A Benjamin Franklin ReaderSimon and Schuster, 2005 M06 15 - 576 páginas A selection of Benjamin Franklin’s writings, with an introduction and commentary by renowned author Walter Isaacson. Selected and annotated by the author of the acclaimed Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, this collection of Franklin’s writings shows why he was the bestselling author of his day and remains America’s favorite founder and wit. Includes an introductory essay exploring Franklin’s life and impact as a writer, and each piece is accompanied by a preface and notes that provide background, context, and analysis. |
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... Leaves for London as agent. Writes “Way to Wealth” and last Poor Richard's Almanac. Moves in with Mrs. Stevenson on Craven Street. Visits Ecton to research ancestry with William. Travels to Flanders and Holland with William. Returns to ...
... Leaves for London as agent. Writes “Way to Wealth” and last Poor Richard's Almanac. Moves in with Mrs. Stevenson on Craven Street. Visits Ecton to research ancestry with William. Travels to Flanders and Holland with William. Returns to ...
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... leaving me as it were by my self, having no relation on earth within my knowledge. I will not abuse your patience with a tedious recital of all the frivolous accidents of my life, that happened from this time until I arrived to years of ...
... leaving me as it were by my self, having no relation on earth within my knowledge. I will not abuse your patience with a tedious recital of all the frivolous accidents of my life, that happened from this time until I arrived to years of ...
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... leave your readers to judge, if ever they read any lines, that would sooner make them draw their breath and sigh, if not shed tears, than these following. Come let us mourn, for we have lost a wife, a daughter, and a sister, who has ...
... leave your readers to judge, if ever they read any lines, that would sooner make them draw their breath and sigh, if not shed tears, than these following. Come let us mourn, for we have lost a wife, a daughter, and a sister, who has ...
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... leave us; tell you, excel you; expeditions, physicians; fatigue him, intrigue him; &c. You must spread all upon paper, and if you can procure a scrap of Latin to put at the end, it will garnish it mightily; then having affixed your name ...
... leave us; tell you, excel you; expeditions, physicians; fatigue him, intrigue him; &c. You must spread all upon paper, and if you can procure a scrap of Latin to put at the end, it will garnish it mightily; then having affixed your name ...
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... his religion besides barely getting to heaven. But the most dangerous hypocrite in a commonwealth, is one who leaves the gospel for the sake of the law: a man compounded of law and gospel, is able 22 THE YOUNG APPRENT ICE.
... his religion besides barely getting to heaven. But the most dangerous hypocrite in a commonwealth, is one who leaves the gospel for the sake of the law: a man compounded of law and gospel, is able 22 THE YOUNG APPRENT ICE.
Contenido
1 | |
7 | |
43 | |
Poor Richard and Friends | 91 |
The Public Citizen | 131 |
Lobbyist in London | 185 |
American Rebel | 257 |
Ambassador in Paris | 267 |
Constitutional Sage | 355 |
The Autobiography | 395 |
About the Author | 553 |
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Términos y frases comunes
able acquainted advantage affairs America appeared Assembly become believe body called carried colonies common considered continued dear desire England equal father favor Franklin friends gave give given governor hands happy honor hope interest keep kind labor lately learned leave letter live London Lord manner master means meet mentioned mind natural necessary never observed occasion opinion perhaps persons Philadelphia piece pleased pleasure poor practice present printed proposed Quakers reason received remain respect Richard says seems sent shillings sometimes soon suppose taken things thought tion took turn virtue whole wife wish writing wrote young
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Página 180 - 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.
Página 181 - 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 ifthou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an Hour.
Página 184 - Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy. And after all, of what Use is this Pride of Appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? It cannot promote Health, or ease Pain; it makes no Increase of Merit in the Person, it creates Envy, it hastens Misfortune.
Página 182 - And again, 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.
Página 146 - As to their studies, it would be well if they could be taught every thing that is useful, and everything that is ornamental; but art is long, and their time is short. It is therefore proposed that they learn those things that are likely to be most useful and most ornamental, regard being had to the several professions for which they are intended.
Página 182 - Business; but to these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly successful. 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.
Página 240 - To get over this, my way is to divide half a sheet of paper by a line into two columns; writing over the one pro, and over the other con. Then during three or four days consideration. I put down under the different heads short hints of the different motives, that at different times occur to me, for or against the measure. When I have thus got them all together in one view, I...
Página 179 - ... as Poor Richard says" They joined in desiring him to speak his mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows: "Friends, says he, and neighbors, 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 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...
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The Americas in Italian Literature and Culture, 1700-1825 Stefania Buccini Vista previa limitada - 1997 |