Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...: Posthumous and other writingsH. Colburn, 1819 |
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... continues in full force ; and I hope no uncharitable conduct of the church towards the dissenters will ever provoke them to repeal it . With regard to a bishop , I know not upon what grounds the dissenters , either here or in America ...
... continues in full force ; and I hope no uncharitable conduct of the church towards the dissenters will ever provoke them to repeal it . With regard to a bishop , I know not upon what grounds the dissenters , either here or in America ...
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... continue in a restless obscurity , without having an opportunity of know- ing his own merit himself or discovering it to the world , rather than venture to oppose himself in a place where a pun or a sneer shall pass for 28 WRITINGS OF ...
... continue in a restless obscurity , without having an opportunity of know- ing his own merit himself or discovering it to the world , rather than venture to oppose himself in a place where a pun or a sneer shall pass for 28 WRITINGS OF ...
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... continue drawing characters , viz . Why should any man's picture be published which he never sat for ; or his good name taken from him any more than his money or possessions , at the arbitrary will of another , & c . ? I have but this ...
... continue drawing characters , viz . Why should any man's picture be published which he never sat for ; or his good name taken from him any more than his money or possessions , at the arbitrary will of another , & c . ? I have but this ...
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... continue openly to attack , with the freedom of an honest man and a lover of my country . I profess I can hardly contain myself , or pre- serve the gravity and dignity that should attend the censorial office , when I hear the odd and un ...
... continue openly to attack , with the freedom of an honest man and a lover of my country . I profess I can hardly contain myself , or pre- serve the gravity and dignity that should attend the censorial office , when I hear the odd and un ...
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... continues no longer than the action itself ; but this divine or moral pleasure continues when the action is over , and swells and grows upon your hand by reflection : the one is inconstant , unsatisfying , of short dura- tion , and ...
... continues no longer than the action itself ; but this divine or moral pleasure continues when the action is over , and swells and grows upon your hand by reflection : the one is inconstant , unsatisfying , of short dura- tion , and ...
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Стр. 112 - If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest prodigality ; since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost time is never found again ; and what we call time enough always proves little enough.
Стр. 154 - Experience of it: Several of our Young People were formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living in the Woods, unable to bear either Cold or Hunger, knew neither how to build a Cabin, take a Deer, or kill an Enemy, spoke our Language imperfectly; were therefore neither fit for Hunters, Warriors, or Counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are...
Стр. 115 - A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
Стр. 217 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Стр. 6 - Speak ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, .Angels; for ye behold Him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle His throne rejoicing ; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end.
Стр. 236 - I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure. This however was afterwards of use to me, the impression continuing on my mind; so that often, when I was tempted to buy some unnecessary thing, I said to myself, Don't give too much for the whistle; and I saved my money.
Стр. 113 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, ' diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
Стр. 7 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise.
Стр. 415 - ... 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...
Стр. 112 - Industry need not wish, as Poor Richard says and he that lives upon hope will die fasting. There are no gains without pains; then help hands for I have no lands, or if I have, they are smartly taxed.