Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1868 - 409 páginas |
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... brought down to the termination of his mission to France . I availed myself of my earliest leisure to subject the Memoirs to a careful collation with the edition which appeared in London in 1817 , and which was the first and only ...
... brought down to the termination of his mission to France . I availed myself of my earliest leisure to subject the Memoirs to a careful collation with the edition which appeared in London in 1817 , and which was the first and only ...
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... brought a reproach upon our country for the lack of " literary enterprise and activity , " of which it was thought to convict us , and was also attributed , in part , to motives not entirely honorable to the person directly responsible ...
... brought a reproach upon our country for the lack of " literary enterprise and activity , " of which it was thought to convict us , and was also attributed , in part , to motives not entirely honorable to the person directly responsible ...
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... brought down by him- self to the year 1757 , and continued to his death by his descendant . It was settled that the work should be pub- lished in three quarto volumes in England , Germany and France , and a negotiation was commenced ...
... brought down by him- self to the year 1757 , and continued to his death by his descendant . It was settled that the work should be pub- lished in three quarto volumes in England , Germany and France , and a negotiation was commenced ...
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... brought them to me . It seems my There uncle must have left them here when he went to America , which was above fifty years since . are many of his notes in the margins . * * The Doctor refers to this trouvaille in one of his letters to ...
... brought them to me . It seems my There uncle must have left them here when he went to America , which was above fifty years since . are many of his notes in the margins . * * The Doctor refers to this trouvaille in one of his letters to ...
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... brought them all away and built our little wharff . The next morning the workmen were sur- prised at missing the stones , which were found in our wharff . Inquiry was made after the removers ; we were discovered and complained of ...
... brought them all away and built our little wharff . The next morning the workmen were sur- prised at missing the stones , which were found in our wharff . Inquiry was made after the removers ; we were discovered and complained of ...
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Página 217 - I could go thro' a Course compleat in Thirteen Weeks, and four Courses in a Year. And like him who having a Garden to weed, does not attempt to eradicate all the bad Herbs at once, which would exceed his Reach and his Strength, but works on one of the Beds at a time, and having...
Página 211 - ORDER. Let all your things have their places ; let each part of your business have its time.
Página 321 - It is, perhaps, below the dignity of your profession to act as steward of the rum, but if you were to deal it out and only just after prayers, you would have them all about you.
Página 111 - I sat down among them, and, after looking round awhile and hearing nothing said, being very drowsy through labor and want of rest the preceding night, I fell fast asleep, and continued so till the meeting broke up, when one was kind enough to rouse me. This was, therefore, the first house I was in, or slept in, in Philadelphia.
Página 245 - ... which he had never done before, and with great civility ; and he ever after manifested a readiness to serve me on all occasions, so that we became great friends, and our friendship continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, " He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.
Página 205 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Página 102 - I did not give them any satisfaction, they contented themselves with admonishing me, and dismissed me, considering me, perhaps, as an apprentice, who was bound to keep his master's secrets. During my brother's confinement, which I resented a good deal, notwithstanding our private differences, I had the management of the paper; and I made bold to give our rulers some rubs in it, which my brother took very kindly, while others began to consider me in an unfavorable light, as a young genius that had...
Página 282 - The subscriptions accordingly soon exceeded the requisite sum, and we claimed and received the public gift, which enabled us to carry the design into execution. A convenient and handsome building was soon erected ; the institution has by constant experience been found useful, and flourishes to this day ; and I do not remember any of my political manoeuvres, the success of which gave me at the time more pleasure, or wherein, after thinking of it, I more easily excused myself for having made some use...
Página 207 - Providence; that the most acceptable service of God was the doing good to man; that our souls are immortal; and that all crime will be punished, and virtue rewarded, either here or hereafter.
Página 91 - Often I sat up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.