Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..H. Colburn, 1818 |
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... proportion , that is to say , Massachusett's Bay New Hampshire Connecticut Rhode Island New York New Jerseys Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina · · 725 24 2 4 3 - 6 4 7 4 4 48 It was thought , that if the least ...
... proportion , that is to say , Massachusett's Bay New Hampshire Connecticut Rhode Island New York New Jerseys Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina · · 725 24 2 4 3 - 6 4 7 4 4 48 It was thought , that if the least ...
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... proportion it contri- buted to the general treasury : yet the proportion of wealth or power of the colonies is not to be judged by the proportion here fixed ; because it was at first agreed , that the greatest colony should not have ...
... proportion it contri- buted to the general treasury : yet the proportion of wealth or power of the colonies is not to be judged by the proportion here fixed ; because it was at first agreed , that the greatest colony should not have ...
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... PROPORTION OF MEMBERS AFTER THE FIRST THREE YEARS . That after the first three years , when the proportion of money arising out of each colony to the general treasury can be known , the number of members to be chosen for each colony ...
... PROPORTION OF MEMBERS AFTER THE FIRST THREE YEARS . That after the first three years , when the proportion of money arising out of each colony to the general treasury can be known , the number of members to be chosen for each colony ...
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... proportion to the distance the members must be from home , during sittings , and the long journies some of them must necessarily take . MEMBER'S ALLOWANCE , That the members of the grand council shall be allowed for their service ten ...
... proportion to the distance the members must be from home , during sittings , and the long journies some of them must necessarily take . MEMBER'S ALLOWANCE , That the members of the grand council shall be allowed for their service ten ...
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... proportion of the expense of making such settlements , or by actually going thither in person , and settling themselves and families . That by such charters it be granted , that every actual settler be entitled to a tract of acres for ...
... proportion of the expense of making such settlements , or by actually going thither in person , and settling themselves and families . That by such charters it be granted , that every actual settler be entitled to a tract of acres for ...
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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...