The Essays, Humourous, Moral and Literary: Of the Late Benjamin FranklinJ. West, 1811 - 182 Seiten |
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... turn of thinking , as to have an influence on my conduct through life for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good , than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been , as you seein to think , a useful ...
... turn of thinking , as to have an influence on my conduct through life for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good , than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been , as you seein to think , a useful ...
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... turning partly towards him , when he said hastily . " Stoop , Stoop ! " I did not understand him till I felt head hit against the beam . He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instruction ; and upon this he said to me ...
... turning partly towards him , when he said hastily . " Stoop , Stoop ! " I did not understand him till I felt head hit against the beam . He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instruction ; and upon this he said to me ...
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... turn of mind was founded in nature , such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied . But as the dis- position to criticise , and to be disgusted , is per- haps , taken up originally by imitation , and is , unawares , grown into a ...
... turn of mind was founded in nature , such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied . But as the dis- position to criticise , and to be disgusted , is per- haps , taken up originally by imitation , and is , unawares , grown into a ...
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... turn its consequences against him . III . Caution , not to make our moves too hastily . This habit is best acquired by observ- ing strictly the laws of the game , such as , " If you touch a piece , you must move it some- where ; if you ...
... turn its consequences against him . III . Caution , not to make our moves too hastily . This habit is best acquired by observ- ing strictly the laws of the game , such as , " If you touch a piece , you must move it some- where ; if you ...
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... turns in it , the fortune of it is so subject to sudden vicissitudes , and one so frequently , after long contemplation , discovers the means of extricating oneself from a supposed insurmountable difficulty , that one is encouraged to ...
... turns in it , the fortune of it is so subject to sudden vicissitudes , and one so frequently , after long contemplation , discovers the means of extricating oneself from a supposed insurmountable difficulty , that one is encouraged to ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Seite 32 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit, are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, -when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day : demands it before he can receive it in a lump.
Seite 10 - I, too much for his whistle. If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth, Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.
Seite 33 - In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Seite 10 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth. This put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money; and they laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.
Seite 17 - the opinion of learned philosophers of our race who lived and flourished long before my time that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and I think there was some foundation for that opinion, since by the apparent motion of the great luminary that gives life to all nature, and which in my time has evidently declined considerably...
Seite 32 - He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the time he promises, may at any time, and on any occasion, raise all the money his friends can spare. This is sometimes of great use. After industry and frugality, nothing contributes more to the raising of a young man in the world than punctuality and justice in all his dealings ; therefore, never keep borrowed money an hour beyond the time you promised, lest a disappointment shut up your friend's purse for ever.
Seite 31 - Remember that money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on.
Seite 11 - I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle.
Seite 17 - I listened through curiosity to the discourse of these little creatures ; but as they, in their national vivacity, spoke three or four together, I could make but little of their conversation. I found, however, by some broken expressions that I heard now...
Seite 20 - Circumspection, which surveys the whole chess-board, or scene of action ; the relations of the several pieces and situations, the dangers they are respectively exposed to, the several possibilities of their aiding each other, the probabilities that the adversary may...