The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His AutobiographyPhillips, Sampson, 1855 - 488 páginas |
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... means of gratifying it . He was also tempted to try his skill in lite- rary composition , and wrote some anonymous pieces for his brother's journal , which were published and approved . Some political articles in the Courant having ...
... means of gratifying it . He was also tempted to try his skill in lite- rary composition , and wrote some anonymous pieces for his brother's journal , which were published and approved . Some political articles in the Courant having ...
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... means or recommend- ations , on board a small vessel bound to New York . Not finding employment there , he set out for Philadelphia , where he arrived on foot , with a penny - roll in his hand , and one dollar in his purse . Here he ...
... means or recommend- ations , on board a small vessel bound to New York . Not finding employment there , he set out for Philadelphia , where he arrived on foot , with a penny - roll in his hand , and one dollar in his purse . Here he ...
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... means of sharp - pointed iron rods , raised into the region of the clouds . But it was not till the summer of 1752 that he resorted to the expedi- ent of a common kite , and by means of it converted what was theory into scientific truth ...
... means of sharp - pointed iron rods , raised into the region of the clouds . But it was not till the summer of 1752 that he resorted to the expedi- ent of a common kite , and by means of it converted what was theory into scientific truth ...
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... means of this apparatus he was enabled to collect a considerable quantity of electric fluid , on which to experiment at his leisure . Franklin's letters to Collinson , narrating his electrical experiments , were at first received with ...
... means of this apparatus he was enabled to collect a considerable quantity of electric fluid , on which to experiment at his leisure . Franklin's letters to Collinson , narrating his electrical experiments , were at first received with ...
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... means should be resorted to by which the credit of issues of paper money could be supported with- out making it a legal tender . The principal object of his mission was not meanwhile forgotten . The question of purchasing from the ...
... means should be resorted to by which the credit of issues of paper money could be supported with- out making it a legal tender . The principal object of his mission was not meanwhile forgotten . The question of purchasing from the ...
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The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His Autobiography Benjamin Franklin Vista completa - 1857 |
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Página 361 - 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 129 - It was the third. I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it.
Página 194 - I therefore filled all the little spaces that occurr'd between the remarkable days in the calendar with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue; it being more difficult for a man in want, to act always honestly, as, to use here one of those proverbs, it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.
Página 213 - That, as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously.
Página 361 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer ; but if he sees you at a billiard-table, or hears your voice at a tavern when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day ; demands it, before he can receive it, in a lump.
Página 139 - I went for a draught of the river water; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther. Thus...
Página 139 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Página 356 - But with our Industry, we must likewise be steady, settled and careful, and oversee our own Affairs with our own Eyes, and not trust too much to others; for, as Poor Richard says I never saw an oft-removed Tree, Nor yet an oft-removed Family, That throve so well as those that settled be.
Página 111 - 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 ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Página 469 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.