Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..H. Colburn, 1818 |
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... figure ; when owning his having furnished the enemy of the state with ammunition , & c . he added ; that he would , to prosecute his trade , sail through hell , at the risk of singing his sails . It is generally a vain imagination ...
... figure ; when owning his having furnished the enemy of the state with ammunition , & c . he added ; that he would , to prosecute his trade , sail through hell , at the risk of singing his sails . It is generally a vain imagination ...
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... figure in the learned world ; and who would still make a greater figure for benevolence and candor , were virtue as much regarded in this declining age as knowledge . " The historical stile of the Old Testament is here finely imitated ...
... figure in the learned world ; and who would still make a greater figure for benevolence and candor , were virtue as much regarded in this declining age as knowledge . " The historical stile of the Old Testament is here finely imitated ...
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... figure in life ; his apprehen- sions of being outlaughed , will force him to continue in a restless obscurity , without having an opportunity of knowing his own merit himself or discovering it to the world , rather than venture to ...
... figure in life ; his apprehen- sions of being outlaughed , will force him to continue in a restless obscurity , without having an opportunity of knowing his own merit himself or discovering it to the world , rather than venture to ...
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Benjamin Franklin. of Ridentius ; what a contemptible figure does he make with his train of paltry admirers ! This wight shall give himself an hour's diversion with the cock of a man's hat , the heels of his shoes , an unguarded ...
Benjamin Franklin. of Ridentius ; what a contemptible figure does he make with his train of paltry admirers ! This wight shall give himself an hour's diversion with the cock of a man's hat , the heels of his shoes , an unguarded ...
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... figure do those forward and rash people make in the world who do so ; and judge yourself , whether they acquire more esteem than blame , whether they are more admired than contemned . Think , on the contrary , with how much honor a man ...
... figure do those forward and rash people make in the world who do so ; and judge yourself , whether they acquire more esteem than blame , whether they are more admired than contemned . Think , on the contrary , with how much honor a man ...
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Seite 250 - 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 190 - 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 309 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil.
Seite 249 - 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 these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733.
Seite 250 - Three removes are 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 307 - From going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it.
Seite 318 - 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 66 - ... 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...
Seite 252 - Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.' 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 180 - ... 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...