From Boyhood to Manhood, Life of Benjamin FranklinHurst, 1889 - 497 Seiten |
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... Lived to See His Folly - Interview with Sir Hans Sloane Benjamin's Attack on Beer Drinking — His Sound Argument- Jake , the Ale Boy - Called " A Water Drinker " — Discussion with Watts Refused to Treat the Company — Visits His Old Press ...
... Lived to See His Folly - Interview with Sir Hans Sloane Benjamin's Attack on Beer Drinking — His Sound Argument- Jake , the Ale Boy - Called " A Water Drinker " — Discussion with Watts Refused to Treat the Company — Visits His Old Press ...
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... lived in the same village , Ecton , in Northamptonshire , on a freehold of about thirty acres , for at least three hundred years , and how much longer could not be ascertained . This small estate would not have sufficed for their ...
... lived in the same village , Ecton , in Northamptonshire , on a freehold of about thirty acres , for at least three hundred years , and how much longer could not be ascertained . This small estate would not have sufficed for their ...
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... lived and died . Be that as it may , he ever manifested a lively interest in his protegé , and evidently regarded him as an un- commonly bright boy , who would some day score a creditable mark for the family . Benjamin was more than a ...
... lived and died . Be that as it may , he ever manifested a lively interest in his protegé , and evidently regarded him as an un- commonly bright boy , who would some day score a creditable mark for the family . Benjamin was more than a ...
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... LIVED LOVINGLY TOGETHER , IN WEDLOCK , FIFTY - FIVE YEARS ; AND WITHOUT AN ESTATE , OR ANY GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT , BY CONSTANT LABOR AND HONEST INDUSTRY ( WITH GOD'S BLESSING ) , MAINTAINED A LARGE FAMILY COMFORTABLY ; AND BROUGHT UP ...
... LIVED LOVINGLY TOGETHER , IN WEDLOCK , FIFTY - FIVE YEARS ; AND WITHOUT AN ESTATE , OR ANY GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT , BY CONSTANT LABOR AND HONEST INDUSTRY ( WITH GOD'S BLESSING ) , MAINTAINED A LARGE FAMILY COMFORTABLY ; AND BROUGHT UP ...
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... he would become a distinguished man , and so expressed herself to others . She lived to see him rise in his profession , until he became a member of Congress , though of she died before he reached the zenith of his IN SCHOOL . 59.
... he would become a distinguished man , and so expressed herself to others . She lived to see him rise in his profession , until he became a member of Congress , though of she died before he reached the zenith of his IN SCHOOL . 59.
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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.