The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the War of Independence, and of the Various Negociations at Paris for Peace; with the History of His Political and Other WritingsHunt and Clarke, 1826 - 407 páginas |
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... says , This worthy FRANKLIN bore a purse of silk , Fixed to his girdle , white as morning milk ; Knight of the Shire , first Justice of the Assize , To help the poor , the doubtful to advise , Dr Franklin also found that he was himself ...
... says , This worthy FRANKLIN bore a purse of silk , Fixed to his girdle , white as morning milk ; Knight of the Shire , first Justice of the Assize , To help the poor , the doubtful to advise , Dr Franklin also found that he was himself ...
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... says , " the tithe of his father's sons , " he was originally designed for the church , and was accord- ingly placed at the grammar - school of Boston for about a year . This clerical destination was greatly encouraged by his uncle and ...
... says , " the tithe of his father's sons , " he was originally designed for the church , and was accord- ingly placed at the grammar - school of Boston for about a year . This clerical destination was greatly encouraged by his uncle and ...
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... says . " I bought the volume , and read it again and again . I was enchanted with it , thought the style excellent , and wished it were in my power to imitate it . With this view , I selected some of the papers , made short summaries of ...
... says . " I bought the volume , and read it again and again . I was enchanted with it , thought the style excellent , and wished it were in my power to imitate it . With this view , I selected some of the papers , made short summaries of ...
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... says , " has been of great advantage to me , when I have had occasion to incul- cate my opinions , and persuade men into measures that I have been , from time to time , engaged in promoting . And as the chief ends of conversation are to ...
... says , " has been of great advantage to me , when I have had occasion to incul- cate my opinions , and persuade men into measures that I have been , from time to time , engaged in promoting . And as the chief ends of conversation are to ...
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... says ; " and this I there- fore notice as one of the first errata of my life : but the unfairness of it weighed little with me when under the impression of resentment for the blows his passion too often urged him to bestow upon me ...
... says ; " and this I there- fore notice as one of the first errata of my life : but the unfairness of it weighed little with me when under the impression of resentment for the blows his passion too often urged him to bestow upon me ...
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Página 362 - Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Página 336 - The taxes are indeed very heavy ; and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharg-e 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...
Página 306 - 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 336 - Lost time is never found again ; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough : let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpose ; so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. 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,...
Página 336 - ... 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.
Página 66 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Página 361 - St Croix river to the highlands, along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Página 340 - Years can never be spent but, always taking out of the Meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the Bottom; as Poor Dick says, When the Well's dry, they know the Worth of Water. But this they might have known before, if they had taken his Advice; If you would know the Value of Money, go and try to borrow some; for, he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing; and indeed so does he that lends to such People, when he goes to get it in again.
Página 372 - No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Página 391 - In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality — that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.