From Boyhood to Manhood, Life of Benjamin FranklinHurst, 1889 - 497 Seiten |
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... hand writing that he used in taking down sermons to which he listened . In this way he accumulated several vol- umes of sermons , which he held as treasures . " I have not spoken with your brother about the matter , " replied the ...
... hand writing that he used in taking down sermons to which he listened . In this way he accumulated several vol- umes of sermons , which he held as treasures . " I have not spoken with your brother about the matter , " replied the ...
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... hand , it appears to me that our rights will be infringed more and more . I am going to New England if I emigrate alone . " " Perhaps I shall conclude to accompany you when the time comes . There don't appear to be room in this country ...
... hand , it appears to me that our rights will be infringed more and more . I am going to New England if I emigrate alone . " " Perhaps I shall conclude to accompany you when the time comes . There don't appear to be room in this country ...
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... hand , there is much to prove that he always had occasion to rejoice in the change . Certainly his family , and their posterity , exerted great influence in building up the nation . Next to Washington Josiah's son Ben- jamin ranked in ...
... hand , there is much to prove that he always had occasion to rejoice in the change . Certainly his family , and their posterity , exerted great influence in building up the nation . Next to Washington Josiah's son Ben- jamin ranked in ...
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... hand- writing of Doctor Willard . We are able to furnish a picture of the house in which he was born . It measured twenty feet in width , and was about thirty feet long , including the L. It was three stories high in appearance , the ...
... hand- writing of Doctor Willard . We are able to furnish a picture of the house in which he was born . It measured twenty feet in width , and was about thirty feet long , including the L. It was three stories high in appearance , the ...
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... hand at home , out of school hours , I may be able to do it . " " I will work all I can out of school , if I can only go , " was Benjamin's cheerful pledge in the outset . " When shall I begin ? " ' Begin the next term . It is a long ...
... hand at home , out of school hours , I may be able to do it . " " I will work all I can out of school , if I can only go , " was Benjamin's cheerful pledge in the outset . " When shall I begin ? " ' Begin the next term . It is a long ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 452 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Seite 456 - I have lived, Sir, a long time ; and, the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD govern! in the affairs of men.
Seite 201 - 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 / 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...
Seite 154 - 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.
Seite 457 - 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.
Seite 197 - Tragedy, and contained an account of the drowning of Captain Worthilake, with his two daughters : the other was a sailor's song, on the taking of Teach (or Blackbeard) the pirate.
Seite 80 - Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet; — and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: — for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again; — he was lost, and is found.
Seite 76 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard -table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day ; demands it, before he can receive it, in a lump.
Seite 456 - 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.
Seite 200 - While I was intent on improving my language, I met with an English grammar (I think it was Greenwood's), at the end of which there were two little sketches of the arts of rhetoric and logic, the latter finishing with a specimen of a dispute in the Socratic method; and soon after I procured Xenophon's Memorable Things of Socrates, wherein there are many instances of the same method.