The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral and Literary, with His Life, Written by HimselfLeavitt, Trow & Company, 1848 - 288 Seiten |
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... bodies charged with electricity , and in conduct ing their fire silently and imperceptibly , he suggested the idea of securing houses , ships , & c . from being damaged by lightning , by erecting pointed rods , that should rise some ...
... bodies charged with electricity , and in conduct ing their fire silently and imperceptibly , he suggested the idea of securing houses , ships , & c . from being damaged by lightning , by erecting pointed rods , that should rise some ...
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... body of mankind can be led into new practices , however salutary their tendency . It is now nearly eighty years since inoculation was introduced into Europe and America ; and it is so far from being general at present , that it will ...
... body of mankind can be led into new practices , however salutary their tendency . It is now nearly eighty years since inoculation was introduced into Europe and America ; and it is so far from being general at present , that it will ...
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... body was very great . This arose not from any superior powers of eloquence ; he spoke but seldom , and he never was known to make any thing like an elaborate harangue . His speeches often consisted of a single sentence , of a well ...
... body was very great . This arose not from any superior powers of eloquence ; he spoke but seldom , and he never was known to make any thing like an elaborate harangue . His speeches often consisted of a single sentence , of a well ...
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... body of men was sent out under the command of Mr. Washington , who , though a very young man , had , by his conduct in the pre- ceding year , shewn himself worthy of such an im tant trust . Whilst marching to take possession of the 108 ...
... body of men was sent out under the command of Mr. Washington , who , though a very young man , had , by his conduct in the pre- ceding year , shewn himself worthy of such an im tant trust . Whilst marching to take possession of the 108 ...
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... body to a place of safety , but they found it necessary to destroy their waggons and baggage , to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy . For the waggons , which he had furnished , Franklin had given bonds to a large ...
... body to a place of safety , but they found it necessary to destroy their waggons and baggage , to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy . For the waggons , which he had furnished , Franklin had given bonds to a large ...
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Seite 235 - How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Seite 238 - 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 276 - I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain may be able to make a better constitution ; for when you assemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.
Seite 237 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a man afford himself no leisure? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says: Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure ; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.
Seite 276 - Constitution. For, when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views. From such an assembly can a perfect production be expected ? It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does...
Seite 240 - And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, 'Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Seite 127 - 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 217 - We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it ; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.
Seite 216 - We have had some experience of it ; several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces ; they were instructed in all your sciences ; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners ; ignorant of every means of living in the woods ; unable to bear either cold or hunger ; knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy ; spoke our language imperfectly ; were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, or counsellors : they were totally...
Seite 158 - Remember this. saying, The good paymaster is lord of another man's purse. He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the time he promises, may at any time, and on any occasion, raise all the money his friends can spare. This is sometimes of great use.