Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Memoirs of His Early LifeHenry W. Gibbs, James St. John ... printer, 1810 - Всего страниц: 274 |
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... less propriety . It is this : For want of modesty is want of sense . If you ask why I say with less propriety , I must give you the two lines together : Immodest words admit of no defence , For want of decency is want of sense . Now ...
... less propriety . It is this : For want of modesty is want of sense . If you ask why I say with less propriety , I must give you the two lines together : Immodest words admit of no defence , For want of decency is want of sense . Now ...
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... less to blame than he had imagined . Sir William Keith , governor of the province , was at Newcastle at the time . Captain Holmes being by chance in his company when he received my let- ter , took occasion to speak of me , and shewed it ...
... less to blame than he had imagined . Sir William Keith , governor of the province , was at Newcastle at the time . Captain Holmes being by chance in his company when he received my let- ter , took occasion to speak of me , and shewed it ...
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... less afflicted at this , as he was unable to pay me ; and as , by losing his friendship , I was relieved at the same time from a very heavy burden . I now began to think of laying by some money . The printing house of Watts , near ...
... less afflicted at this , as he was unable to pay me ; and as , by losing his friendship , I was relieved at the same time from a very heavy burden . I now began to think of laying by some money . The printing house of Watts , near ...
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... revive . I consequently en- gaged myself to Mr. Denham , at a salary of fifty pounds a year . This was indeed less than I earn- ed as a compositor , but then I had a much fairer prospect . I took leave , therefore , as I 68 MEMOIRS OF.
... revive . I consequently en- gaged myself to Mr. Denham , at a salary of fifty pounds a year . This was indeed less than I earn- ed as a compositor , but then I had a much fairer prospect . I took leave , therefore , as I 68 MEMOIRS OF.
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... less favorable opinion of my London pamphlet , to which I had prefixed , as a motto , the following lines of Dryden ; Whatever is , is right ; tho ' purblind man Sees but part of the chain , the nearest link , His eyes not carrying to ...
... less favorable opinion of my London pamphlet , to which I had prefixed , as a motto , the following lines of Dryden ; Whatever is , is right ; tho ' purblind man Sees but part of the chain , the nearest link , His eyes not carrying to ...
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Стр. 248 - ... 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; and I think it will astonish our • enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our...
Стр. 167 - Remember that money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings turned is six; turned again it is seven and threepence ; and so on till it becomes a hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the more it produces every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. He that kills a breeding sow, destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation. He that murders a crown, destroys all that it might have produced,...
Стр. 239 - As every freeman, to preserve his independence (if without a sufficient estate), ought to have some profession, calling, trade or farm, whereby he may honestly subsist, there can be no necessity for nor use in establishing offices of profit, the usual effects of which are dependence and servility, unbecoming freemen, in the possessors...
Стр. 218 - If war should arise between the two contracting parties, the merchants of either country, then residing in the other, shall be allowed to remain nine months, to collect their debts and settle their affairs, and may depart freely carrying off all their effects, without molestation or hindrance...
Стр. 247 - For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.
Стр. 203 - Almost all the parts of our bodies- require some expense. The feet demand shoes ; the legs stockings ; the rest of the body clothing ; and the belly a good deal of victuals. Our eyes, though exceedingly useful, ask, when reasonable, only the cheap assistance of spectacles, which could not much impair our finances. But the eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should •want neither fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture.
Стр. 226 - And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
Стр. 248 - 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. 219 - Mankind, shall be allowed to continue their respective employments, and shall not be molested in their persons, nor shall their Houses or Goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their Fields wasted, by the armed force...
Стр. 249 - On the whole, sir, I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the Convention who may still have objections to it, would with me, on this occasion, doubt a little of his own infallibility, and to make manifest our unanimity, put his name to this instrument.