Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Volumen1M'Carty & Davis, 1834 |
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... considered a single executive as constituting in effect a monarchy , the natural tendency of which was to despotism . It was completed 28th September , 1776 , having a preamble assigning the causes of its formation ; its first chapter ...
... considered a single executive as constituting in effect a monarchy , the natural tendency of which was to despotism . It was completed 28th September , 1776 , having a preamble assigning the causes of its formation ; its first chapter ...
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... considered as the first germination of that great revolution which was terminated by the peace of 1783 . Franklin has been , by writers hostile to freedom , considered as one premedi- tating a revolution , and labouring to fulfil his ...
... considered as the first germination of that great revolution which was terminated by the peace of 1783 . Franklin has been , by writers hostile to freedom , considered as one premedi- tating a revolution , and labouring to fulfil his ...
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... considered by his biographers in the spirit of its author . Those who laboured to find in this production a pretext for dis- paraging him , have discovered matter of reprobation even in its morality ; it has been held forth as ...
... considered by his biographers in the spirit of its author . Those who laboured to find in this production a pretext for dis- paraging him , have discovered matter of reprobation even in its morality ; it has been held forth as ...
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... considered with a little more attention by my brother's acquaintance . However , that did not quite please him , as he thought it tended to make me too vain . This might be one oc- casion of the differences we began to have about this ...
... considered with a little more attention by my brother's acquaintance . However , that did not quite please him , as he thought it tended to make me too vain . This might be one oc- casion of the differences we began to have about this ...
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... considered a great honour , more particularly as he conversed with me in the most affable , familiar , and friendly man- ner . one of them asking what kind of money we had there , I produced an handful of silver , and spread it before ...
... considered a great honour , more particularly as he conversed with me in the most affable , familiar , and friendly man- ner . one of them asking what kind of money we had there , I produced an handful of silver , and spread it before ...
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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.