The Life of Benjamin Franklin Written by HimselfJ. B. Lippincott, 1888 |
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... Assembly - Sent to England again as Agent of the Colony of Pennsylvania - Parting Advice to his Daughter ( 1762-1764 ) —Connecticut Religion . • 434-448 CHAPTER III . Jealousy of English Manufacturers - Origin of the Stamp Act - Opposi ...
... Assembly - Sent to England again as Agent of the Colony of Pennsylvania - Parting Advice to his Daughter ( 1762-1764 ) —Connecticut Religion . • 434-448 CHAPTER III . Jealousy of English Manufacturers - Origin of the Stamp Act - Opposi ...
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... says , in allusion to this subject : " I hope you have been industrious during your passage , and that you have finished your Memoirs , and will send them to me . ' " 2 the General Assembly having lately desired my assistance at a 30.
... says , in allusion to this subject : " I hope you have been industrious during your passage , and that you have finished your Memoirs , and will send them to me . ' " 2 the General Assembly having lately desired my assistance at a 30.
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Benjamin Franklin John Bigelow. the General Assembly having lately desired my assistance at a great convention to be held in May next for amending the Federal Constitution , I begin to doubt whether I can ' make any progress in it till ...
Benjamin Franklin John Bigelow. the General Assembly having lately desired my assistance at a great convention to be held in May next for amending the Federal Constitution , I begin to doubt whether I can ' make any progress in it till ...
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... Assembly in November . If I live to see this year expire , I may enjoy some leisure , which I promise you to employ in the work you do me the honor to urge so earnestly . " † * Le Veillard Collection . † See this date , infra , vol ...
... Assembly in November . If I live to see this year expire , I may enjoy some leisure , which I promise you to employ in the work you do me the honor to urge so earnestly . " † * Le Veillard Collection . † See this date , infra , vol ...
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... Assembly . Mr. Short goes to Holland , and I am totally neglected . I shall therefore lose no time , but turn my attention to other pursuits . " * No farther correspondence appears to have passed be- tween William Temple Franklin and M ...
... Assembly . Mr. Short goes to Holland , and I am totally neglected . I shall therefore lose no time , but turn my attention to other pursuits . " * No farther correspondence appears to have passed be- tween William Temple Franklin and M ...
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acquainted act of Parliament affairs afterwards agreeable America appeared Art of Virtue Assembly attended Benjamin Franklin Boston Britain character colonies continu'd continued copy dated Lon dear debt desire duty Ecton edition England English father favor French friends gave give governor hands heard honor hope interest Keimer lately le Veillard letter lived Lord Lord Hillsborough Lord Kames Lord Loudoun manuscript means Memoirs ment never occasion opinion paper Paris Parliament Pennsylvania perhaps person Philadelphia pleasure pounds sterling present printed printer printing-house propos'd proposed proprietary province published Quakers reason received repeal respect says sent Sir William Johnson soon Stamp Act suppose thing thought thousand pounds thro tion took trade Veillard virtue waggons William Franklin William Temple Franklin wish writing written wrote young
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Seite 112 - I took a delight in it, practis'd it continually, and grew very artful and expert in drawing people, even of superior knowledge, into concessions, the consequences of which they did not foresee, entangling them in difficulties out of which they could not extricate themselves, and so obtaining victories that neither myself nor my cause always deserved.
Seite 108 - ... in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book, tried to complete the papers again by expressing each hinted sentiment at length, and as fully as it had been expressed before, in any suitable words that should occur to me. Then I compared my ' Spectator ' with the original, discovered some of my faults and corrected them.
Seite 159 - Water-American, as they called me, was stronger than themselves, who drank strong beer! We had an alehouse boy who attended always in the house to supply the workmen. My companion at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o'clock, and another when he had done his day's work.
Seite 233 - I could go through a course complete in thirteen weeks, and four courses in a year. And like him who, having a garden to weed, does not attempt to eradicate all the bad herbs at once, which would exceed his reach and his strength, but works on one of the beds at a time, and, having accomplished the first, proceeds to a second...
Seite 221 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Seite 267 - The application was unfortunately [made] to perhaps the only man in the company who had the firmness not to be affected by the preacher. His answer was, " At any other time, Friend Hopkinson, I would lend to thee freely; but not now, for thee seems to be out of thy right senses.
Seite 265 - It was wonderful to see the change soon made in the manners of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless or indifferent about religion, it seemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk through the town in an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street.
Seite 111 - ... a dispute in the Socratic method ; and soon after I procured Xenophon's Memorable Things of Socrates, wherein there are many instances of the same method.
Seite 124 - 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.
Seite 97 - My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church.