The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Том 2Whittemore, Niles, and Hall, 1856 |
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... Coin in general , being an Appendix to the above Essay Notions concerning Trade and Merchants A Thought concerning the Sugar Islands • • 383 · 409 418 419 On the Paper Money of the United States of America . 421 Comparison of Great ...
... Coin in general , being an Appendix to the above Essay Notions concerning Trade and Merchants A Thought concerning the Sugar Islands • • 383 · 409 418 419 On the Paper Money of the United States of America . 421 Comparison of Great ...
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... coin should decrease , ( supposing payments may not be made in bullion ) what coin there is will rise in value as a currency ; that is , people will give more labor in manufactures for a certain sum of ready money . In the same manner ...
... coin should decrease , ( supposing payments may not be made in bullion ) what coin there is will rise in value as a currency ; that is , people will give more labor in manufactures for a certain sum of ready money . In the same manner ...
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... coin their own land , which costs the government nothing , the interest being more than enough to pay the charges of printing , officers ' fees , & c . , I cannot see any good reason why four per cent to the loan - office should not be ...
... coin their own land , which costs the government nothing , the interest being more than enough to pay the charges of printing , officers ' fees , & c . , I cannot see any good reason why four per cent to the loan - office should not be ...
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... coin of the decimal notation , uni- versally adopted in the transactions of the government , has done little to effect a change in the habits of the people , who , in many parts of the country , still adhere to the old mode of reckoning ...
... coin of the decimal notation , uni- versally adopted in the transactions of the government , has done little to effect a change in the habits of the people , who , in many parts of the country , still adhere to the old mode of reckoning ...
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... coins at higher and higher nominal values , in hopes of drawing money into , and retaining it for the internal uses of , the province . During that weak practice , silver got up by degrees to 8s . 9d . per ounce , and English crowns ...
... coins at higher and higher nominal values , in hopes of drawing money into , and retaining it for the internal uses of , the province . During that weak practice , silver got up by degrees to 8s . 9d . per ounce , and English crowns ...
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Стр. 5 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. 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. 97 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Стр. 97 - And again, Three Removes is as bad as a Fire; and again, Keep thy Shop, and thy Shop will keep thee; and again, If you would have your Business done, go; if not, send. And again, He that by the Plough would thrive. Himself must either hold or drive.
Стр. 99 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees,' as poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, ' It is day, and will never be night...
Стр. 95 - 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,
Стр. 165 - 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. 93 - I have been, if I may say it without vanity an eminent author of almanacks 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. 102 - No morning sun lasts a whole day/ as poor Richard says. Gain may be temporary and uncertain ; but ever, while you live, expense is constant and certain : and ' It is easier to build two chimneys, than to keep one in fuel,' as poor Richard says. So ' Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.' ' Get what you can, and what you get hold, 'Tis the stone that will turn all your lead into gold,
Стр. 167 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Стр. 99 - He means, that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the bargain, by straitening thee in thy business, may do thee more harm than good. For in another place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths.