Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: With Selections from His Other Writings ...D. C. Heath, 1908 - 386 Seiten |
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... desired I would dry for him . It proved to be my old favorite author , Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress , in Dutch , finely printed on good paper , with copper cuts , a dress better 1 This is the Dutch word for a narrow passage , or channel ...
... desired I would dry for him . It proved to be my old favorite author , Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress , in Dutch , finely printed on good paper , with copper cuts , a dress better 1 This is the Dutch word for a narrow passage , or channel ...
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... desired to be ac- quainted with me , blamed me kindly for not having made myself known to him when I first came to the place , and would have me away with him to the tavern , where he was going with Colonel French to taste , as he said ...
... desired to be ac- quainted with me , blamed me kindly for not having made myself known to him when I first came to the place , and would have me away with him to the tavern , where he was going with Colonel French to taste , as he said ...
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... desired I would receive it for him , and keep it till I had his directions what to remit it in . Accordingly , he gave me an order . This afterwards oc- casioned me a good deal of uneasiness . At Newport we took in a number of ...
... desired I would receive it for him , and keep it till I had his directions what to remit it in . Accordingly , he gave me an order . This afterwards oc- casioned me a good deal of uneasiness . At Newport we took in a number of ...
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... desired he would bring me to see him . I waited upon him accordingly , and should have taken Collins with me but that he was not sober . The governor treated me with great civility , showed me his library , which was a very large one ...
... desired he would bring me to see him . I waited upon him accordingly , and should have taken Collins with me but that he was not sober . The governor treated me with great civility , showed me his library , which was a very large one ...
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... desired it . Our supper was only half an anchovy each , on a very little strip of bread and but- ter , and half a pint of ale between us ; but the entertain- ment was in her conversation . My always keeping good hours , and giving ...
... desired it . Our supper was only half an anchovy each , on a very little strip of bread and but- ter , and half a pint of ale between us ; but the entertain- ment was in her conversation . My always keeping good hours , and giving ...
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acquainted affairs afterwards Almanac America appeared arrived Art of Virtue Assembly attended Autobiography began Benjamin Franklin Boston Braddock brother brought building C. E. Brock captain character colonies conduct continued Ecton electricity England experiments father fire friends gave give governor habit hand heard horses Keimer length letter Little Britain lived lodging London Lord Loudoun means ment mind morning never night observed occasion opinion pamphlet paper Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Gazette persons Peter Collinson Philadelphia Philadelphia experiments pleasure Poor Richard's Poor Richard's Almanac pounds present printer printing printing-house proposed proprietaries province Quakers reason received sail says sect sent ship soon Spanish dollar Street thee things thought tion told took town virtue wagons Whitefield wind writing written wrote Yale College York young
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Seite 296 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Seite 371 - Things, for they may all be blasted without the Blessing of Heaven; and therefore ask that Blessing humbly, and be not uncharitable to those that at present seem to want it, but comfort and help them. Remember Job suffered, and was afterwards prosperous. And now to conclude, Experience keeps a dear School, but Fools will learn in no other...
Seite 143 - ... place. This and the next, Order, I expected would allow me more time for attending to my project and my studies. Resolution, once become habitual, would keep me firm in my...
Seite 35 - I went for a draught of the river water; and being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther.
Seite 9 - 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. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read...
Seite 322 - The small progress we have made after four or five weeks' close attendance and continual reasonings with each other, our different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many Noes as Ayes, is: methinks a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding. We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, since we have been running all about in search of it.
Seite 30 - So I sold some of my books to raise a little money, was taken on board privately, and as we had a fair wind, in three days I found myself in New York, near 300 miles from home, a boy of but 17, without the least recommendation to, or knowledge of any person in the place, and with very little money in my pocket.
Seite 172 - The request was fortunately 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 369 - Creator of the Universe. That he governs it by his Providence. That he ought to be worshipped. That the most acceptable service we render to him is doing good to his other children. That the soul of man is immortal, and will be treated with justice in another life respecting its conduct in this.
Seite 136 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...