Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself, Band 1Lippincott, 1875 |
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... seems to have been under the impression that this translation was made by M. le Veillard . This M. le Veillard himself most distinctly denied in a note which he communicated to the " Journal de Paris , " in 1791 , No. 83 , of which the ...
... seems to have been under the impression that this translation was made by M. le Veillard . This M. le Veillard himself most distinctly denied in a note which he communicated to the " Journal de Paris , " in 1791 , No. 83 , of which the ...
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... seems to question the good faith of William Temple's promise to publish the Memoirs entire . As this preface is not readily accessible , and as it constitutes an important link in the history of this manu- script , I need offer no ...
... seems to question the good faith of William Temple's promise to publish the Memoirs entire . As this preface is not readily accessible , and as it constitutes an important link in the history of this manu- script , I need offer no ...
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... seems to have been under the impression that this translation was made by M. le Veillard . This M. le Veillard himself most distinctly denied in a note which he communicated to the " Journal de Paris , ” in 1791 , No. 83 , of which the ...
... seems to have been under the impression that this translation was made by M. le Veillard . This M. le Veillard himself most distinctly denied in a note which he communicated to the " Journal de Paris , ” in 1791 , No. 83 , of which the ...
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... seem to have been realized ; for , from the following letter it appears that nearly two months had elapsed and he was still in London , but hoped to set out for France before the end of the month . A specula- tion , from which he had ...
... seem to have been realized ; for , from the following letter it appears that nearly two months had elapsed and he was still in London , but hoped to set out for France before the end of the month . A specula- tion , from which he had ...
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... seems , had found a bidder of a dif- ferent description in some emissary of government , whose object was to withhold the manuscripts from the world , not to benefit it by their publication ; and they thus either passed into other hands ...
... seems , had found a bidder of a dif- ferent description in some emissary of government , whose object was to withhold the manuscripts from the world , not to benefit it by their publication ; and they thus either passed into other hands ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 145 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Seite 151 - ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4 RESOLUTION Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
Seite 79 - 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.
Seite 64 - ... in each sentence, laid them by a few days, and then, without looking at the book, tried to complete the papers again by expressing each hinted sentiment at length, and as fully as it had been expressed before, in any suitable words that should occur to me. Then I compared my ' Spectator ' with the original, discovered some of my faults and corrected them.
Seite 177 - The request was fortunately made to perhaps the only man in the company who had the firmness not to be affected by the preacher. His answer was, "At any other time, friend Hopkinson, I would lend to thee freely ; but not now, for thee seems to be out of thy right senses.
Seite 103 - Water-American, as they called me, was stronger than themselves, who drank strong beer! We had an alehouse boy who attended always in the house to supply the workmen. My companion at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o'clock, and another when he had done his day's work.
Seite 67 - While I was intent on improving my language, I met with an English Grammar (I think it was Greenwood's), at the end of which there were two little sketches of the arts of rhetoric and logic, the latter finishing with a specimen of a dispute in the Socratic method ; and soon after I procured Xenophon's Memorable Things of Socrates, wherein there are many instances of the same method.
Seite 71 - Philadelphia, with several people in her. They took me in, and, as there was no wind, we rowed all the way; and about midnight, not having yet seen the city, some of the company were confident we must have passed it, and would row no farther...
Seite 78 - I asked for a three-penny loaf, and was told they had none such. So not considering or knowing the difference of money, and the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bade him give me three-penny worth of any sort.
Seite 157 - 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.