The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His AutobiographyPhillips, Sampson, 1855 - 488 Seiten |
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... shillings in the pound to defend my right of giving or refusing the other shilling ; and , after all , if I can not defend that right , I will retire cheerfully with my little family into the boundless woods of America , which are sure ...
... shillings in the pound to defend my right of giving or refusing the other shilling ; and , after all , if I can not defend that right , I will retire cheerfully with my little family into the boundless woods of America , which are sure ...
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... shilling in copper coin , which I gave to the boatmen for my passage . At first they refused it , on account of my having rowed ; but I insisted on their taking it . Man is sometimes more generous when he has little money than when he ...
... shilling in copper coin , which I gave to the boatmen for my passage . At first they refused it , on account of my having rowed ; but I insisted on their taking it . Man is sometimes more generous when he has little money than when he ...
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... shillings and sixpence a week ; as much as we could then afford . He found some relations , but they were poor and unable to assist him . He now let me know his intentions of remaining in London , and that he never meant to return to ...
... shillings and sixpence a week ; as much as we could then afford . He found some relations , but they were poor and unable to assist him . He now let me know his intentions of remaining in London , and that he never meant to return to ...
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... shillings to pay out of his wages , every Saturday night , for that vile liquor ; an expense I was free from . And thus these poor devils keep themselves always under . Watts , after some weeks , desiring to have me in the com- posing ...
... shillings to pay out of his wages , every Saturday night , for that vile liquor ; an expense I was free from . And thus these poor devils keep themselves always under . Watts , after some weeks , desiring to have me in the com- posing ...
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... shillings a week , which , intent as I was on saving money , made some difference , she bid me not think of it , for she would abate me two shillings a week for the future ; so I remained with her at one shilling and sixpence as long as ...
... shillings a week , which , intent as I was on saving money , made some difference , she bid me not think of it , for she would abate me two shillings a week for the future ; so I remained with her at one shilling and sixpence as long as ...
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Seite 361 - 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 129 - It was the third. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it.
Seite 194 - I therefore filled all the little spaces that occurr'd between the remarkable days in the calendar with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue; it being more difficult for a man in want, to act always honestly, as, to use here one of those proverbs, it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.
Seite 213 - That, as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously.
Seite 361 - 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 139 - 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. Thus...
Seite 139 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Seite 356 - But with our Industry, we must likewise be steady, settled and careful, and oversee our own Affairs with our own Eyes, and not trust too much to others; for, as Poor Richard says I never saw an oft-removed Tree, Nor yet an oft-removed Family, That throve so well as those that settled be.
Seite 111 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Seite 469 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.