The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography, with Notes and a MemoirJ.L. Shorey, 1866 - 256 páginas |
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... present time , in the absence of any cheap popular edition of his select works . He has been posthumously fortunate , however , in having so able an editor as Mr. Sparks , whose ten volumes of the Works of Franklin , with a memoir and ...
... present time , in the absence of any cheap popular edition of his select works . He has been posthumously fortunate , however , in having so able an editor as Mr. Sparks , whose ten volumes of the Works of Franklin , with a memoir and ...
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... present collection , with liberal specimens of his philosophical writings , and the choicest of his letters . Much that he wrote was of merely local and temporary interest , designed to affect provincial legislation ; and , though ...
... present collection , with liberal specimens of his philosophical writings , and the choicest of his letters . Much that he wrote was of merely local and temporary interest , designed to affect provincial legislation ; and , though ...
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... present sketch , we shall aim at little but a review of such facts as are too lightly touched on in his own charming narrative , or as are needed to com- plete the account of his useful and eventful life . The First Part of his ...
... present sketch , we shall aim at little but a review of such facts as are too lightly touched on in his own charming narrative , or as are needed to com- plete the account of his useful and eventful life . The First Part of his ...
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... present volume , was first published in 1818 , by William Temple Franklin . The occurrence of the American revolution interrupted Franklin's autobiographical task , and he did not resume it till twelve years later , while resident at ...
... present volume , was first published in 1818 , by William Temple Franklin . The occurrence of the American revolution interrupted Franklin's autobiographical task , and he did not resume it till twelve years later , while resident at ...
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... present- ing him with the gold medal of Sir Godfrey Copley . The fame of Franklin , " says Mignet , " rapidly spread with his theory over the whole world . His Treatise , pub- lished by Dr. Fothergill , a member of the Royal Society ...
... present- ing him with the gold medal of Sir Godfrey Copley . The fame of Franklin , " says Mignet , " rapidly spread with his theory over the whole world . His Treatise , pub- lished by Dr. Fothergill , a member of the Royal Society ...
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The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography Benjamin Franklin Vista completa - 1857 |
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Abbé Morellet acquaintance affairs afterwards agreeable America appeared appointed arrived Arthur Lee Assembly attended Benjamin Boston Britain British brother Colonies commissioners Congress continued conversation David Hartley David Hume desire dispute employed endeavored England entertained father favor France Franklin French friends gave give Gnadenhutten governor Gulf Stream hands Helvetius honor Indians John Adams Keimer king letter lived lodged London Lord Lord Chatham Lord Hillsborough lordship ministry never obtained occasion opinion paper Paris Parliament Passy Pennsylvania persons Philadelphia pounds sterling present printed printer printing-house procure proposed Proprietaries province Quakers Ralph received religion replied respect says sect seems sent shillings soon Stamp Act supposed things Thomas Cushing thought thousand pounds tion told took virtue vote wagons wife William William Temple Franklin wish writes wrote young
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Página 101 - I have lived, Sir, a long time ; and, the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Página 139 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Página 203 - ... to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold ; as he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper. Another stroke of his oratory made me ashamed of that, and determined me to give the silver ; and he finished so admirably, that I emptied my pocket wholly into the...
Página 101 - On the whole, sir, I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the convention who may still have objections to it, would, with me, on this occasion, doubt a little of his own infallibility, and, to make manifest our unanimity, put his name to this instrument.
Página 124 - My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read) and the opinion of all his friends that I should certainly make a good scholar encouraged him in this purpose of his. My uncle Benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to give...
Página 111 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Página 147 - So I din'd upon cod very heartily, and continued to eat with other people, returning only now and then occasionally to a vegetable diet. So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.
Página 183 - Temperance, for example, was by some confined to eating and drinking, while by others it was extended to mean the moderating every other pleasure, appetite, inclination, or passion, bodily or mental, even to our avarice and ambition.
Página 167 - Some books against Deism fell into my hands; they were said to be the substance of sermons preached at Boyle's Lectures. It happened that they wrought an effect on me quite contrary to what was intended by them; for the arguments of the Deists, which were quoted to be refuted, appeared to me much stronger than the refutations; in short, I soon became a thorough Deist.
Página 43 - ... paper. They were led by a thread. They had not only a respect, but an affection, for Great Britain, for its laws, its customs and manners, and even a fondness for its fashions, that greatly increased the commerce. Natives of Britain were always treated with particular regard ; to be an Old England- man, was, of itself, a character of some respect, and gave a kind of rank among us.