Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...: Posthumous and other writingsH. Colburn, 1819 |
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... taken place in the Christian , world ; and among Protestants particularly all disclaim persecution , none vindicate it , and but few prac- tise it . We should then cease to reproach each other with what was done by our ancestors , but ...
... taken place in the Christian , world ; and among Protestants particularly all disclaim persecution , none vindicate it , and but few prac- tise it . We should then cease to reproach each other with what was done by our ancestors , but ...
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... taken to apply for a bishop , against which several however protested , the as- sembly of the province at their next meeting ex- pressed their disapprobation of the thing in the strongest manner , by unanimously ordering the thanks of ...
... taken to apply for a bishop , against which several however protested , the as- sembly of the province at their next meeting ex- pressed their disapprobation of the thing in the strongest manner , by unanimously ordering the thanks of ...
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... taken a very unthankful office , and expect little besides my labor for my pains . Nay , it is proba- ble , I may displease a great number of your read- ers , who will not very well like to pay ten shillings a year for being told of ...
... taken a very unthankful office , and expect little besides my labor for my pains . Nay , it is proba- ble , I may displease a great number of your read- ers , who will not very well like to pay ten shillings a year for being told of ...
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... taken such a fancy to this Turkish custom , that for the future I shall put something like it in prac- tice . I have provided a bottle of right French brandy for the men , and citron water for the ladies . After I have treated with a ...
... taken such a fancy to this Turkish custom , that for the future I shall put something like it in prac- tice . I have provided a bottle of right French brandy for the men , and citron water for the ladies . After I have treated with a ...
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... taken , in consi- deration of the character I have just received of him , that he is really good - natured , and on condi- tion he shows it to no foreigner , or stranger of sense , I have thought fit to reprieve his said great book of ...
... taken , in consi- deration of the character I have just received of him , that he is really good - natured , and on condi- tion he shows it to no foreigner , or stranger of sense , I have thought fit to reprieve his said great book of ...
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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.