The Life of Benjamin Franklin Written by HimselfJ. B. Lippincott, 1888 |
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... province and office of a free Government , and the duties of its legislators , than any man of his time . He saw and pointed out the folly of governing too much . He saw that it is not the business of a Government to do what can ...
... province and office of a free Government , and the duties of its legislators , than any man of his time . He saw and pointed out the folly of governing too much . He saw that it is not the business of a Government to do what can ...
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... Provincial Letters . He was ravished by them . He read them over many times . They were one of the French books he most esteemed . " - Euvres Complets , vol . v . , p . 228 . The discrepancy between these two statements provokes the ...
... Provincial Letters . He was ravished by them . He read them over many times . They were one of the French books he most esteemed . " - Euvres Complets , vol . v . , p . 228 . The discrepancy between these two statements provokes the ...
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... province , was then at Newcastle , and Captain Holmes , happening to be in company with him when my letter came to hand , spoke to him of me , and show'd him the let- ter . The governor read it , and seem'd surpris'd when he was told my ...
... province , was then at Newcastle , and Captain Holmes , happening to be in company with him when my letter came to hand , spoke to him of me , and show'd him the let- ter . The governor read it , and seem'd surpris'd when he was told my ...
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... many principal people of the province . Several of them had been appointed by the Assembly a committee to attend the press , and take care that no more bills were printed than the law directed . They were 176 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF.
... many principal people of the province . Several of them had been appointed by the Assembly a committee to attend the press , and take care that no more bills were printed than the law directed . They were 176 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF.
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... Province , Isaac Pearson , Joseph Cooper , and several of the Smiths , members of Assembly , and Isaac De- cow , the surveyor - general . The latter was a shrewd , sagacious old man , who told me that he began for himself , when young ...
... Province , Isaac Pearson , Joseph Cooper , and several of the Smiths , members of Assembly , and Isaac De- cow , the surveyor - general . The latter was a shrewd , sagacious old man , who told me that he began for himself , when young ...
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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.