Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...: Posthumous and other writingsH. Colburn, 1819 |
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... Latin , without giving our- selves any trouble about our own tongue . " Monsieur Simon , in an elegant Discourse of his among the Memoirs of the Academy of Belles Lettres at Paris , speaking of the stress the Romans laid on purity of ...
... Latin , without giving our- selves any trouble about our own tongue . " Monsieur Simon , in an elegant Discourse of his among the Memoirs of the Academy of Belles Lettres at Paris , speaking of the stress the Romans laid on purity of ...
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... Latin , no regard is had to his mother tongue : And what happens ? What we see every day . A young gentleman of ... Latin master of rhetoric , and recommends Julius Genitor for his eloquent , open , and plain faculty of speaking . He ...
... Latin , no regard is had to his mother tongue : And what happens ? What we see every day . A young gentleman of ... Latin master of rhetoric , and recommends Julius Genitor for his eloquent , open , and plain faculty of speaking . He ...
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... Latin , of no use at all , were so constantly everywhere pressed , to the racking of children's invention beyond their strength , and hindering their cheerful progress by unnatural difficulties . But custom has so ordained it , and who ...
... Latin , of no use at all , were so constantly everywhere pressed , to the racking of children's invention beyond their strength , and hindering their cheerful progress by unnatural difficulties . But custom has so ordained it , and who ...
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... Latin than English , may make a man be talked of , but he will find it more to his purpose to express himself well in his own tongue , that he uses every moment , than to have the vain commendations of others for a very insignificant ...
... Latin than English , may make a man be talked of , but he will find it more to his purpose to express himself well in his own tongue , that he uses every moment , than to have the vain commendations of others for a very insignificant ...
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... Latin was thought learning ; and he that had had a tolerable skill in two or three languages , though his mind was not enlightened by any real knowledge , was a profound scholar . But it is not so at present ; and people confess , that ...
... Latin was thought learning ; and he that had had a tolerable skill in two or three languages , though his mind was not enlightened by any real knowledge , was a profound scholar . But it is not so at present ; and people confess , that ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abbé Abbés Morellet act of parliament advantage America assemblies better bills Britain British colonies and plantations commerce common constitution crown debt duty enemy England English school established exercise expense favor February 18 Franklin French friends give Glaucon Gout governors grand council happiness honor Horatio increase Indian inhabitants kind king Kinnersley land language Latin laws learning legal tender liberty live Majesty's master means ment merchants mind nation natural necessary never obliged observed occasion opinion paid paper paper-money parliament of England Pennsylvania Gazette perhaps person Philocles pleasure Poor Richard says pounds present province qu'il quit-rent racter reason respect Rhode Island ruined salaries scholars settled settlement shillings Socrates souris stamp act subsistence supposed taxes thee things thou thought tion tongue trade trustees union virtue whole
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Seite 112 - 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 154 - Experience of it: Several of our Young People were formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living in the Woods, unable to bear either Cold or Hunger, knew neither how to build a Cabin, take a Deer, or kill an Enemy, spoke our Language imperfectly; were therefore neither fit for Hunters, Warriors, or Counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are...
Seite 115 - A Man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
Seite 217 - 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 6 - 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 236 - I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure. This however was afterwards of use to me, the impression continuing on my mind; so that often, when I was tempted to buy some unnecessary thing, I said to myself, Don't give too much for the whistle; and I saved my money.
Seite 113 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, ' diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
Seite 7 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise.
Seite 415 - ... 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...
Seite 112 - Industry need not wish, as Poor Richard says and he that lives upon hope will die fasting. There are no gains without pains; then help hands for I have no lands, or if I have, they are smartly taxed.