The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as the Official and Scientific Correspondence Together with the Unmutilated and Correct Version of the Autobiography, Band 10G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1904 |
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... present with my fancies concerning the manner of forming the rest of our system . Superior beings smile at our theories , and at our presumption in making them . I will just mention that your observation of the ferruginous nature of the ...
... present with my fancies concerning the manner of forming the rest of our system . Superior beings smile at our theories , and at our presumption in making them . I will just mention that your observation of the ferruginous nature of the ...
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... present polar and equatorial diameters differing from each other near ten leagues , it is easy to con- ceive , in case some power should shift the axis gradu- ally , and place it in the present equator , and make the new equator pass ...
... present polar and equatorial diameters differing from each other near ten leagues , it is easy to con- ceive , in case some power should shift the axis gradu- ally , and place it in the present equator , and make the new equator pass ...
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... present troubles . The military operations of the campaign are drawing to a close without any very important events on this side of the water , unless the evacuation of Charleston , which is generally expected , but not yet known to me ...
... present troubles . The military operations of the campaign are drawing to a close without any very important events on this side of the water , unless the evacuation of Charleston , which is generally expected , but not yet known to me ...
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... present situation of things , said that in case we meant to close with them on this occasion , he would take the liberty to request that his Majesty would order his ambassadors at the neutral courts to give so much countenance to the ...
... present situation of things , said that in case we meant to close with them on this occasion , he would take the liberty to request that his Majesty would order his ambassadors at the neutral courts to give so much countenance to the ...
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... present him to the President of Congress , and to such other per- sons as you shall think may be useful to him in his views ; and I recommend him earnestly to those civilities which you have a pleasure in showing to strangers of merit ...
... present him to the President of Congress , and to such other per- sons as you shall think may be useful to him in his views ; and I recommend him earnestly to those civilities which you have a pleasure in showing to strangers of merit ...
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Seite 322 - I did not understand him till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instruction ; and upon this he said to me : " You are young, and have the world before you : stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps...
Seite 268 - Five thousand balloons, capable of raising two men each, could not cost more than five ships of the line; and where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defence, as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief, before a force could be brought together to repel them...
Seite 321 - Good,' which I think was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor, that several leaves of it were torn out ; but the remainder gave me such a 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 seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Seite 280 - I am, on this account, not displeased that the figure is not known as a bald eagle, but looks more like a turkey. For in truth, the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.
Seite 72 - ... molested in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted by the armed force of the enemy...
Seite 388 - They are the records of the council, and they preserve the tradition of the stipulations in treaties a hundred years back ; which, when we compare with our writings, we always find exact. He that would speak rises. The rest observe a profound silence.
Seite 387 - ... several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences, but when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were totally good for nothing.
Seite 134 - I am persuaded, however, that he means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but sometimes, and in some things, absolutely out of his senses.
Seite 279 - ... for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle pursues him and takes it from him. With all this injustice, he is never in good case but like those among men who live by sharping and robbing he is generally poor and often very lousy. Besides he is a rank coward: the little king bird not bigger than a sparrow attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district.
Seite 298 - Sir I received the Letter you did me the honor of writing to me, and am much obliged by your kind present of a book.