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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... shilling's - worth of copper , which he paid for his fare , and a single dollar . " I walked , " he observes , " towards the top of the street , looking eagerly on both sides , till I came to Market - street , where I met a child with a ...
... shilling's - worth of copper , which he paid for his fare , and a single dollar . " I walked , " he observes , " towards the top of the street , looking eagerly on both sides , till I came to Market - street , where I met a child with a ...
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... than from a pint of beer . This reasoning however did not prevent him from drinking his accustomed quantity of beer , and paying every Saturday night a 66 score of four or five shillings a week for 25 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN . 33.
... than from a pint of beer . This reasoning however did not prevent him from drinking his accustomed quantity of beer , and paying every Saturday night a 66 score of four or five shillings a week for 25 LIFE OF DR FRANKLIN . 33.
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... shillings a week for this cursed beverage ; an expence from which I was wholly ex- empt . Thus do these poor devils continue all their lives in a state of voluntary wretchedness and poverty . My example prevailed with several of them to ...
... shillings a week for this cursed beverage ; an expence from which I was wholly ex- empt . Thus do these poor devils continue all their lives in a state of voluntary wretchedness and poverty . My example prevailed with several of them to ...
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... shilling a week , provided their improvement in the typographic art should merit it . This future increase of wages was the bait he had made use of to ensnare them . Meredith was to work at the press , and Potts to bind books , which he ...
... shilling a week , provided their improvement in the typographic art should merit it . This future increase of wages was the bait he had made use of to ensnare them . Meredith was to work at the press , and Potts to bind books , which he ...
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... shillings , which Franklin says gave him more pleasure than any equal sum he afterwards earned ; and the gratitude which he felt on this occasion , inclined him , oftener than he should have been otherwise disposed , to assist beginners ...
... shillings , which Franklin says gave him more pleasure than any equal sum he afterwards earned ; and the gratitude which he felt on this occasion , inclined him , oftener than he should have been otherwise disposed , to assist beginners ...
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Página 358 - 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 338 - ... be blasted, without the blessing of Heaven: and therefore ask that blessing humbly; and be not uncharitable to those that at present seem to want it, but comfort and help them. Remember Job suffered, and was afterwards prosperous. " And now, to conclude, ' Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other...
Página 334 - 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 58 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Página 357 - 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 336 - 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 322 - Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for that's the stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that The sleeping Fox catches no Poultry...
Página 332 - How much more than is necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the grave, as Poor Richard says.
Página 387 - 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.
Página 359 - ... perfectly consistent not only with justice and equity, but with that spirit of conciliation which on the return of the blessings of peace should universally prevail.