Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1868 - 409 sidor |
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... whole Preface , see Appendix , No. I. It is a curious cir- cumstance that the copy of the Memoirs given in this collection of Cas- tera was translated from an English edition , which was itself only a translation from the first French ...
... whole Preface , see Appendix , No. I. It is a curious cir- cumstance that the copy of the Memoirs given in this collection of Cas- tera was translated from an English edition , which was itself only a translation from the first French ...
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... whole till I can view it all together , and make the proper corrections . " † William Temple Franklin also writes on the 17th of November , 1788 : " Our new government goes on in its way . Many * Le Veillard Collection . For the entire ...
... whole till I can view it all together , and make the proper corrections . " † William Temple Franklin also writes on the 17th of November , 1788 : " Our new government goes on in its way . Many * Le Veillard Collection . For the entire ...
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... whole of the works that have been sup- pressed certainly did not relate to republican politics . The history of the author's life , down to 1757 , could not well contain any matter of offence , and a variety of gen- eral remarks and ...
... whole of the works that have been sup- pressed certainly did not relate to republican politics . The history of the author's life , down to 1757 , could not well contain any matter of offence , and a variety of gen- eral remarks and ...
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... whole , I wish the out - of - fashion practice of praising ourselves would , like other old fashions , come round into fashion again . But this , I fear , will not be in our time . So we must even be contented with what little praise we ...
... whole , I wish the out - of - fashion practice of praising ourselves would , like other old fashions , come round into fashion again . But this , I fear , will not be in our time . So we must even be contented with what little praise we ...
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... whole appeared to me as written with a good deal of decent plainness and manly freedom . The six concluding lines I remember , though I have forgotten the two first of the stanza ; but the purport of them was , that his censures ...
... whole appeared to me as written with a good deal of decent plainness and manly freedom . The six concluding lines I remember , though I have forgotten the two first of the stanza ; but the purport of them was , that his censures ...
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Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Edited from his Manuscript, with notes ... Benjamin Franklin Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1868 |
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Sida 217 - I could go thro' a Course compleat 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...
Sida 211 - ORDER. Let all your things have their places ; let each part of your business have its time.
Sida 321 - It is, perhaps, below the dignity of your profession to act as steward of the rum, but if you were to deal it out and only just after prayers, you would have them all about you.
Sida 111 - I sat down among them, and, after looking round awhile and hearing nothing said, being very drowsy through labor and want of rest the preceding night, I fell fast asleep, and continued so till the meeting broke up, when one was kind enough to rouse me. This was, therefore, the first house I was in, or slept in, in Philadelphia.
Sida 245 - ... 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 205 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Sida 102 - I did not give them any satisfaction, they contented themselves with admonishing me, and dismissed me, considering me, perhaps, as an apprentice, who was bound to keep his master's secrets. During my brother's confinement, which I resented a good deal, notwithstanding our private differences, I had the management of the paper; and I made bold to give our rulers some rubs in it, which my brother took very kindly, while others began to consider me in an unfavorable light, as a young genius that had...
Sida 282 - The subscriptions accordingly soon exceeded the requisite sum, and we claimed and received the public gift, which enabled us to carry the design into execution. A convenient and handsome building was soon erected ; the institution has by constant experience been found useful, and flourishes to this day ; and I do not remember any of my political manoeuvres, the success of which gave me at the time more pleasure, or wherein, after thinking of it, I more easily excused myself for having made some use...
Sida 207 - Providence; that the most acceptable service of God was the doing good to man; that our souls are immortal; and that all crime will be punished, and virtue rewarded, either here or hereafter.
Sida 91 - Often I sat up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.