Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...H. Colburn, 1818 |
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Benjamin Franklin. period , would have been much more to his pecuniary advantage . But aware , as he is , of the deference due to the general feeling of admiration for the illustrious dead , he is no less sensible that there are times ...
Benjamin Franklin. period , would have been much more to his pecuniary advantage . But aware , as he is , of the deference due to the general feeling of admiration for the illustrious dead , he is no less sensible that there are times ...
vi. oldal
... those which public rumour ascribed to his pen . These miscellanies were printed in various forms both in England and America , greatly to the advantage of the pub- lishers ; nor did the possessor of the originals avail vi PREFACE .
... those which public rumour ascribed to his pen . These miscellanies were printed in various forms both in England and America , greatly to the advantage of the pub- lishers ; nor did the possessor of the originals avail vi PREFACE .
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... advantage authors have of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first . So would I also wish to change some incidents of it , for others more favorable . Notwithstand- ing , if this condition was denied , I should still ...
... advantage authors have of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first . So would I also wish to change some incidents of it , for others more favorable . Notwithstand- ing , if this condition was denied , I should still ...
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... advantage . There was also a book of Defoe's called " An Essay on Projects , " and another of Dr. Mather's called " An Essay to do Good , " which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking , that had an influence on some of the principal future ...
... advantage . There was also a book of Defoe's called " An Essay on Projects , " and another of Dr. Mather's called " An Essay to do Good , " which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking , that had an influence on some of the principal future ...
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... advantage of my antagonist in correct spelling and pointing ( which he attributed to the printing house ) I fell far short in elegance of expression , in method and in perspicuity , of which he convinced me by several instances . I saw ...
... advantage of my antagonist in correct spelling and pointing ( which he attributed to the printing house ) I fell far short in elegance of expression , in method and in perspicuity , of which he convinced me by several instances . I saw ...
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419. 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.
72. oldal - 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.
lxxiii. oldal - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance, as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those .rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved ; and on the present occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several states as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests.
296. oldal - Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And, for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. The foregoing Declaration was, by order of Congress, engrossed, and signed by the following members...
392. oldal - Constitution, for when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.
294. oldal - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
88. oldal - 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.
lxviii. oldal - The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
lxxii. oldal - That it is the opinion of this Convention, that as soon as the Conventions of nine states shall have ratified this Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the states which shall have ratified the same...
73. oldal - I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had imagined; but I had the satisfaction of seeing them diminish. To avoid the trouble of renewing now and then my little book, which, by scraping out the marks on the paper of old faults to make room for new ones in a new course, became full of holes...