The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinHoughton Mifflin, 1923 - 235 páginas Industry, honesty, and an eye for the ladies are ever apparent in this candid self-portrait, from his humble birth in 1706 to the beginnings of his greatness in 1757. |
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... intention of the publishers to em- body in a fit and adequate form the authentic narrative of Franklin . Though the story breaks off abruptly in the year 1757 , when Franklin had the three most splendid decades of his life still before ...
... intention of the publishers to em- body in a fit and adequate form the authentic narrative of Franklin . Though the story breaks off abruptly in the year 1757 , when Franklin had the three most splendid decades of his life still before ...
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... intention , took me from the grammar - school , and sent me to a school for writing and arithmetic , kept by a then famous man , Mr George Brownell , very successful in his profession generally , and that by mild , encourag- ing methods ...
... intention , took me from the grammar - school , and sent me to a school for writing and arithmetic , kept by a then famous man , Mr George Brownell , very successful in his profession generally , and that by mild , encourag- ing methods ...
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... be able to do little jobs myself in my house when a workman could not readily be got , and to construct little machines for my experiments , while the intention of mak- ing the experiment was fresh and warm in my mind BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 15.
... be able to do little jobs myself in my house when a workman could not readily be got , and to construct little machines for my experiments , while the intention of mak- ing the experiment was fresh and warm in my mind BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 15.
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... intention was to be kept a secret , and I went on working with Keimer as usual , the gover- nor sending for me now and then to dine with him , a very great honor I thought it , and conversing with me in the most affable , familiar , and ...
... intention was to be kept a secret , and I went on working with Keimer as usual , the gover- nor sending for me now and then to dine with him , a very great honor I thought it , and conversing with me in the most affable , familiar , and ...
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... intention of return- ing to it ; and , one of them asking what kind of money we had there , I produc'd a handful of silver , and spread it before them , which was a kind of raree - show they had not been us'd to , paper being the money ...
... intention of return- ing to it ; and , one of them asking what kind of money we had there , I produc'd a handful of silver , and spread it before them , which was a kind of raree - show they had not been us'd to , paper being the money ...
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accordingly acquainted advis'd affairs afterwards appear'd arriv'd Art of Virtue ask'd Assembly attend Autobiography began BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Boston bred brother brought call'd captain character conduct continu'd continued dispute Ecton employ'd England eral father form'd Fort Duquesne Franklin friends gave give good-natur'd governor hands horses ingenious instructions Keimer length letter Little Britain lived lodging London Lord Loudoun Madeira wine means ment ness never oblig'd occasion opinion paid paper paquet pass'd perhaps person Philadelphia porringer pounds sterling present printed printer printing-house propos'd proposed proprietaries province Quakers Ralph ready receiv'd return'd Riddlesden sail says sect seem'd sent shillings ship Socratic method soon street thing thought thousand pounds thro tion told took us'd Veillard virtue waggons William Temple Franklin work'd writing wrote young
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Página 16 - Essays to do Good, which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life.
Página 130 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Página 134 - It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time; I would conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other.
Página 135 - In the various enumerations of the moral virtues I had met with in my reading, I found the catalogue more or less numerous, as different writers included more or fewer ideas under the »/ * same name.
Página 130 - It was lucky for me that I had one as much dispos'd to industry and frugality as myself. She assisted me cheerfully in my business, folding and stitching pamphlets, tending shop, purchasing old linen rags for the paper-makers, etc., etc. We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury will enter families,...
Página 140 - I determined to give a week's strict attention to each of the virtues successively. Thus, in the first week, my great guard was to avoid every the least offence against Temperance, leaving the other virtues to their ordinary chance, only marking every evening the faults of the day. Thus, if in the first week I could keep my first line, marked T...
Página 140 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Página 177 - His delivery of the latter was so improved by frequent repetition, that every accent, every emphasis, every modulation of voice, was so perfectly well turned and well placed, that, without being interested in the subject, one could not help being pleased with the discourse ; a pleasure of much the same kind with that received from an excellent piece of music.
Página 22 - I could not, as it seemed to me, afford time to practise it. When about 16 years of age I happened to meet with a book, written by one Tryon, recommending a vegetable diet. I determined to go into it. My brother, being...
Página 38 - I sat down among them, and, after looking round awhile and hearing nothing said, being very drowsy through labor and want of rest the preceding night, I fell fast asleep, and continued so till the meeting broke up, when one was kind enough to rouse me. This was, therefore, the first house I was in, or slept in, in Philadelphia.