Benjamin Franklin as a Man of LettersHoughton, Mifflin, 1896 - 293 páginas |
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... turn came Bellamy , the terror of every New England sailor till in 1717 he was wrecked on Cape Cod , where such of his crew as did not perish in the sea were hanged . When George I. came to the throne New Prov- idence TREATMENT OF ...
... turn came Bellamy , the terror of every New England sailor till in 1717 he was wrecked on Cape Cod , where such of his crew as did not perish in the sea were hanged . When George I. came to the throne New Prov- idence TREATMENT OF ...
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... ; if a good man died ; if a sailor came back from the Spanish main with some strange tale of adventure , a ballad - monger was sure to put the details into turn . doggerel rhyme , and the event became fixed " BLACKBEARD . " 17.
... ; if a good man died ; if a sailor came back from the Spanish main with some strange tale of adventure , a ballad - monger was sure to put the details into turn . doggerel rhyme , and the event became fixed " BLACKBEARD . " 17.
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... turn his knack of rhyming to some use , suggested the themes , and when the ballads were printed sent Benjamin forth to hawk them in the street . That upon the drowning of the light- keeper and his family sold prodigiously , for the ...
... turn his knack of rhyming to some use , suggested the themes , and when the ballads were printed sent Benjamin forth to hawk them in the street . That upon the drowning of the light- keeper and his family sold prodigiously , for the ...
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... turn the tales into verse . The search after words that would not change the sense , yet were of length to suit the meter and of sound to suit the rhyme , was , he felt sure , the best way to supply the deficiency . When his vocabulary ...
... turn the tales into verse . The search after words that would not change the sense , yet were of length to suit the meter and of sound to suit the rhyme , was , he felt sure , the best way to supply the deficiency . When his vocabulary ...
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... and religious ; ready to write now on poli- tics and now on love . Thus would each reader find something agreeable to his fancy : and in his turn be pleased . True to this plan , essays , dreams , criticisms DOGOOD PAPERS . 25.
... and religious ; ready to write now on poli- tics and now on love . Thus would each reader find something agreeable to his fancy : and in his turn be pleased . True to this plan , essays , dreams , criticisms DOGOOD PAPERS . 25.
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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.