Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...T. S. Manning., 1818 - 519 Seiten |
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... reason to apprehend that the genuine memoirs and other works of Franklin , as written and corrected by himself , would be brought forward in a manner suitable to their importance , and the dignified rank of the author , in the political ...
... reason to apprehend that the genuine memoirs and other works of Franklin , as written and corrected by himself , would be brought forward in a manner suitable to their importance , and the dignified rank of the author , in the political ...
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... reason he has to solicit the indul- gence of the reader ; but though fully conscious that no talent short of DR . FRANKLIN's own could render his private and public history equally instructive and entertaining with what he drew up ...
... reason he has to solicit the indul- gence of the reader ; but though fully conscious that no talent short of DR . FRANKLIN's own could render his private and public history equally instructive and entertaining with what he drew up ...
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... reasons ; or I imagine it to be so ; or it is so , if I am not mis- taken . This habit I believe has been of great advantage to me , when I have had occasion to inculcate my opinions , and persuade men into measures that I have been ...
... reasons ; or I imagine it to be so ; or it is so , if I am not mis- taken . This habit I believe has been of great advantage to me , when I have had occasion to inculcate my opinions , and persuade men into measures that I have been ...
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... would be accommodated to my mind if I would return ; to which he intreated me earnestly . I wrote an answer to his letter , thanked him for his advice , but stated my reasons for quitting Boston , so fully and in such a light MEMOIRS OF.
... would be accommodated to my mind if I would return ; to which he intreated me earnestly . I wrote an answer to his letter , thanked him for his advice , but stated my reasons for quitting Boston , so fully and in such a light MEMOIRS OF.
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... reason for every thing one has a mind to d » . Keimer and I lived on a pretty good familiar footing , and agreed tolerably well ; for he suspected nothing of my setting up . He retained a great deal of his old enthusiasm , and loved ...
... reason for every thing one has a mind to d » . Keimer and I lived on a pretty good familiar footing , and agreed tolerably well ; for he suspected nothing of my setting up . He retained a great deal of his old enthusiasm , and loved ...
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Seite 85 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Seite 475 - I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that " except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it.
Seite 519 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Seite 92 - I could go thro' a course complete in thirteen weeks, and four courses in a year. And like him who, having a garden to weed, does not attempt to eradicate all the bad herbs at once, which would exceed his reach and his strength, but works on one of the beds at a time, and having...
Seite 92 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Seite 108 - ... which he had never done before, and with great civility ; and he ever after manifested a readiness to serve me on all occasions, so that we became great friends, and our friendship continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, " He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.
Seite 63 - JUNTO ; we met on Friday evenings. The rules that I drew up required that every member, in his turn, should produce one or more queries on any point of Morals, Politics, or Natural Philosophy, to be discuss'd by the company ; and once in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased.
Seite 474 - In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for the Divine protection. Our prayers, sir, were heard ; and they were graciously answered.
Seite 22 - I reached through the water to his shock pate and drew him up, so that we got him in again. His ducking sobered him a little, and he went to sleep, taking first out of his pocket a book, which he desired I would dry for him.
Seite 70 - Our debates possessed me so fully of the subject that I wrote and printed an anonymous pamphlet on it, entitled The Nature and Necessity of a Paper Currency.