The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinHoughton Mifflin, 1923 - 286 páginas |
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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 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 25 - I wish well-meaning, sensible men would not lessen their power of doing good by a positive, assuming manner, that seldom fails to disgust, tends to create opposition, and to defeat every one of those purposes for which speech was given to us, to wit, giving or receiving information or pleasure. For if you would inform, a positive and dogmatical manner in advancing your sentiments may provoke contradiction and prevent a candid attention.
Página 134 - I concluded at length that the mere speculative conviction, that it was our interest to be completely virtuous, was not sufficient to prevent our slipping; and that the contrary habits must be broken, and good ones acquired and established, before we can have any dependance on a steady uniform rectitude of conduct.
Página 139 - 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 130 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
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 26 - My brother had, in 1720 or 1721, begun to print a newspaper. It was the second that appeared in America, and was called the New England Courant.
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 19 - Persons of good sense, I have since observed, seldom fall into it, except lawyers, university men, and men of all sorts that have been bred at Edinburgh.
Página 113 - About this time, our club meeting, not at a tavern, but in a little room of Mr. Grace's, set apart for that purpose, a proposition was made by me, that, since our books were often...
Página 2 - Life with a considerable Share of Felicity, the conducing Means I made use of, which, with the Blessing of God, so well succeeded, my Posterity may like to know, as they may find some of them suitable to their own Situations, and therefore fit to be imitated.