The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters Official and Private Not Hitherto Published : with Notes and a Life of the Author, Band 2Townsend Mac Coun, 1882 |
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... Europe by the American Revolution On Luxury , Idleness , and Industry Remarks concerning the Savages of North America The Internal State of America ; being a true Description of the Interest and Policy of that vast Continent Information ...
... Europe by the American Revolution On Luxury , Idleness , and Industry Remarks concerning the Savages of North America The Internal State of America ; being a true Description of the Interest and Policy of that vast Continent Information ...
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... Europe , make it frequently very dull ; and I find the freezing of our river has the same effect on news as trade . With more concern have I continually observed the growing vices and follies of my country - folk ; and , though ...
... Europe , make it frequently very dull ; and I find the freezing of our river has the same effect on news as trade . With more concern have I continually observed the growing vices and follies of my country - folk ; and , though ...
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... European , East - Indian , and West- Indian commodities . Supposing one half of this ex- pense to be in things absolutely necessary , the other half may be called superfluities , or , at best , conven- iences , which , however , you ...
... European , East - Indian , and West- Indian commodities . Supposing one half of this ex- pense to be in things absolutely necessary , the other half may be called superfluities , or , at best , conven- iences , which , however , you ...
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... Europe , and the inhabitants of Paris and London pay much dearer for their sugar than those of Vienna , though they are almost three hundred leagues distant from the sea . A pound of sugar , indeed , costs the former not only the price ...
... Europe , and the inhabitants of Paris and London pay much dearer for their sugar than those of Vienna , though they are almost three hundred leagues distant from the sea . A pound of sugar , indeed , costs the former not only the price ...
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... Europe is known to have been this ; that until between three and four hundred years past there were no books in any other language ; all the knowledge then contained in books , viz . the the- ology , the jurisprudence , the physic , the ...
... Europe is known to have been this ; that until between three and four hundred years past there were no books in any other language ; all the knowledge then contained in books , viz . the the- ology , the jurisprudence , the physic , the ...
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Seite 95 - If Time be of all Things the most precious, wasting Time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest Prodigality; since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost Time is never found again; and what we call Time enough, always proves little enough...
Seite 98 - For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; ' being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Seite 100 - Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.' When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Seite 163 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Seite 165 - Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Seite 100 - If you would know the Value of Money, go and try to borrow some...
Seite 93 - I have been, if I may say it without vanity an eminent author of almanacks annually now a full quarter of a century, my brother authors in the same way, for what reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their applauses, and no other author has taken the least notice of me, so that did...
Seite 98 - You call them goods ; but, if you do not take care, they will prove evils to some of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost ; but, if you have no occasion for them, they must be dear to you.
Seite 97 - And again, Three removes are as bad as a fire; and again, Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee; and again, If you would have your business done, go; if not, send. And again, He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Seite 180 - I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and observed the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who gave too much for the whistle.