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The first difficulty that must be obviated, is the short space of time that appears to
have been taken up in passing to this ... This could therefore appear no such
frightful distance to adventurers who had newly discovered Greenland, which is ...
The first difficulty that must be obviated, is the short space of time that appears to
have been taken up in passing to this ... This could therefore appear no such
frightful distance to adventurers who had newly discovered Greenland, which is ...
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Dear Sir, Pussy, June 2, 1779- I received your obliging letter by the Chevalier de
Ramondis, who appears extremely sensible of ... humble seriousness that begins
to appear even in ministerial discourses, and the papers of ministerial writers.
Dear Sir, Pussy, June 2, 1779- I received your obliging letter by the Chevalier de
Ramondis, who appears extremely sensible of ... humble seriousness that begins
to appear even in ministerial discourses, and the papers of ministerial writers.
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The compass appears to have been long known in China before it was known in
Europe ; unless we suppose it known to ... Your sentiments of the present state of
our affairs appear to me very judicious, and I am much obliged by your free ...
The compass appears to have been long known in China before it was known in
Europe ; unless we suppose it known to ... Your sentiments of the present state of
our affairs appear to me very judicious, and I am much obliged by your free ...
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Perhaps I may, by sending them from time to time some of the best publications
that appear here. 1 shall begin to make a collection for them.... , ..:,./-•. Your
excellent sermon gave me abundance df pleasure, and is much admired by
several of ...
Perhaps I may, by sending them from time to time some of the best publications
that appear here. 1 shall begin to make a collection for them.... , ..:,./-•. Your
excellent sermon gave me abundance df pleasure, and is much admired by
several of ...
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Independent in my pfin-i ciplcs, and unconnected with party, I speak those
sentiments, which circumstances appear to me ... upon the broad basis of mutual
convenience, appears to me a point of so much consequence, that 1 cannot
conceive, ...
Independent in my pfin-i ciplcs, and unconnected with party, I speak those
sentiments, which circumstances appear to me ... upon the broad basis of mutual
convenience, appears to me a point of so much consequence, that 1 cannot
conceive, ...
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Seite 143 - ... and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle pursues him and takes it from him. With all this injustice he is never in good case, but, like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy.
Seite 260 - God grant, that not only the love of liberty, but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man, may pervade all the nations of the earth ; so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface, and say, This is my country...
Seite 52 - The rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon : it is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried in a thousand years, the power of man over matter...
Seite 273 - Divinity; though it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless -to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble. I see no harm, however, in its being believed, if that belief has the good consequence, as probably it has, of making his doctrines more respected and...
Seite 287 - I fancy that intriguing nation would like very well to meddle on occasion, and blow up the coals between Britain and her colonies; but I hope we shall give them no opportunity.
Seite 8 - Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will, by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences.
Seite 143 - ... for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle pursues him and takes it from him. With all this injustice, he is never in good case but like those among men who live by sharping and robbing he is generally poor and often very lousy. Besides he is a rank coward: the little king bird not bigger than a sparrow attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district.
Seite 406 - Britain, at the expense of three millions, has killed one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign, which is twenty thousand pounds a head; and at Bunker's Hill she gained a mile of ground, half of which she lost again by our taking post on Ploughed Hill. During the same time sixty thousand children have been born in America. From this data his mathematical head will easily calculate the time and expense necessary to kill us all, and conquer our whole territory.
Seite 18 - When those difficult cases occur, they are difficult, chiefly because, while we have them under consideration, all the reasons pro and con are not present to the mind at the same time ; but sometimes one set present themselves, and at other times another, the first being out of sight Hence the various purposes or inclinations that alternately prevail, and the uncertainty that perplexes us.
Seite 152 - ... fail of getting into some business, that will in time enable you to pay all your debts. In that case, when you meet with another honest man in similar distress, you must pay me by lending this sum to him; enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation, when he shall be able, and shall meet with such another opportunity. I hope it may thus go through many hands, before it meets with a knave that will stop its progress.
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| Titel | The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin ...: pt.I. Letters on miscellaneous subjects Band 1 von The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin ...: Comprising a Series of Letters on Miscellaneous, Literary, and Political Subjects: Written Between the Years 1753 and 1790; Illustrating the Memoirs of His Public and Private Life, and Developing the Secret History of His Political Transactions and Negociations, The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin ...: Comprising a Series of Letters on Miscellaneous, Literary, and Political Subjects: Written Between the Years 1753 and 1790; Illustrating the Memoirs of His Public and Private Life, and Developing the Secret History of His Political Transactions and Negociations |
| Autor | Benjamin Franklin |
| Herausgeber | William Temple Franklin |
| Verlag | H. Colburn, 1818 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 28. Juli 2005 |
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