Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..H. Colburn, 1818 |
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... never adopted any theory but with a view to practical experience , and who , in the true spirit of phi- losophy , applied all his speculations to objects of general utility . It would , therefore , have been an act of culpable ...
... never adopted any theory but with a view to practical experience , and who , in the true spirit of phi- losophy , applied all his speculations to objects of general utility . It would , therefore , have been an act of culpable ...
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... never can be . 5. " That debtors in the assemblies make paper - money with fraudulent views . 6. " That in the middle colonies , where the credit of the paper - money has been best supported , the bills have never kept to their nominal ...
... never can be . 5. " That debtors in the assemblies make paper - money with fraudulent views . 6. " That in the middle colonies , where the credit of the paper - money has been best supported , the bills have never kept to their nominal ...
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... never suffered by any rise of exchange , it having ever been a constant rule there to consider British debts as payable in Britain , and not to be discharged but by as much paper ( whatever might be the rate of exchange ) as would ...
... never suffered by any rise of exchange , it having ever been a constant rule there to consider British debts as payable in Britain , and not to be discharged but by as much paper ( whatever might be the rate of exchange ) as would ...
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... never be . " - However fit a particular thing may be for a particular purpose , wherever that thing is not to be had , or not to be had in sufficient quantity , it becomes necessary to use something else , the fittest that can be got ...
... never be . " - However fit a particular thing may be for a particular purpose , wherever that thing is not to be had , or not to be had in sufficient quantity , it becomes necessary to use something else , the fittest that can be got ...
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... never kept to their nominal value in circulation , but have constantly depreciated to a certain degree , whenever the quan- tity has been increased . ” — If the rising of the value of any particular commodity wanted for exportation , is ...
... never kept to their nominal value in circulation , but have constantly depreciated to a certain degree , whenever the quan- tity has been increased . ” — If the rising of the value of any particular commodity wanted for exportation , is ...
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Abbés Morellet act of parliament advantage America appear better bills body Britain British chimney coin cold colonies commerce common conductor continued crown debt degree descending discharge duty earth England English equal expense fire fluid force Franklin friends funnel give glass Glaucon gold and silver governors grand council greater heat Helvetius Hence inches inconvenience increase Indians industry inhabitants kingdom of England labor land laws legal tender less liberty locum tenens manufactures means merchants motion nation natural necessary never observed occasion opinion paper paper-money parliament of England particles passing perhaps persons plate pleasure poor Portugal pound weight present produce proportion province quantity reason receive Rhode Island rise settlements shillings ships side smoke Spain stamp act subsistence sufficient suppose taxes thing thought trade vessel warm whole wind
Beliebte Passagen
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...