The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the AuthorChilds & Peterson, 1840 |
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... the date of November 20th , 1728 , when the author was twenty - two years old . It purports to be the FIRST PAKT ; but the continuation has never been published . - EDITOR . VOL . II . 1 my narrow imagination , to be almost nothing , and.
... the date of November 20th , 1728 , when the author was twenty - two years old . It purports to be the FIRST PAKT ; but the continuation has never been published . - EDITOR . VOL . II . 1 my narrow imagination , to be almost nothing , and.
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... never for a moment embarrassed with obscurity or doubt . In judging of the merits of these essays , in regard to the topics upon which they turn , and the mode of treating them , it would be unjust to the author not to keep in mind his ...
... never for a moment embarrassed with obscurity or doubt . In judging of the merits of these essays , in regard to the topics upon which they turn , and the mode of treating them , it would be unjust to the author not to keep in mind his ...
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... the value they put on their own writings , since they think to frighten the public into their applause , by threatening , that , unless you approve what they have already wrote , they intend never to 16 FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS .
... the value they put on their own writings , since they think to frighten the public into their applause , by threatening , that , unless you approve what they have already wrote , they intend never to 16 FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS .
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... never to write again ; when perhaps it may not be a pin matter whether they ever do or no . As I have not observed the critics to be more favorable on this account , I shall always avoid saying any thing of the kind ; and con- clude ...
... never to write again ; when perhaps it may not be a pin matter whether they ever do or no . As I have not observed the critics to be more favorable on this account , I shall always avoid saying any thing of the kind ; and con- clude ...
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... never spoke yet but with a design to divert and please , and who was never yet baulked in his intention . Eugenius takes more de- light in applying the wit of his friends , than in being admired himself ; and if any one of the company ...
... never spoke yet but with a design to divert and please , and who was never yet baulked in his intention . Eugenius takes more de- light in applying the wit of his friends , than in being admired himself ; and if any one of the company ...
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Abbé Morellet advantage America better bills Britain Busy-Body called coin colonies commerce common consequently consider corn currency dear debts employed endeavour England English school Europe evil expense exportation favor Franklin friends gentleman give Glaucon gold and silver GOUT happiness Helvetius Horatio hundred increase industry inhabitants judges kind king's counsel Kinnersley labor land less libel liberty live Madame Helvétius mankind manner manufactures master means ment merchants mind Montrésor moral nation nature necessary neighbours never obliged observed occasion opinion paid paper money PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE perhaps person Phil Philocles pleasure plenty Poor Richard says Poor Richard's Almanac pound weight pounds present procure produce profit province Province of Pennsylvania quantity reason receive render ruin self-denial shillings slavery Socrates subsistence thee things thou thought tion trade trustees virtue wages wise
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Seite 6 - Whether to deck with clouds the uncolour'd sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Seite 5 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Seite 60 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost"; being overtaken and slain by the enemy all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail!
Seite 57 - 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.
Seite 57 - Industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him...
Seite 127 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Seite 61 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of : they think, It is day, and will never be night ; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding ; but Always taking out of the mealtub, and never putting- in, soon comes to the bottom, as Poor Richard says ; and then, When the well is dry, they know the worth of water.
Seite 125 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Seite 127 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Seite 58 - Today. If you were a Servant would you not be ashamed that a good Master should catch you idle? Are you then your own Master, be ashamed to catch yourself idle, as Poor Dick says.