then , " says he , " when there , you may make ...
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... pounds a year to live on , and out of this sum she still gave a great deal in charity , living herself on water - gruel only , and using no fire but to boil it . She had lived many years in that garret , be- ing permitted to remain ...
... pounds a year to live on , and out of this sum she still gave a great deal in charity , living herself on water - gruel only , and using no fire but to boil it . She had lived many years in that garret , be- ing permitted to remain ...
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... pounds a year , Pennsylvania money ; less , indeed , than my present gettings as a compositor , but affording a better prospect . I now took leave of printing , as I thought , forever , and was daily employed in my new business , going ...
... pounds a year , Pennsylvania money ; less , indeed , than my present gettings as a compositor , but affording a better prospect . I now took leave of printing , as I thought , forever , and was daily employed in my new business , going ...
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Seite 101 - Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2 SILENCE Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3 ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4 RESOLUTION Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
Seite 96 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Seite 21 - By comparing my work afterwards with the original, I discovered many faults and amended them; but I sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that in certain particulars of small import I had been lucky enough to improve the method or the language, and this encouraged me to think I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious.
Seite 101 - Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; ie, waste nothing. 6. INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. 7. SINCERITY. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly. 8. JUSTICE. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
Seite 20 - Then I compared my Spectator with the original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. But I found I wanted a stock of words, or a readiness in recollecting and using them...
Seite 240 - 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 104 - 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 34 - 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 102 - My intention being to acquire the habitude of all these virtues, I judged it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once but to fix it on one of them at a time, and when I should be master of that, then to proceed to another, and so on till I should have gone thro
Seite 78 - The rules that I drew up required that every member in his turn should produce one or more queries on any point of morals, politics, or natural philosophy, to be discussed by the company ; and once in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased.