The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His LifeBooksellers, 1840 - 320 oldal |
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... Keimer , who might perhaps employ me ; and that , in case of refusal , I should be welcome to lodge at his house , and he would give me a little work now and then , till something better should offer . " The old man offered to introduce ...
... Keimer , who might perhaps employ me ; and that , in case of refusal , I should be welcome to lodge at his house , and he would give me a little work now and then , till something better should offer . " The old man offered to introduce ...
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... Keimer also made verses , but they were indifferent ones . He could not be said to write in verse , for his method was to set the lines as they flowed from his muse ; and as he worked without copy , had but one set of letter - cases ...
... Keimer also made verses , but they were indifferent ones . He could not be said to write in verse , for his method was to set the lines as they flowed from his muse ; and as he worked without copy , had but one set of letter - cases ...
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... Keimer and I being at work together near the window , we saw the Governor and another gen- tleman , Colonel French , of Newcastle , handsomely dressed , cross the street , and make directly for our house . We heard them at the door ...
... Keimer and I being at work together near the window , we saw the Governor and another gen- tleman , Colonel French , of Newcastle , handsomely dressed , cross the street , and make directly for our house . We heard them at the door ...
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... Keimer as before . The Governor sent every now and then to invite me to dine with him . I considered this as a very great honour ; and I was the more sensible of it , as he conversed with me in the most affable , familiar , and friendly ...
... Keimer as before . The Governor sent every now and then to invite me to dine with him . I considered this as a very great honour ; and I was the more sensible of it , as he conversed with me in the most affable , familiar , and friendly ...
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... Keimer , unhappy re- specting the sum which Collins had drawn from me , and almost in continual agony at the thoughts of Vernon , who fortunately made no demand of his money till several years after . In the account of my first voyage ...
... Keimer , unhappy re- specting the sum which Collins had drawn from me , and almost in continual agony at the thoughts of Vernon , who fortunately made no demand of his money till several years after . In the account of my first voyage ...
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able acquaintance advantage agreeable America appeared apprentice arrived articles of confederation Assembly Boston Britain brother called citizens colonies continued debt desire electricity employed endeavoured engaged England English established Europe experiments father favour Franklin friends gave give Governor honour improve inconvenience industry inhabitants Keimer labour land laws learned letters liberty Little Britain lived lodging Madeira wine manner master means ment nation never obliged observed obtained occasion opinion paper Pennsylvania perhaps persons Philadelphia philosophers pleasure poor Richard says pounds pounds sterling power of points present printer printing printing-house procure produced proposed province province of Pennsylvania Ralph received respect shillings Sir William Wyndham soon Stephen Potts thing Thomas Penn thought tion took town trade tricity uncle Benjamin wished words young
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274. oldal - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost;" being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for the want of a little care about a horseshoe nail!
156. oldal - 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.
271. oldal - Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for that's the Stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says. — How much more than is necessary do we spend in Sleep! forgetting that The sleeping Fox catches no Poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the Grave, as Poor Richard says.
273. oldal - And again, Three removes are as bad as a fire ; and again, Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee ; and again, If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send. And again, — He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
277. oldal - Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy. And after all, of what Use is this Pride of Appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? It cannot promote Health, or ease Pain; it makes no Increase of Merit in the Person, it creates Envy, it hastens Misfortune.
270. oldal - Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733.
276. oldal - If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for, he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing; and indeed so does he that lends to such people, when he goes to get it in again.
274. oldal - A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will, as Poor Richard says; and Many Estates are spent in the Getting, Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.
280. oldal - I had made of the sense of all ages and nations. However, I resolved to be the better for the echo of it, and though I had at first determined to buy stuff for a new coat, I went away resolved to wear my old one a little longer. Reader, if thou wilt do the same, thy profit will be as great as mine.
271. oldal - He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor'; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious, we shall never starve; for, as Poor Richard says, 'At the workingman's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter.