 | Walter Isaacson - 2003 - 608 Seiten
...live to enjoy! . . . My Friends would comfort me with the idea of a name they say I shall leave behind me; and they tell me I have lived long enough, to nature and to glory. But what will fame be to an Ephemere who no longer exists? . . . To me, after all my eager pursuits, no solid pleasures now remain,... | |
 | Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 256 Seiten
...and life is short! My friends would comfort me with the idea of a name they say I shall leave behind me; and they tell me I have lived long enough to nature...But what will fame be to an ephemera who no longer exists? And what will become of all history, in the 18th hour, when the world itself, even the whole... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 320 Seiten
...life is short. My friends would comfort me with the idea of a name, they say, I shall leave behind me, and they tell me I have lived long enough to nature...But what will fame be to an ephemera who no longer exists? And what will become of all history In the eighteenth hour, when the world itself, even the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2007 - 228 Seiten
...and life is short! My friends would comfort me with the idea of a name they say I shall leave behind me; and they tell me I have lived long enough to nature...But what will fame be to an ephemera who no longer exists? And what will become of all history, in the 18 th hour, when the world itself, even the whole... | |
 | 1793
...and life is ihort. My friends would comfort me with the idea of a name, they fay I (hall leave behind me ; and they tell me, I have lived long enough to...who no longer exifts ? and what will become of all hillory in the eighteenth hour, when the world itfelf, even the whole Moulin Joly, mall come to its... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 186 Seiten
...life is short ! My friends would comfort me with the idea of a name, they say, I shall leave behind me; and they tell me I have lived long enough to nature...But what will fame be to an ephemera who no longer exists ? and what will become of all history in the eighteenth hour, when the world itself, even the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 189? - 308 Seiten
...life is short. My friends would comfort me with the idea of a name, they say, I shall leave behind me, and they tell me I have lived long enough to nature...But what will fame be to an ephemera who no longer exists ? And what will become of all history in the eighteenth hour, when the world itself, even the... | |
 | ...short .' f — My Friends "would comfort me with the Idea of a Name they "Say I shall leave behind me ; and they tell me I "have lived long enough, to...Nature and to Glory;* — "But what will Fame be to an Ephemere who no "longer exists? And what will become of all "History in the 18th Hour, when the World... | |
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... of minutes become corrupt, like those of other and older bushes, and consequently as wretched : and in philosophy how small our progress ! Alas ! art is long, and life is short ! My friends would comfort me with the idea of a name, they say, I shall... 
