The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself ; to which is Added His Miscellaneous EssaysMiller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855 - 375 Seiten |
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... would speak , rises . The rest observe a profound silence . When he has finished , and sits down , they leave him five or six minutes to recollect , that if he has omitted any thing he intended to say , or has any thing to add , he may ...
... would speak , rises . The rest observe a profound silence . When he has finished , and sits down , they leave him five or six minutes to recollect , that if he has omitted any thing he intended to say , or has any thing to add , he may ...
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Seite 86 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Seite 225 - I see of this truth, that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that "except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Seite 328 - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears ; while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is 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, and that There will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Seite 330 - 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 309 - We have had some experience of it — 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...
Seite 333 - 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 20 - ... constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind, and make me master of it. Therefore I took some of the tales and turned them into verse ; and, after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again.
Seite 32 - Then I turned and went down Chestnut Street and part of Walnut Street, eating my roll all the way and, coming round, found myself again at Market 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 a boat with us, and were waiting to go farther.
Seite 327 - A word to the wise is enough,' as Poor Richard says." They joined in desiring him to speak his mind, and gathering round him he proceeded as follows : "Friends," said he, "the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them, but we have many others and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly, and from...
Seite 326 - 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...
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| Titel | The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself ; to which is Added His Miscellaneous Essays |
| Autor/in | Benjamin Franklin |
| Ausgabe | 9 |
| Verlag | Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855 |
| Original von | New York Public Library |
| Digitalisiert | 10. Juli 2007 |
| Länge | 375 Seiten |
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