Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...: Posthumous and other writingsH. Colburn, 1819 |
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... ( Poor Richard's Almanac ) A Thought concerning the Medals to be struck by order of Congress · Precautions to be used by those who are about to under- 122 take a Sea Voyage 123 Information to those who would remove to America 131 Internal ...
... ( Poor Richard's Almanac ) A Thought concerning the Medals to be struck by order of Congress · Precautions to be used by those who are about to under- 122 take a Sea Voyage 123 Information to those who would remove to America 131 Internal ...
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... poor , and pity to the miserable , — Help me , O Father ! That I may possess integrity and evenness of mind , resolution in difficulties , and fortitude under affliction ; that I may be punctual in performing my promises , peaceable and ...
... poor , and pity to the miserable , — Help me , O Father ! That I may possess integrity and evenness of mind , resolution in difficulties , and fortitude under affliction ; that I may be punctual in performing my promises , peaceable and ...
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... poor monkey : he had an ill- natured trick of grinning and chattering at every thing he saw in petticoats : my ignorant country neighbors got a notion , that pug snarled by instinct at every female who had lost her virginity . This was ...
... poor monkey : he had an ill- natured trick of grinning and chattering at every thing he saw in petticoats : my ignorant country neighbors got a notion , that pug snarled by instinct at every female who had lost her virginity . This was ...
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... poor de- luded money - hunters . There is certainly something very bewitching in the pursuit after mines of gold and silver and other valuable metals , and many have been ruined by it . A sea - captain of my acquaintance used to blame ...
... poor de- luded money - hunters . There is certainly something very bewitching in the pursuit after mines of gold and silver and other valuable metals , and many have been ruined by it . A sea - captain of my acquaintance used to blame ...
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... poor lady ? Phil . This , my dear Horatio , I have to say ; that what you find fault with and clamor against , as the most terrible evil in the world , self - denial , is really the greatest good , and the highest self - grati- fication ...
... poor lady ? Phil . This , my dear Horatio , I have to say ; that what you find fault with and clamor against , as the most terrible evil in the world , self - denial , is really the greatest good , and the highest self - grati- fication ...
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Abbé Abbés Morellet act of parliament advantage America assemblies better bills Britain British colonies and plantations commerce common constitution crown debt duty enemy England English school established exercise expense favor February 18 Franklin French friends give Glaucon Gout governors grand council happiness honor Horatio increase Indian inhabitants kind king Kinnersley land language Latin laws learning legal tender liberty live Majesty's master means ment merchants mind nation natural necessary never obliged observed occasion opinion paid paper paper-money parliament of England Pennsylvania Gazette perhaps person Philocles pleasure Poor Richard says pounds present province qu'il quit-rent racter reason respect Rhode Island ruined salaries scholars settled settlement shillings Socrates souris stamp act subsistence supposed taxes thee things thou thought tion tongue trade trustees union virtue whole
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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.