Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...T. S. Manning., 1818 - 519 Seiten |
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... Boston , and resided in the house with us for several years . There was always a particular affection between my father and him , and I was his godson . He lived to a great age . He left behind him two quarto volumes of manuscript , of ...
... Boston , and resided in the house with us for several years . There was always a particular affection between my father and him , and I was his godson . He lived to a great age . He left behind him two quarto volumes of manuscript , of ...
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... Boston in New England . My mother , the second wife of my father , was Abiah Folger , daughter of Peter Fol- ger , one of the first settlers of New England ; of whom hon- orable mention is made by Cotton Mather , in his ecclesiasti- cal ...
... Boston in New England . My mother , the second wife of my father , was Abiah Folger , daughter of Peter Fol- ger , one of the first settlers of New England ; of whom hon- orable mention is made by Cotton Mather , in his ecclesiasti- cal ...
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... Boston , where I some years since placed a marble over their grave , with this inscription : Josiah Franklin and Abiah his wife lie here interred . They lived lovingly together in wedlock fifty - five years . And without an estate , or ...
... Boston , where I some years since placed a marble over their grave , with this inscription : Josiah Franklin and Abiah his wife lie here interred . They lived lovingly together in wedlock fifty - five years . And without an estate , or ...
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... Boston . But the sum he exacted as a fee for my apprenticeship displeased my father , and I was taken home again . From my infancy I was passionately fond of reading , and all the money that came into my hands was laid out in the ...
... Boston . But the sum he exacted as a fee for my apprenticeship displeased my father , and I was taken home again . From my infancy I was passionately fond of reading , and all the money that came into my hands was laid out in the ...
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... Boston . I liked it much better than that of my father , but still had an hankering for the sea . To prevent the apprehend- ed effect of such an inclination , my father was impatient to have me bound to my brother . I stood out some ...
... Boston . I liked it much better than that of my father , but still had an hankering for the sea . To prevent the apprehend- ed effect of such an inclination , my father was impatient to have me bound to my brother . I stood out some ...
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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.