Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself, Band 1Lippincott, 1875 |
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... reason for continuing his Memoirs , and giving them to the press , has been assigned by M. Castera , who published a French edition of some of Franklin's works in 1798. He attributes the Autobiography to a desire on the part of Franklin ...
... reason for continuing his Memoirs , and giving them to the press , has been assigned by M. Castera , who published a French edition of some of Franklin's works in 1798. He attributes the Autobiography to a desire on the part of Franklin ...
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... reasons for not having hitherto been able to keep it . Under date of February 17 , 1788 , he writes : " I should have proceeded in the history you mention , if I could well have avoided accepting the chair of Presi- dent for this third ...
... reasons for not having hitherto been able to keep it . Under date of February 17 , 1788 , he writes : " I should have proceeded in the history you mention , if I could well have avoided accepting the chair of Presi- dent for this third ...
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... reason why he had so long delayed the publication , and he also takes notice of the charge in question . He treats it with indig- nation and contempt , and appears not to regard it as worthy of being refuted . He was less reserved in ...
... reason why he had so long delayed the publication , and he also takes notice of the charge in question . He treats it with indig- nation and contempt , and appears not to regard it as worthy of being refuted . He was less reserved in ...
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... reason that the period was not propitious for a publication of that nature , owing to the state of affairs in Europe , which oc- cupied solely the public attention , so that a work of any magnitude , not immediately connected with ...
... reason that the period was not propitious for a publication of that nature , owing to the state of affairs in Europe , which oc- cupied solely the public attention , so that a work of any magnitude , not immediately connected with ...
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... reason for his delay in giving them to the world , that he could not afford to publish them at his own expense , and no publisher in London would take them on other conditions . But how can the plea for delay here preferred , be ...
... reason for his delay in giving them to the world , that he could not afford to publish them at his own expense , and no publisher in London would take them on other conditions . But how can the plea for delay here preferred , be ...
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Seite 265 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers.
Seite 232 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme! O teach me what is good; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!
Seite 123 - Street wharf, near the boat I came in, to which 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 243 - That there is one God, who made all things. "That he governs the world by his providence. "That he ought to be worshiped by adoration, prayer, and thanksgiving. "But that the most acceptable service of God is doing good to man. "That the soul is immortal. "And that God will certainly reward virtue and punish vice, either here or hereafter.
Seite 265 - 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 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 157 - 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 231 - 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 257 - ... which he had never done before, and with great civility ; and he ever after manifested a readiness to serve me on all occasions, so that we became great friends, and our friendship continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, " He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.
Seite 219 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...