The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac, and Other PapersA. L. Burt, publisher - 308 Seiten |
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... occasion was very handy with other tradesmen's tools . But his great excel- lence was his sound understanding and his solid judg ment in prudential matters , both in private and public affairs . It is true he was never employed in the ...
... occasion was very handy with other tradesmen's tools . But his great excel- lence was his sound understanding and his solid judg ment in prudential matters , both in private and public affairs . It is true he was never employed in the ...
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... occasion for friendship . I had caught this by reading my father's books of dispute on religion . Persons of good sense , I have since observed , seldom fall into it , except lawyers , university men , and generally men of all sorts who ...
... occasion for friendship . I had caught this by reading my father's books of dispute on religion . Persons of good sense , I have since observed , seldom fall into it , except lawyers , university men , and generally men of all sorts who ...
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... occasion to talk to me about my manner of writing ; observed that though I had the advantage of my antagonist in correct spelling and pointing ( which he attributed to the printing - house ) , I fell far short in elegance of expression ...
... occasion to talk to me about my manner of writing ; observed that though I had the advantage of my antagonist in correct spelling and pointing ( which he attributed to the printing - house ) , I fell far short in elegance of expression ...
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... occasion made ashamed of my ignorance in figures , which I had twice failed learning when at school ) I took Cocker's book on " Arithmetic , " and went through the whole by myself with the greatest ease . I also read Seller's and ...
... occasion made ashamed of my ignorance in figures , which I had twice failed learning when at school ) I took Cocker's book on " Arithmetic , " and went through the whole by myself with the greatest ease . I also read Seller's and ...
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... occasion to inculcate my opinions and persuade men into measures that I have been from time to time en- gaged in promoting . And as the chief ends of con- versation are to inform or to be informed , to please or to persuade , I wish ...
... occasion to inculcate my opinions and persuade men into measures that I have been from time to time en- gaged in promoting . And as the chief ends of con- versation are to inform or to be informed , to please or to persuade , I wish ...
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acquaintance advantage adventures affairs afterward almanac appeared arrived Assembly attend Benjamin Franklin Boston brother brought called captain cloth continued conversation dear debt desire dispute employed endeavor England father Fort Duquesne Fort Griswold Franklin friends gave give Gnadenhutten Gout governor hand heard honor HORATIO ALGER horses Hugh Meredith illustrated Indians industry inhabitants JAMES OTIS Keimer kind learning letters Little Britain lived lodged London Lord Loudoun master means ment mention Motto never occasion opinion paper Pennsylvania perhaps persons Philadelphia pleased pleasure Poor Richard says POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC pounds currency present printed printer printing-house procure proposed province Quakers Ralph received sailed sect sent shillings sometimes soon story thee things thought thousand pounds tion told took virtue wagons walk writing wrote York young
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Seite 224 - So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business ; but to these we must add frugality, if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean will, as Poor Richard says; and — Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for tea ' forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting.
Seite 230 - This doctrine, my friends, is reason and wisdom; but, after all do not depend too much upon your own industry and frugality and prudence, though excellent things; for they may all be blasted, without the blessing of Heaven; and, therefore, ask that blessing humbly, and be not uncharitable to those that at present seem to want it, but comfort and help them. Remember Job suffered, and was afterward prosperous. " And now, to conclude, Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other...
Seite 105 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme! O teach me what is good; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!
Seite 226 - You call them Goods, but if you do not take Care, they will prove Evils to some of you. You expect they will be sold cheap, and perhaps they may for less than they cost; but if you have no Occasion for them, they must be dear to you. Remember what Poor Richard says, Buy what thou hast no Need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries.
Seite 30 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there.
Seite 131 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers.
Seite 226 - By these, and other Extravagancies, the Genteel are Reduced to Poverty, and forced to borrow of those whom they formerly despised, but who through Industry and Frugality have maintained their Standing; in which case it appears plainly...
Seite 31 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Seite 87 - 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.
Seite 31 - Street wharf, near the boat I came in, to which I went for a draught of the river water; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther. Thus...