Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..H. Colburn, 1818 |
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... of the plan , and which the reasons and motives mentioned in the title . They are thus printed for per- spicuity and for convenience . That this is essential to English liberty , [ that PART 1 . 5 AMERICAN POLITICS .
... of the plan , and which the reasons and motives mentioned in the title . They are thus printed for per- spicuity and for convenience . That this is essential to English liberty , [ that PART 1 . 5 AMERICAN POLITICS .
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... MENTIONED it yesterday to your excellency as my opinion , that excluding the people of the colonies from all share ... mention what of either kind occurs to me on this occasion . First , they will say , and perhaps with justice , that ...
... MENTIONED it yesterday to your excellency as my opinion , that excluding the people of the colonies from all share ... mention what of either kind occurs to me on this occasion . First , they will say , and perhaps with justice , that ...
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... mentioned above in the Indian countries , complete my idea of this branch . " See Governor Pownall's Administration of the Colonies , vol . ii . p . 228-231 , 5th edition . The reader must carry along with him a distinction between the ...
... mentioned above in the Indian countries , complete my idea of this branch . " See Governor Pownall's Administration of the Colonies , vol . ii . p . 228-231 , 5th edition . The reader must carry along with him a distinction between the ...
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... mentioned , -these advantages might be expected : 1. They would be a great security to the frontiers of our other colonies ; by preventing the incursions of the French and French Indians of Canada , on the back parts of Pennsylvania ...
... mentioned , -these advantages might be expected : 1. They would be a great security to the frontiers of our other colonies ; by preventing the incursions of the French and French Indians of Canada , on the back parts of Pennsylvania ...
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... mentioned , their cash being drawn from them by the British trade ; but the legal tender being substituted in its place , is rather a greater advantage to the possessor , since he need not be at the trouble of going to a particular bank ...
... mentioned , their cash being drawn from them by the British trade ; but the legal tender being substituted in its place , is rather a greater advantage to the possessor , since he need not be at the trouble of going to a particular bank ...
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Abbés Morellet act of parliament advantage America appear better bills body Britain British chimney coin cold colonies commerce common conductor continued crown debt degree descending discharge duty earth England English equal expense fire fluid force Franklin friends funnel give glass Glaucon gold and silver governors grand council greater heat Helvetius Hence inches inconvenience increase Indians industry inhabitants kingdom of England labor land laws legal tender less liberty locum tenens manufactures means merchants motion nation natural necessary never observed occasion opinion paper paper-money parliament of England particles passing perhaps persons plate pleasure poor Portugal pound weight present produce proportion province quantity reason receive Rhode Island rise settlements shillings ships side smoke Spain stamp act subsistence sufficient suppose taxes thing thought trade vessel warm whole wind
Passagens conhecidas
Página 250 - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure ? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well, if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute, throw not away an hour.
Página 190 - Speak ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, .Angels; for ye behold Him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle His throne rejoicing ; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end.
Página 309 - 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 249 - 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 250 - Three removes are as bad as a fire ' ; and again, ' Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee ' ; and again, ' If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send.' And again, ' He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Página 307 - From going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it.
Página 318 - When I was a child of seven years old my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.
Página 66 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Página 252 - 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, ' It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Página 180 - ... molested in their persons, nor shall their houses or goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their fields wasted, by the armed force of the enemy...