Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen1Derby & Jackson, 1859 |
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... grant of money I sent to Mr. Mitchel , an acquaintance of to pay for it ; and that perhaps without taxing mine , and one of the members also of that so- the proprietary . Finding me not so forward ciety ; who wrote me word that it had ...
... grant of money I sent to Mr. Mitchel , an acquaintance of to pay for it ; and that perhaps without taxing mine , and one of the members also of that so- the proprietary . Finding me not so forward ciety ; who wrote me word that it had ...
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... grant money to the crown in this time of war , and imminent danger to the province , unless we will consent thus to ... grants for his majesty's ser- vice . " That though the governor may be under obligations to the proprietaries , we ...
... grant money to the crown in this time of war , and imminent danger to the province , unless we will consent thus to ... grants for his majesty's ser- vice . " That though the governor may be under obligations to the proprietaries , we ...
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... grants , it will be seen that the representative of the Pennsylvania assem- bly had more to dishearten than to encourage him in the mission which had been entrusted to his zeal and management . Considering the complexion of European ...
... grants , it will be seen that the representative of the Pennsylvania assem- bly had more to dishearten than to encourage him in the mission which had been entrusted to his zeal and management . Considering the complexion of European ...
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... grants assured to them , when he engaged them to assist him in the settlement of his province ? Surely none can be so ... grant any thing ; and that it was on their refusal only that he made a motion for the Stamp Act . No one of these ...
... grants assured to them , when he engaged them to assist him in the settlement of his province ? Surely none can be so ... grant any thing ; and that it was on their refusal only that he made a motion for the Stamp Act . No one of these ...
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... grant such sums as should be suitable to their walk over it . This is the true history of that abilities , loyalty ... grant money , that they resolved to the follow - their resolutions of industry and frugality ; ing purpose : -That ...
... grant such sums as should be suitable to their walk over it . This is the true history of that abilities , loyalty ... grant money , that they resolved to the follow - their resolutions of industry and frugality ; ing purpose : -That ...
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Página 196 - 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. But the work shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AUTHOR.
Página 368 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Página 7 - I conceive or apprehend a thing to be so and so; it appears to me, or I should think it so or so, for such and such reasons; or I imagine it to be so; or it is so, if I am not mistaken. This habit, I believe, has been of great advantage to me when I have had occasion to inculcate my opinions, and persuade men into measures that I have been from time to time engaged in promoting...
Página 183 - In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for the divine protection. Our prayers, Sir, were heard; and they were graciously answered. All of us, who were engaged in the struggle, must have observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favor. To that kind Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful...
Página 23 - Sees but a part o' the chain, the nearest link : His eyes not carrying to the equal beam, That poises all above ; " and from the attributes of God, His infinite wisdom, goodness and power, concluded that nothing could possibly be wrong in the world, and that vice and virtue were empty distinctions, no such things existing...
Página 174 - ... all women and children, scholars of every faculty, cultivators of the earth, artisans, manufacturers, and fishermen unarmed and inhabiting unfortified towns, villages, or places, and in general all others whose occupations are for the common subsistence and benefit of mankind, shall be allowed to continue their respective employments, and shall not' be 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...
Página xxii - The old man told him that he worshipped the fire only, and acknowledged no other God ; at which answer Abraham grew so zealously angry, that he thrust the old man out of his tent, and exposed him to all the evils of the night and an unguarded condition. When the old man was gone, God called to Abraham, and asked him •where the stranger was : he replied, ' I thrust him away, because he did not worship thee.
Página 6 - I had gone on making verses; since the continual search for words of the same import but of different length to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind, and make me master of it. Therefore I took some of the tales in the Spectator...
Página 52 - Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.
Página 35 - O powerful Goodness ! bountiful Father ! merciful Guide ! Increase in me that wisdom, which discovers my truest interest. Strengthen my resolution to perform what that wisdom dictates.. Accept my kind offices. to thy other children, as the only return in my power for thy continual favors to me.