Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of The SpectatorP. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and W. Jones, 1793 - 303 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 60
Seite 5
... foon became an effential perfonage in the affairs of the village ; and was one of the chief movers of every public enter- prize , as well relative to the county as the town of Northampton . A variety of remarkable inci- dents were told ...
... foon became an effential perfonage in the affairs of the village ; and was one of the chief movers of every public enter- prize , as well relative to the county as the town of Northampton . A variety of remarkable inci- dents were told ...
Seite 9
... were calculated to encourage his fcholars . Under him I foon acquired an ex- cellent hand ; but I failed in arithmetic , and made therein no fort of progrefs . At At ten years of age , I was called home DR . FRANKLIN . 9.
... were calculated to encourage his fcholars . Under him I foon acquired an ex- cellent hand ; but I failed in arithmetic , and made therein no fort of progrefs . At At ten years of age , I was called home DR . FRANKLIN . 9.
Seite 19
... foon found that of what he gave me I was able to fave half . This was a new fund for the purchase of books ; and other advantages refulted to me from the plan . When my brother and his workmen left the printing- houfe to go to dinner ...
... foon found that of what he gave me I was able to fave half . This was a new fund for the purchase of books ; and other advantages refulted to me from the plan . When my brother and his workmen left the printing- houfe to go to dinner ...
Seite 20
... foon afforded me fingular pleasure ; I inceffantly practised it ; and became very adroit in obtaining , even from per- fons of fuperior understanding , conceffions of which which they did not foresee the confequences . Thus I LIFE OF.
... foon afforded me fingular pleasure ; I inceffantly practised it ; and became very adroit in obtaining , even from per- fons of fuperior understanding , conceffions of which which they did not foresee the confequences . Thus I LIFE OF.
Seite 26
... foon have been exposed to difficulties , which I had the greater reason to ap- prehend , as , from my indifcreet difputes upon the fubject of religion , I began to be regarded , by pious fouls , with horror , either as an apoftate or an ...
... foon have been exposed to difficulties , which I had the greater reason to ap- prehend , as , from my indifcreet difputes upon the fubject of religion , I began to be regarded , by pious fouls , with horror , either as an apoftate or an ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
adviſed affembly affift afked againſt alfo almoft alſo America becauſe beft Bofton bufinefs buſineſs cafe circumftances confequence confiderable conftitution continued converfation defire difpofed difputes Engliſh eſtabliſhed exerciſe expence expreffed faid fame favour fecurity feen fent ferve fervice feven fhall fhew fhillings fhip fhort fhould filk fince firft firſt fituation flaves fmall fome fometimes foon Franklin friends ftate ftill fubfiftence fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed fupport give governor Great-Britain himſelf houfe houſe increaſe induftry inftance inftructed inhabitants intereft itſelf Keimer laft lefs letters lived Madeira wine mafter meaſure ment moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary neral obferved occafion paffage paffed paper Pennſylvania perfons Philadelphia philofophers pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poffible pounds prefent prefs propofed publiſhed puniſhment purpoſe raiſe reaſon refpect reft ſmall ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion trade underſtand uſe veffel whofe wiſh