The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary. With His Life |
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This reasoning , however did not prevent him froin drinking his accustomer !
quantity of beer , and paying every Saturlay night a score of four or five shillings a
- week for tnis cursed beverage ; an expense from which I was wholly ex . empt .
This reasoning , however did not prevent him froin drinking his accustomer !
quantity of beer , and paying every Saturlay night a score of four or five shillings a
- week for tnis cursed beverage ; an expense from which I was wholly ex . empt .
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I altended at the pay - table every Saturday evening , to take up the little sum
which I had made myself answerable for ; and which sometimes amounted to
pearly thirty shillings a week . This circunstance , added to iny reputation of be .
lag a ...
I altended at the pay - table every Saturday evening , to take up the little sum
which I had made myself answerable for ; and which sometimes amounted to
pearly thirty shillings a week . This circunstance , added to iny reputation of be .
lag a ...
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... a week , which fell in with my plan of saving , she pe , buaded me to give it up ,
making herself an abatemens of two shillings : and ibris I continued to lodge with
her , during the remainder of my abode in London , at eighteen - pepce a week .
... a week , which fell in with my plan of saving , she pe , buaded me to give it up ,
making herself an abatemens of two shillings : and ibris I continued to lodge with
her , during the remainder of my abode in London , at eighteen - pepce a week .
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... brought us a countrymar , whom lie had met in the streets inquiring for a printer
. Our money was almost exhausted by the number of things we had been obliged
to procure . T ' he five shillings we received frous this countryman , the first fiuit ...
... brought us a countrymar , whom lie had met in the streets inquiring for a printer
. Our money was almost exhausted by the number of things we had been obliged
to procure . T ' he five shillings we received frous this countryman , the first fiuit ...
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Fifty persons subscribed forty shillings each , and agreed to pay ten shillings
annually . The number increased ; and in 1742 , the company was incorporated
by the name of “ The Ljbrary Company of Philadelphia . " Se . veral other
companies ...
Fifty persons subscribed forty shillings each , and agreed to pay ten shillings
annually . The number increased ; and in 1742 , the company was incorporated
by the name of “ The Ljbrary Company of Philadelphia . " Se . veral other
companies ...
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Seite 239 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a man afford himself no leisure? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says: Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.
Seite 280 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better and because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these walls they were born and here they shall die.
Seite 280 - It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel ; and that our states are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose of cutting one another's throats. Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.
Seite 237 - Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for that's the stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that The sleeping Fox catches no Poultry...
Seite 242 - If you would know the Value of Money, go and try to borrow some; for, he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing; and indeed so does he that lends to such People, when he goes to get it in again.
Seite 238 - He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor; but then the trade must be worked at and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for, as Poor Richard says, At the workingman's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Seite 143 - When I was a child of seven years old my friends on a holiday filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children, and being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.
Seite 279 - I confess that there are several parts of this constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them, for having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.
Seite 280 - I think a general government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people, if well administered ; and I believe, further, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other.
Seite 240 - ... 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...
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| Titel | The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humourous, Moral, and Literary. With His Life |
| Autor/in | Benjamin Franklin |
| Illustriert von | David G. Johnson (Engraver) |
| Mitwirkende Personen | Mahlon Day & Co |
| Verlag | Mahlon Day, 1834 |
| Original von | New York Public Library |
| Digitalisiert | 6. Dez. 2006 |
| Länge | 290 Seiten |
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