Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen2Harper & brothers, 1842 |
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... hope now to be fine without it . But ah ! think what you do when you run in debt ; you give to another power over your liberty . If you cannot pay at the time , you will be ashamed to see your creditor ; you will be in fear when you ...
... hope now to be fine without it . But ah ! think what you do when you run in debt ; you give to another power over your liberty . If you cannot pay at the time , you will be ashamed to see your creditor ; you will be in fear when you ...
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... hope of being one day able to purchase and enjoy luxuries a great spur to la- bour and industry ? May not luxury , therefore , pro- duce more than it consumes , if without such a spur * From a letter to Mr. Benjamin Vaughan , dated at ...
... hope of being one day able to purchase and enjoy luxuries a great spur to la- bour and industry ? May not luxury , therefore , pro- duce more than it consumes , if without such a spur * From a letter to Mr. Benjamin Vaughan , dated at ...
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... hope the luxury of a few merchants on the coast will not be the ruin of America . One reflection more , and I will end this long , rambling letter . Almost all the parts of our bodies require some expense . The feet demand shoes ; the ...
... hope the luxury of a few merchants on the coast will not be the ruin of America . One reflection more , and I will end this long , rambling letter . Almost all the parts of our bodies require some expense . The feet demand shoes ; the ...
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... , turn my family out of doors , and ruin my reputation , whenever he shall find it his interest ; and if a man will lie and swear to it in his shop to obtain a trifle , why should we doubt his doing so when he may hope to ESSAYS . 51.
... , turn my family out of doors , and ruin my reputation , whenever he shall find it his interest ; and if a man will lie and swear to it in his shop to obtain a trifle , why should we doubt his doing so when he may hope to ESSAYS . 51.
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Benjamin Franklin. we doubt his doing so when he may hope to make a fortune by his perjury ? The crime is in itself so mean , that to call a man a liar is esteemed every- where an affront not to be forgiven . If any have lenity enough to ...
Benjamin Franklin. we doubt his doing so when he may hope to make a fortune by his perjury ? The crime is in itself so mean , that to call a man a liar is esteemed every- where an affront not to be forgiven . If any have lenity enough to ...
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