Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1868 - 409 Seiten |
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... necessary for you to send it to me , but I beg you at all events to put it in an envelope , well sealed , addressed to me , in order that by no accident it may get into other hands . " If , however , it should be necessary to assist the ...
... necessary for you to send it to me , but I beg you at all events to put it in an envelope , well sealed , addressed to me , in order that by no accident it may get into other hands . " If , however , it should be necessary to assist the ...
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... necessary preparations are very laborious . I am very sorry that any part of the Life should have already appeared in France - however imper- fect , which I understand it is . I have endeavored , and I hope effectually , to put a stop ...
... necessary preparations are very laborious . I am very sorry that any part of the Life should have already appeared in France - however imper- fect , which I understand it is . I have endeavored , and I hope effectually , to put a stop ...
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... necessary for the arrange- ment of the materials . This might , perhaps , have been done sooner had I been better calculated for the business , or had not my fortune required my attention to other pur- suits , by which it has been most ...
... necessary for the arrange- ment of the materials . This might , perhaps , have been done sooner had I been better calculated for the business , or had not my fortune required my attention to other pur- suits , by which it has been most ...
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... necessary to complete the sentiment intended to be conveyed by the author , are the following : " I am for peace and not for war , And that's the reason why I write more plain than some men do , That use to daub and lie . But I shall ...
... necessary to complete the sentiment intended to be conveyed by the author , are the following : " I am for peace and not for war , And that's the reason why I write more plain than some men do , That use to daub and lie . But I shall ...
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... necessary to bring it into practice ; and thence , besides souring and spoiling the conversation , is productive of disgusts and , per- haps enmities where you may have occasion for friendship . I had caught it by reading my father's ...
... necessary to bring it into practice ; and thence , besides souring and spoiling the conversation , is productive of disgusts and , per- haps enmities where you may have occasion for friendship . I had caught it by reading my father's ...
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Seite 217 - I could go thro' a Course compleat 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 211 - ORDER. Let all your things have their places ; let each part of your business have its time.
Seite 321 - It is, perhaps, below the dignity of your profession to act as steward of the rum, but if you were to deal it out and only just after prayers, you would have them all about you.
Seite 111 - I sat down among them, and, after looking round awhile and hearing nothing said, being very drowsy through labor and want of rest the preceding night, I fell fast asleep, and continued so till the meeting broke up, when one was kind enough to rouse me. This was, therefore, the first house I was in, or slept in, in Philadelphia.
Seite 245 - ... 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 205 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Seite 102 - I did not give them any satisfaction, they contented themselves with admonishing me, and dismissed me, considering me, perhaps, as an apprentice, who was bound to keep his master's secrets. During my brother's confinement, which I resented a good deal, notwithstanding our private differences, I had the management of the paper; and I made bold to give our rulers some rubs in it, which my brother took very kindly, while others began to consider me in an unfavorable light, as a young genius that had...
Seite 282 - The subscriptions accordingly soon exceeded the requisite sum, and we claimed and received the public gift, which enabled us to carry the design into execution. A convenient and handsome building was soon erected ; the institution has by constant experience been found useful, and flourishes to this day ; and I do not remember any of my political manoeuvres, the success of which gave me at the time more pleasure, or wherein, after thinking of it, I more easily excused myself for having made some use...
Seite 207 - Providence; that the most acceptable service of God was the doing good to man; that our souls are immortal; and that all crime will be punished, and virtue rewarded, either here or hereafter.
Seite 91 - Often I sat up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.