The Autobiography and Essays of Dr. Benjamin FranklinJ.B. Lippincott, 1864 - Всего страниц: 231 |
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... increased the sale . These gentlemen frequently came to our house . I heard the con- versation that passed , and the accounts they gave of the fa- vorable reception of their writings with the public . I was tempted to try my hand among ...
... increased the sale . These gentlemen frequently came to our house . I heard the con- versation that passed , and the accounts they gave of the fa- vorable reception of their writings with the public . I was tempted to try my hand among ...
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... increased my stock of knowledge , either by the many excellent books I had read , or the conversation of learned and literary persons with whom I was acquainted . We sailed from Gravesend on the 23d of July , 1726. For the incidents of ...
... increased my stock of knowledge , either by the many excellent books I had read , or the conversation of learned and literary persons with whom I was acquainted . We sailed from Gravesend on the 23d of July , 1726. For the incidents of ...
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... increase of wages was the bait he had made use of to ensnare them . Meredith was to work at the press , and Potts to bind books , which he had engaged to teach them , though he understood neither himself . John Savage , an Irishman ...
... increase of wages was the bait he had made use of to ensnare them . Meredith was to work at the press , and Potts to bind books , which he had engaged to teach them , though he understood neither himself . John Savage , an Irishman ...
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... increased my acquaintance with persons of knowledge and information in the town . Keimer himself treated me with great civility and apparent esteem ; and I had nothing to give me uneasiness but my debt to Vernon , which I was unable to ...
... increased my acquaintance with persons of knowledge and information in the town . Keimer himself treated me with great civility and apparent esteem ; and I had nothing to give me uneasiness but my debt to Vernon , which I was unable to ...
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... increase . This was one of the first good effects of the pains I had taken to learn to put my ideas on paper . I derived this farther advantage from it , that the leading men of the place , seeing in the author of this publi- cation a ...
... increase . This was one of the first good effects of the pains I had taken to learn to put my ideas on paper . I derived this farther advantage from it , that the leading men of the place , seeing in the author of this publi- cation a ...
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Стр. 193 - For want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost;" being overtaken and Slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail.
Стр. 191 - ... cannot ease or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says in his Almanack of 1733.
Стр. 196 - We are offered, by the terms of this sale, six months' credit; and that perhaps has induced some of us to attend it, because we cannot spare the ready money, and hope now to be fine without it. But, ah, think what you do when you run in debt; you give to another power over your liberty. If you cannot pay at the time, you will be ashamed to see your creditor; you will be in fear when you speak to him, you will make poor pitiful sneaking excuses, and by degrees come to lose your veracity, and sink...
Стр. 176 - But you who are wise must know, that different nations have different conceptions of things ; and you will therefore not take it amiss, if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same with yours.
Стр. 106 - 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. But the work shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AUTHOR.
Стр. 191 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and He that riseth late must trot, all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let. not that drive thee; and Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise, as Poor Richard says.
Стр. 192 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy : " Diligence is the mother of good luck," as poor Richard says, and, " God gives all things to industry ; then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you will have corn to sell and to keep,
Стр. 223 - In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered, and...
Стр. 190 - I have been, if I may say it without vanity, an eminent author (of almanacs) annually, now a full quarter of a century, my brother authors in the same way, for what reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their applauses and no other author has taken the least notice of me ; so that, did...
Стр. 175 - Counsellors; for all their Government is by the Counsel or Advice of the Sages; there is no Force, there are no Prisons, no Officers to compel Obedience, or inflict Punishment. Hence they generally study Oratory; the best Speaker having the most Influence.