Benjamin Franklin as a Man of LettersHoughton, Mifflin, 1896 - 293 páginas |
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... might , if he chose , carry it to the loan office , leave it there , and take away in exchange a number of paper bills . In this folly Massachusetts led the way , in 1714 , with a bank of fifty thousand pounds ; PAPER MONEY . 57.
... might , if he chose , carry it to the loan office , leave it there , and take away in exchange a number of paper bills . In this folly Massachusetts led the way , in 1714 , with a bank of fifty thousand pounds ; PAPER MONEY . 57.
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... folly ever begun , there would remain but one other depth of folly to which it would be possible to go down . Franklin proposed to fit out the Kingdom of Heaven with lords , nobles , a ministry , and levee days . It would on the same ...
... folly ever begun , there would remain but one other depth of folly to which it would be possible to go down . Franklin proposed to fit out the Kingdom of Heaven with lords , nobles , a ministry , and levee days . It would on the same ...
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... cat ate the candle ; " that " Cully , Mully , Puff appears ; and that " The World is bad with somebody . " Of this sort of folly Mr. Saunders was never " " guilty . And even when Leeds did drop into sense MAXIMS OF POOR RICHARD . 111.
... cat ate the candle ; " that " Cully , Mully , Puff appears ; and that " The World is bad with somebody . " Of this sort of folly Mr. Saunders was never " " guilty . And even when Leeds did drop into sense MAXIMS OF POOR RICHARD . 111.
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... folly . " " Fools , " says Poor Richard , " make feasts , and wise men eat them . " " Bad hours and ill company have ruined many fine young people , " says Leeds . Put into the lan- guage of Poor Richard this becomes , " The rotten ...
... folly . " " Fools , " says Poor Richard , " make feasts , and wise men eat them . " " Bad hours and ill company have ruined many fine young people , " says Leeds . Put into the lan- guage of Poor Richard this becomes , " The rotten ...
Página 115
... folly . Called thither by bell and crier , the people gathered long before the hour named , were plied with rum at the cost of the vendue master till , when the sale opened , they offered bids and paid prices such as never would have ...
... folly . Called thither by bell and crier , the people gathered long before the hour named , were plied with rum at the cost of the vendue master till , when the sale opened , they offered bids and paid prices such as never would have ...
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Abbé Morellet Advertiser almanac America Andrew Bradford Arthur Lee assembly Autobiography began Benjamin bills Boston Bradford British Busybody called colonies copy Courant debts declared edition England English essays folly France Frank Franklin wrote French gathered Gazette given governor hand hundred Indians issued James Franklin Jersey Keimer king knew labor land Leeds letters liberty London Lord magazine manuscript merchants Mercury months never newspaper once Pamlico Sound pamphlet paper money Paris passed Paxton Paxton Boys Penn Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Gazette Philadelphia piece Poor Richard says pounds preface pretended printed printer printing-house province Province of Pennsylvania published Quakers Ralph Izard reader replied scarce sent sermon ship Silas Deane soon speech stamp act taken taxes Temple Franklin things tion took town trade tricity turn verses William Bradford write written York
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Página 88 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Página 115 - I have been, if I may say it without vanity an eminent author of almanacks annually now a full quarter of a century, my brother authors in the same way, for what reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their applauses, and no other author has taken the least notice of me, so that did...
Página 123 - And again, Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but Poor Dick says, 'Tis easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Página 119 - But with our Industry, we must likewise be steady, settled and careful, and oversee our own Affairs with our own Eyes, and not trust too much to others; for, as Poor Richard says I never saw an oft-removed Tree, Nor yet an oft-removed Family, That throve so well as those that settled be.
Página 118 - So what signifies wishing and hoping for better Times. We may make these Times better, if we bestir ourselves. 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.
Página 117 - Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge 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 helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733.
Página 122 - A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small estate left them, which they knew not the getting of; they think, 'Tis day, and will never be night; that a little to be spent out of so much is not worth minding...
Página 117 - Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service. But Idleness taxes many of us much more...
Página 118 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, diligence is the mother of good luck, as Poor Richard says, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep, while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep, says Poor Dick.
Página 120 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.