The Essays, Humourous, Moral and Literary: Of the Late Benjamin FranklinJ. West, 1811 - Всего страниц: 182 |
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... youth on both sides to be no objection . Indeed , from the marriages that have fallen under my observa- tion , I am rather inclined to think , that early ones stand the best chance of happiness . The temper and habits of the young are ...
... youth on both sides to be no objection . Indeed , from the marriages that have fallen under my observa- tion , I am rather inclined to think , that early ones stand the best chance of happiness . The temper and habits of the young are ...
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... youth , and conjure them to direct their compas- sionate regards to my unhappy fate , in order to remove the prejudices of which I am the victim . There are twin sisters of us ; and the two eyes of man do not more resemble , nor are ...
... youth , and conjure them to direct their compas- sionate regards to my unhappy fate , in order to remove the prejudices of which I am the victim . There are twin sisters of us ; and the two eyes of man do not more resemble , nor are ...
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... youth , who are now , alas , no more ! And I must soon follow them ; for , by the course of nature , though still in health , I cannot expect to live above seven or eight minutes longer . What now avails all my toil and labour , in ...
... youth , who are now , alas , no more ! And I must soon follow them ; for , by the course of nature , though still in health , I cannot expect to live above seven or eight minutes longer . What now avails all my toil and labour , in ...
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... youth , and that if the chiefs of the Six Nations would send down half a dozen of their sons to that college , the govern- ment would take care that they should be well provided for , and instructed in all the learning of the white ...
... youth , and that if the chiefs of the Six Nations would send down half a dozen of their sons to that college , the govern- ment would take care that they should be well provided for , and instructed in all the learning of the white ...
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... youth in the languages , and those sciences that qualify men for the professions of divinity , law , or physic . Strangers indeed are by no means excluded from - exercising those professions ; and the quick in- crease ESSAYS . 123.
... youth in the languages , and those sciences that qualify men for the professions of divinity , law , or physic . Strangers indeed are by no means excluded from - exercising those professions ; and the quick in- crease ESSAYS . 123.
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Стр. 134 - It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel ; and that our states are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose of cutting one another's throats. Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.
Стр. 98 - 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.
Стр. 133 - 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.
Стр. 32 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit, are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard table, or hears your voice at a tavern, -when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day : demands it before he can receive it in a lump.
Стр. 98 - ... he intended to say, or has any thing to add, he may rise again and deliver it. ,To interrupt another, even in common conversation, is reckoned highly indecent.
Стр. 10 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth. This put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money; and they laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.
Стр. 32 - 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.
Стр. 126 - Tolerably good workmen in any of those mechanic arts are sure to find employ, and to be well paid for their work, there being no restraints preventing strangers from exercising any art they understand, nor any permission necessary. If they are poor, they begin first as servants or journeymen ; and if they are sober, industrious, and frugal, they soon become masters, establish themselves in business, marry, raise families, and become respectable citizens.
Стр. 133 - But, though many private persons think almost as highly of their own infallibility as of that of their own sect, few express it so naturally as a certain French lady, who, in a little dispute with her sister, said, I dont know how it happens, sister, but I meet with nobody but myself that is always in the right.
Стр. 17 - the opinion of learned philosophers of our race, who lived and flourished long before my time, that this vast world, the Moulin Joly, could not itself subsist more than eighteen hours ; and I think there was some foundation for that opinion, since, by the apparent motion of the great luminary that gives life to all nature, and which in my time has evidently declined considerably...