Memoirs of the Life & Writings of Benjamin FranklinDent, 1927 - 314 páginas |
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... importance to me . At New York I found my friend Collins , who had arriv'd there some time before me . We had been intimate from children , and had read the same books together ; but he had the advantage of more time for reading and ...
... importance to me . At New York I found my friend Collins , who had arriv'd there some time before me . We had been intimate from children , and had read the same books together ; but he had the advantage of more time for reading and ...
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... importance . But Sir William , on reading his letter , said he was too prudent . There was great difference in persons ; and dis- cretion did not always accompany years , nor was youth always without it . " And since he will not set you ...
... importance . But Sir William , on reading his letter , said he was too prudent . There was great difference in persons ; and dis- cretion did not always accompany years , nor was youth always without it . " And since he will not set you ...
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... importance , but should send the letters to me on board , wished me heartily a good voyage and a speedy return , etc. I returned on board a little puzzled , but still not doubting . Mr Andrew Hamilton , a famous lawyer of Phila- delphia ...
... importance , but should send the letters to me on board , wished me heartily a good voyage and a speedy return , etc. I returned on board a little puzzled , but still not doubting . Mr Andrew Hamilton , a famous lawyer of Phila- delphia ...
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... importance to her , I attempted familiarities ( another erratum ) which she repuls'd with a proper resentment , and acquainted him with my behaviour . This made a breach between us ; and , when he returned again to London , he let me ...
... importance to her , I attempted familiarities ( another erratum ) which she repuls'd with a proper resentment , and acquainted him with my behaviour . This made a breach between us ; and , when he returned again to London , he let me ...
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... importance to do with one of these sons of Sir William Wynd- ham , become Earl of Egremont , which I shall men- tion in its place . Thus I spent about eighteen months in London ; most part of the time I work'd hard at my business , and ...
... importance to do with one of these sons of Sir William Wynd- ham , become Earl of Egremont , which I shall men- tion in its place . Thus I spent about eighteen months in London ; most part of the time I work'd hard at my business , and ...
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acquaintance Adams affairs afterwards America appear'd appointed arriv'd Art of Virtue Arthur Lee Assembly attend Autobiography began Benjamin Franklin Boston British brother brought call'd captain character colonies colonists Comte de Vergennes conduct Congress continu'd continued dispute Dr Franklin employ'd England English father favour France French friends gave give good-natur'd Government governor hands Indians instructions interest John Adams Keimer kind King letters lived London Lord Lord Loudoun means ment mind never occasion opinion pamphlet paper Paxton Boy Penn Pennsylvania perhaps person Philadelphia Poor Richard's Almanack present printed printer printing-house propos'd proposed proprietaries province Quakers Ralph reason receiv'd respect sail sect sent ship Silas Deane soon Stamp Act street Temple Franklin things thought thro tion took treaty Veillard virtue waggons whole words writing wrote young
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Página 97 - I was now and then prevail'd on to do so, once for five Sundays successively. Had he been in my opinion a good preacher, perhaps I might have continued, notwithstanding the occasion I had for the Sunday's leisure in my course of study ; but his discourses were chiefly either polemic arguments, or explications of the peculiar doctrines of our sect, and were all to me very dry, uninteresting, and unedifying, since not a single moral principle was inculcated or enforc'd, their aim seeming to be rather...
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Página 103 - 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 95 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Página 114 - I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he first forms a good plan, and, cutting off all amusements or other employments that would divert his attention, makes the execution of that same plan his sole study and business.
Página 104 - Father of light and life ! thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ! teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit! and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Página 22 - For, if you would inform, a positive and dogmatical manner in advancing your sentiments may provoke contradiction and prevent a candid attention. If you wish information and improvement from the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly...
Página 25 - ... secrets. During my brother's confinement, which I resented a good deal, notwithstanding our private differences, I had the management of the paper; and I made bold to give our rulers some rubs in it, which my brother took very kindly, while others began to consider me in an unfavorable light, as a young genius that had a turn for libelling and satyr.
Página 30 - Second-street, and ask'd for bisket, intending such as we had in Boston; but they, it seems, were not made in Philadelphia. Then I asked for a three-penny loaf, and was told they had none such. So not considering or knowing the difference of money, and the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I bade him give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I was...
Página 17 - I now took a fancy to poetry, and made some little pieces ; my brother, thinking it might turn to account, encouraged me, and put me on composing occasional ballads. One was called The Lighthouse Tragedy...