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... taken from his writings and correspondence whatever was autobio- graphical , and presented it in a strictly chronological order . I have not attempted to give all his letters , nor more of any letter or other document than furthered the ...
... taken from his writings and correspondence whatever was autobio- graphical , and presented it in a strictly chronological order . I have not attempted to give all his letters , nor more of any letter or other document than furthered the ...
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... taken from the first chapter will show the general character of these changes . It is a curious fact that the very first words of the edition of 1817 are interpolations . It commences : " To William Franklin , Governor of New Jersey ...
... taken from the first chapter will show the general character of these changes . It is a curious fact that the very first words of the edition of 1817 are interpolations . It commences : " To William Franklin , Governor of New Jersey ...
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... taken away my appetite , and so impeded my digestion that I am become totally emaciated , and little remains of me but a skeleton covered with a skin . In this situation , I have * See this date , infra , vol . iii . not been able to ...
... taken away my appetite , and so impeded my digestion that I am become totally emaciated , and little remains of me but a skeleton covered with a skin . In this situation , I have * See this date , infra , vol . iii . not been able to ...
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... taken the resolution to endeavor completing them in this way of dictating to an amanuensis . What is already done I now send you , with an earnest request that you and my good friend , Dr. Price , would be so good as to take the trouble ...
... taken the resolution to endeavor completing them in this way of dictating to an amanuensis . What is already done I now send you , with an earnest request that you and my good friend , Dr. Price , would be so good as to take the trouble ...
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... taken for any pur- pose whatever , " to have been removed by his death . If such was the case , however , why did he not produce an English edition ? In a notice which Cabanis prepared shortly after the news of Dr. Franklin's death ...
... taken for any pur- pose whatever , " to have been removed by his death . If such was the case , however , why did he not produce an English edition ? In a notice which Cabanis prepared shortly after the news of Dr. Franklin's death ...
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Sida 265 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the coppers.
Sida 232 - 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!
Sida 123 - Street wharf, near the boat I came in, to which I went for a draught of the river water; and being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther.
Sida 243 - That there is one God, who made all things. "That he governs the world by his providence. "That he ought to be worshiped by adoration, prayer, and thanksgiving. "But that the most acceptable service of God is doing good to man. "That the soul is immortal. "And that God will certainly reward virtue and punish vice, either here or hereafter.
Sida 265 - The request was fortunately made to perhaps the only man in the company who had the firmness not to be affected by the preacher. His answer was, "At any other time, friend Hopkinson, I would lend to thee freely ; but not now, for thee seems to be out of thy right senses.
Sida 112 - I took a delight in it, practis'd it continually, and grew very artful and expert in drawing people, even of superior knowledge, into concessions, the consequences of which they did not foresee, entangling them in difficulties out of which they could not extricate themselves, and so obtaining victories that neither myself nor my cause always deserved.
Sida 157 - Water-American, as they called me, was stronger than themselves, who drank strong beer! We had an alehouse boy who attended always in the house to supply the workmen. My companion at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o'clock, and another when he had done his day's work.
Sida 231 - I could go through a course complete in thirteen weeks, and four courses in a year. And like him who, having a garden to weed, does not attempt to eradicate all the bad herbs at once, which would exceed his reach and his strength, but works on one of the beds at a time, and, having accomplished the first, proceeds to a second...
Sida 257 - ... which he had never done before, and with great civility ; and he ever after manifested a readiness to serve me on all occasions, so that we became great friends, and our friendship continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, " He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.
Sida 219 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...