The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the War of Independence, and of the Various Negociations at Paris for Peace; with the History of His Political and Other WritingsHunt and Clarke, 1826 - 407 páginas |
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... character . - Family history . - Early destination and apprenticeship . - Absconds , and arrives at Philadelphia . THE lives of great and useful men have been com- pared to the course of rivers . They often rise in the most obscure and ...
... character . - Family history . - Early destination and apprenticeship . - Absconds , and arrives at Philadelphia . THE lives of great and useful men have been com- pared to the course of rivers . They often rise in the most obscure and ...
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... character , delivered by Dr Franklin in old age to his only son , forming as it does an excellent portrait of a father of a family in a subordinate line of life . " It will not perhaps be uninteresting to you to know what sort of a man ...
... character , delivered by Dr Franklin in old age to his only son , forming as it does an excellent portrait of a father of a family in a subordinate line of life . " It will not perhaps be uninteresting to you to know what sort of a man ...
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... character , and his sin- gular ability for temperate and fair discussion . He here again receives the advantage of his father's su- perintendence of his plans . The papers both of Ben- jamin and his friend were accidentally seen by him ...
... character , and his sin- gular ability for temperate and fair discussion . He here again receives the advantage of his father's su- perintendence of his plans . The papers both of Ben- jamin and his friend were accidentally seen by him ...
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... character also was not in good savour with the ruling powers ; and his father was too just a man not to avow his dis- pleasure at his present determination . Covert measures were therefore resorted to in the management of his departure ...
... character also was not in good savour with the ruling powers ; and his father was too just a man not to avow his dis- pleasure at his present determination . Covert measures were therefore resorted to in the management of his departure ...
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... character of his new master , who was the ready dupe of old Bradford's questions as to all his connexions and prospects , and in no small degree surprised and mor- tified when informed of his name . In Keimer he found the professions of ...
... character of his new master , who was the ready dupe of old Bradford's questions as to all his connexions and prospects , and in no small degree surprised and mor- tified when informed of his name . In Keimer he found the professions of ...
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Página 362 - Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Página 336 - The taxes are indeed very heavy ; and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharg-e them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. — We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these -taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us, by allowing an abatement. However, let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us : ' God...
Página 306 - 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.
Página 336 - Lost time is never found again ; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough : let us then up and be doing, and doing to the purpose ; so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy ; 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. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee ; and early to bed, and early to rise,...
Página 336 - ... or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733.
Página 66 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Página 361 - St Croix river to the highlands, along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Página 340 - Years can never be spent but, always taking out of the Meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the Bottom; as Poor Dick says, When the Well's dry, they know the Worth of Water. But this they might have known before, if they had taken his Advice; If you would know the Value of Money, go and try to borrow some; for, he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing; and indeed so does he that lends to such People, when he goes to get it in again.
Página 372 - No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Página 391 - In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality — that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.