Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..H. Colburn, 1818 |
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... sometimes wantonly exercised the power of proroguing or continuing the sessions of assemblies , merely to harass the members and com- pel a compliance ; and sometimes dissolve them on slight disgusts . This it was feared might be done ...
... sometimes wantonly exercised the power of proroguing or continuing the sessions of assemblies , merely to harass the members and com- pel a compliance ; and sometimes dissolve them on slight disgusts . This it was feared might be done ...
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... sometimes necessary in the colonies to scour the coast of small privateers . These being provided by the union , will be an advantage in turn to the colonies which are situated on the sea , and whose frontiers on the land - side being ...
... sometimes necessary in the colonies to scour the coast of small privateers . These being provided by the union , will be an advantage in turn to the colonies which are situated on the sea , and whose frontiers on the land - side being ...
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... sometimes have suf- fered by the sudden and unforeseen rise of exchange . By slow and gradual rises they seldom suffer , the goods being sold at proportionable prices . But war is a common calamity in all countries , and the merchants ...
... sometimes have suf- fered by the sudden and unforeseen rise of exchange . By slow and gradual rises they seldom suffer , the goods being sold at proportionable prices . But war is a common calamity in all countries , and the merchants ...
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... sometimes men of vicious characters and broken fortunes , sent by a minister merely to get them out of the way : that as they intend staying in the country no longer than their government continues , and purpose to leave no family ...
... sometimes men of vicious characters and broken fortunes , sent by a minister merely to get them out of the way : that as they intend staying in the country no longer than their government continues , and purpose to leave no family ...
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... sometimes sent them ) left , but by starving them out . I do not suppose these reasonings of theirs will appear here to have much weight . I do not produce them with an expectation of convincing your readers . I relate them merely in ...
... sometimes sent them ) left , but by starving them out . I do not suppose these reasonings of theirs will appear here to have much weight . I do not produce them with an expectation of convincing your readers . I relate them merely in ...
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Стр. 250 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure ? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an hour.
Стр. 190 - 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. 309 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil.
Стр. 249 - Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733.
Стр. 250 - Three removes are 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. 307 - From going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it.
Стр. 318 - When I was a child of seven years old my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.
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Стр. 252 - Pride is as loud a beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.' When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but poor Dick says, ' It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Стр. 180 - ... molested in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted, by the armed force of the enemy...