Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, Band 1H. Colburn, 1833 |
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... merchants in that trade , whose losses make them a little uneasy . With sincere and great esteem and affection , I am ever , dear Sir , your most obedient , and most humble servant , B. FRANKLIN . TO R. BACHE , ESQ . ( DR . FRANKLIN'S ...
... merchants in that trade , whose losses make them a little uneasy . With sincere and great esteem and affection , I am ever , dear Sir , your most obedient , and most humble servant , B. FRANKLIN . TO R. BACHE , ESQ . ( DR . FRANKLIN'S ...
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... merchant at Bourdeaux , for he would never give me any account of it ; and neither Temple nor I know any thing of the particulars . When I began to read your account of the high prices of goods -- " a pair of gloves seven dollars , a ...
... merchant at Bourdeaux , for he would never give me any account of it ; and neither Temple nor I know any thing of the particulars . When I began to read your account of the high prices of goods -- " a pair of gloves seven dollars , a ...
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... merchant residing in London , who pretended to be a zealous American , and to have much con- cern for our poor people in the English prisons , drew upon me for their relief at different times last winter to the amount of 4951 . sterling ...
... merchant residing in London , who pretended to be a zealous American , and to have much con- cern for our poor people in the English prisons , drew upon me for their relief at different times last winter to the amount of 4951 . sterling ...
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... merchants ; because their employments are not only innocent , but for the common subsist- ence and benefit of the human species in general . As men grow more enlightened , we may hope that this will in time be the case . Till then we ...
... merchants ; because their employments are not only innocent , but for the common subsist- ence and benefit of the human species in general . As men grow more enlightened , we may hope that this will in time be the case . Till then we ...
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... about the middle of last month by a friend in London of Mr. L.'s being in want of money , I wrote on the 19th to Mr. Hodgson , a merchant in Coleman Street , in whose hands I had lodged cash for the support of OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . 85.
... about the middle of last month by a friend in London of Mr. L.'s being in want of money , I wrote on the 19th to Mr. Hodgson , a merchant in Coleman Street , in whose hands I had lodged cash for the support of OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN . 85.
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Seite 145 - I did not understand him, till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man that never missed any occasion of giving instruction, and upon this he said to me, " You are young, and have the world before you; STOOP as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.
Seite 400 - Britain, at the expense of three millions, has killed one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign, which is twenty thousand pounds a head; and at Bunker's Hill she gained a mile of ground, half of which she lost again by our taking post on Ploughed Hill. During the same time sixty thousand children have been born in America. From these data his mathematical head will easily calculate the time and expense necessary to kill us all, and conquer our whole territory.
Seite 263 - As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of morals and his religion, as he left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is likely to see...
Seite 135 - I am, on this account, not displeased that the figure is not known as a bald eagle, but looks more like a turkey. For in truth, the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America. Eagles have been found in all countries, but the turkey was peculiar to ours...
Seite 396 - You know it was said he carried the sword in one hand, and the olive branch in the other; and it seems he chose to give them a taste of the sword first.
Seite 251 - Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.* Benjamin Franklin, Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy, 13 Nov.
Seite 51 - I must soon quit the scene, but you may live to see our country flourish, as it will amazingly and rapidly after the war is over ; like a field of young Indian corn, which long fair weather and sunshine had enfeebled and discolored, and which in that weak state, by a...
Seite 299 - The more I have thought and read on the subject. the more I find myself confirmed in opinion that no middle doctrine can be well maintained, I mean not clearly with intelligible arguments. Something might be made of either of the extremes : that Parliament has a power to make all laws for us, or that it has a power to make no laws for us ; and I think the arguments for the latter more numerous and weighty, than those of the former.
Seite 177 - I say, that when I see nothing annihilated, and not even a drop of water wasted, I cannot suspect the annihilation of souls, or believe that He will suffer the daily waste of millions of minds ready made, that now exist, and put himself to the continual trouble of making new ones. Thus finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall in some shape or other always exist; and, with all the inconveniences human life is liable to, I shall not object to a new edition of mine, —hoping, however,...
Seite 42 - He that by the Plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.