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... importance of , 36 . Meyrick , an army agent , his letters to general Arnold , 154 - an account of the 50007. paid him for his trea- chery , 155 . Mickle , anecdote of Mr. Samuel , 24 . Military spirit excited by Franklin , 44 . Militia ...
... importance of , 36 . Meyrick , an army agent , his letters to general Arnold , 154 - an account of the 50007. paid him for his trea- chery , 155 . Mickle , anecdote of Mr. Samuel , 24 . Military spirit excited by Franklin , 44 . Militia ...
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... importance , by any arts of declamation or elo- quence . Indeed , the habitual precision of his conceptions , and his invariable practice of referring to specific facts and observations , secured him , in a great measure , both from ...
... importance , by any arts of declamation or elo- quence . Indeed , the habitual precision of his conceptions , and his invariable practice of referring to specific facts and observations , secured him , in a great measure , both from ...
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... importance of the matter , and the expression , it was intended for you , ' I have never ceased to regret that my eagerness to do justice to the wishes of my venerable friend , by returning the manuscript , had precipitated me to do ...
... importance of the matter , and the expression , it was intended for you , ' I have never ceased to regret that my eagerness to do justice to the wishes of my venerable friend , by returning the manuscript , had precipitated me to do ...
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... importance to me . At New York I found my friend Collins , who had arrived 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 arrived 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 that he would send the letters to me on board , wishing me heartily a good voyage and a spee- dy return , & c . I returned on board a little puz- zled , but still not doubting . knowing us , were considered as ordinary ...
... importance ; but that he would send the letters to me on board , wishing me heartily a good voyage and a spee- dy return , & c . I returned on board a little puz- zled , but still not doubting . knowing us , were considered as ordinary ...
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Página 198 - The Body Of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AUTHOR.
Página 34 - Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; ie, waste nothing. 6. INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions. 7. SINCERITY. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
Página 33 - 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.
Página 34 - Temperance, for example, was by some confined to eating and drinking, while by others it was extended to mean the moderating every other pleasure, appetite, inclination, or passion — bodily or mental, even to our avarice and ambition.
Página 43 - I happened soon after to attend one of his sermons, in the course of which I perceived he intended to finish with a collection, and I silently resolved he should get nothing from me. I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold. As he proceeded I began to soften and concluded to give the copper.
Página 6 - Spectator, and turned them into verse : and after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again. I also sometimes jumbled my...
Página 370 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Página 34 - I crossed these columns with thirteen red lines, marking the beginning of each line with the first letter of one of the virtues; on which line, and in its proper column, I might mark by a little black spot, every fault I found upon examination to have been committed respecting that virtue, upon that day I determined to give a week's strict attention to each of the virtues successively.
Página 7 - ... believe, has been of great advantage to me when I have had occasion- to inculcate my opinions, and persuade men into measures that I have been from time to time...
Página 10 - He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy rolls. I was surprised at the quantity, but took it, and having no room in my pockets, walked off with a roll under each arm and eating the other. Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr.