Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1868 - 409 páginas |
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Benjamin Franklin John Bigelow. US # 528.19 us f 59411 HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MAR I 1954 Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1868 , by JOHN BIGELOW , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States ...
Benjamin Franklin John Bigelow. US # 528.19 us f 59411 HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY MAR I 1954 Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1868 , by JOHN BIGELOW , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States ...
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Benjamin Franklin John Bigelow. CONTENTS . INTRODUCTORY FRANKLIN'S OUTLINE OF TOPICS THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FRANKLIN . APPENDIX · INDEX . • PAGE 7 • 61 65 361 389 I. T is proper that I state the circumstances which.
Benjamin Franklin John Bigelow. CONTENTS . INTRODUCTORY FRANKLIN'S OUTLINE OF TOPICS THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FRANKLIN . APPENDIX · INDEX . • PAGE 7 • 61 65 361 389 I. T is proper that I state the circumstances which.
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Benjamin Franklin John Bigelow. I. T is proper that I state the circumstances which seem to have imposed upon me the duty of adding another to the already numberless editions of Dr. Franklin's Autobiography . It is well known that Franklin ...
Benjamin Franklin John Bigelow. I. T is proper that I state the circumstances which seem to have imposed upon me the duty of adding another to the already numberless editions of Dr. Franklin's Autobiography . It is well known that Franklin ...
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... Franklin , Governor of New Jersey . " Dear Son , & c . " The autograph commences with " Dear Son , " naming no person . Though William Franklin was the Doctor's only son , and in 1771 , when this was commenced , was also Gov- ernor of ...
... Franklin , Governor of New Jersey . " Dear Son , & c . " The autograph commences with " Dear Son , " naming no person . Though William Franklin was the Doctor's only son , and in 1771 , when this was commenced , was also Gov- ernor of ...
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... Franklin's works in 1793. He attributes the Autobiography to a desire on the part of Franklin and his French friends to neutralize the pernicious influence of Rousseau's Confessions , which , during the latter part of Franklin's ...
... Franklin's works in 1793. He attributes the Autobiography to a desire on the part of Franklin and his French friends to neutralize the pernicious influence of Rousseau's Confessions , which , during the latter part of Franklin's ...
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Página 217 - I could go thro' a Course compleat in Thirteen Weeks, and four Courses in a Year. And like him who having a Garden to weed, does not attempt to eradicate all the bad Herbs at once, which would exceed his Reach and his Strength, but works on one of the Beds at a time, and having...
Página 211 - ORDER. Let all your things have their places ; let each part of your business have its time.
Página 321 - It is, perhaps, below the dignity of your profession to act as steward of the rum, but if you were to deal it out and only just after prayers, you would have them all about you.
Página 111 - 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.
Página 245 - ... which he had never done before, and with great civility ; and he ever after manifested a readiness to serve me on all occasions, so that we became great friends, and our friendship continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim I had learned, which says, " He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged.
Página 205 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Página 102 - I did not give them any satisfaction, they contented themselves with admonishing me, and dismissed me, considering me, perhaps, as an apprentice, who was bound to keep his master's 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...
Página 282 - The subscriptions accordingly soon exceeded the requisite sum, and we claimed and received the public gift, which enabled us to carry the design into execution. A convenient and handsome building was soon erected ; the institution has by constant experience been found useful, and flourishes to this day ; and I do not remember any of my political manoeuvres, the success of which gave me at the time more pleasure, or wherein, after thinking of it, I more easily excused myself for having made some use...
Página 207 - Providence; that the most acceptable service of God was the doing good to man; that our souls are immortal; and that all crime will be punished, and virtue rewarded, either here or hereafter.
Página 91 - Often I sat up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.