The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Band 2Whittemore, Niles, and Hall, 1856 |
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... called THE JUNTO , consisting of a select number of Franklin's acquaintances in Philadelphia , whom he had in- duced to associate and hold weekly meetings for mutual improvement . The plan was to propose and discuss queries on points of ...
... called THE JUNTO , consisting of a select number of Franklin's acquaintances in Philadelphia , whom he had in- duced to associate and hold weekly meetings for mutual improvement . The plan was to propose and discuss queries on points of ...
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... called The Weekly Mercury , being the first newspaper printed in Pennsylvania . Having but a poor opinion of this paper as then conducted , and yet perceiving that it was profitable to the proprietor , Franklin thought there was a fair ...
... called The Weekly Mercury , being the first newspaper printed in Pennsylvania . Having but a poor opinion of this paper as then conducted , and yet perceiving that it was profitable to the proprietor , Franklin thought there was a fair ...
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... called my gross description ( be he who he will to whom my accuser has applied the character of Cretico ) , is , that he is a sour philosopher , crafty , but not wise . Few human characters can be drawn , that will not fit somebody , in ...
... called my gross description ( be he who he will to whom my accuser has applied the character of Cretico ) , is , that he is a sour philosopher , crafty , but not wise . Few human characters can be drawn , that will not fit somebody , in ...
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... called in question on that account . Injustices of this nature I could com- plain of in many instances ; but I am at present di- verted by the reception of a letter , which , though it regards me only in my private capacity as an adept ...
... called in question on that account . Injustices of this nature I could com- plain of in many instances ; but I am at present di- verted by the reception of a letter , which , though it regards me only in my private capacity as an adept ...
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... called the Virgula Divinatoria , long since exploded . Two or three per- sons have lately been found in Middleborough , and , I suppose , may be found elsewhere , who , by holding a twig of a tree ( with some prepared matters in it ) in ...
... called the Virgula Divinatoria , long since exploded . Two or three per- sons have lately been found in Middleborough , and , I suppose , may be found elsewhere , who , by holding a twig of a tree ( with some prepared matters in it ) in ...
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Abbé Morellet advantage America appear better bills Britain called coin colonies commerce common consequently considered corn currency debts employed endeavour England English school Europe expense exportation favor foreign Franklin friends gentleman give Glaucon gold and silver GOUT happiness Helvetius horse hundred increase industry inhabitants judges kind King king's counsel Kinnersley labor land learned legal tender less libel liberty live Madame Helvétius mankind manner manufactures marriages master means ment merchants mind Montrésor nation nature necessary neighbours never obliged observed occasion opinion paid paper money PENNSYLVANIA GAZette perhaps persons Philocles pleasure plenty Poor Richard says POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC pounds present principles procure produce profit province quantity readers reason receive Samuel Romilly shillings slavery Socrates subsistence thee things thou thought tion trade trustees virtue wages writing
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Seite 5 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Seite 97 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Seite 97 - And again, Three Removes is as bad as a Fire; and again, Keep thy Shop, and thy Shop will keep thee; and again, If you would have your Business done, go; if not, send. And again, He that by the Plough would thrive. Himself must either hold or drive.
Seite 99 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, ' It is day, and will never be night...
Seite 95 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
Seite 165 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Seite 93 - 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...
Seite 102 - No morning sun lasts a whole day/ as poor Richard says. Gain may be temporary and uncertain ; but ever, while you live, expense is constant and certain : and ' It is easier to build two chimneys, than to keep one in fuel,' as poor Richard says. So ' Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.' ' Get what you can, and what you get hold, 'Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold,
Seite 167 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Seite 99 - He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.