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 Author, Band 1Hilliard, Gray,, 1840 |
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... arrived there some time before me . We had been intimate from children , and had read the same books together ; but he had the advantage of more time for reading and studying , and a wonderful genius for mathematical learning , in which ...
... arrived there some time before me . We had been intimate from children , and had read the same books together ; but he had the advantage of more time for reading and studying , and a wonderful genius for mathematical learning , in which ...
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... arrival at New York , and behaved himself in a very extravagant manner . He had gamed too and lost his money , so that I was obliged to discharge his lodgings , and defray his ex- penses on the road , and at Philadelphia ; which proved ...
... arrival at New York , and behaved himself in a very extravagant manner . He had gamed too and lost his money , so that I was obliged to discharge his lodgings , and defray his ex- penses on the road , and at Philadelphia ; which proved ...
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... Arrival delivers Let- ters supposed to be written by the Governor . - Discovers that Keith had deceived him . His Money exhausted . -Engages to work as a Printer at Palmer's , in Bartholomew Close . - Writes and prints a metaphysical ...
... Arrival delivers Let- ters supposed to be written by the Governor . - Discovers that Keith had deceived him . His Money exhausted . -Engages to work as a Printer at Palmer's , in Bartholomew Close . - Writes and prints a metaphysical ...
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... arrived in London the 24th December , 1724. I wait- ed upon the stationer , who came first in my way , de- livering the letter as from Governor Keith . " I don't know such a person , " said he ; but , opening the letter , " O ! this is ...
... arrived in London the 24th December , 1724. I wait- ed upon the stationer , who came first in my way , de- livering the letter as from Governor Keith . " I don't know such a person , " said he ; but , opening the letter , " O ! this is ...
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... arrived in England , which was soon after , partly from resentment and ill will to Keith and Riddlesden , and partly from good will to him , I waited on him , and gave him the letter . He thanked me cordially , the in- formation being ...
... arrived in England , which was soon after , partly from resentment and ill will to Keith and Riddlesden , and partly from good will to him , I waited on him , and gave him the letter . He thanked me cordially , the in- formation being ...
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acquaintance advantage affairs afterwards American appeared appointed arrived Art of Virtue Assembly attended Benjamin Franklin Boston British brother called captain colonies commissioners conduct Congress continued Ecton EDITOR employed endeavour England England Courant father favor France French friends gave give Governor hands honor Hugh Meredith instructions Keimer King letters lived lodged London Lord Lord Chatham Lord Hillsborough Lord Kames means ment ministers never obtained occasion opinion pamphlet paper Paris Parliament Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Gazette persons Philadelphia pieces political pounds pounds sterling present principles printed printer printing-house procure proposed Proprietaries province published Quakers Ralph received respect sail says seems sent ship Society soon Stamp Act Street thing thought tion took town treaty Vergennes virtue volumes William William Temple Franklin writing wrote young
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Seite 102 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Seite 111 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme! O teach me what is good; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!
Seite 110 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Seite 34 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Seite 106 - ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.
Seite 571 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Seite 18 - I had gone on making verses ; since the continual occasion 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.
Seite 110 - ... the first, proceeds to a second; so I should have (I hoped) the encouraging pleasure of seeing on my pages the progress I made in virtue by clearing successively my lines of their spots, till in the end by a number of courses, I should be happy in viewing a clean book after a thirteen weeks
Seite 10 - My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read ) and the opinion of all his friends that I should certainly make a good scholar encouraged him in this purpose of his. My uncle Benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to...
Seite 597 - 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.