The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself ; to which is Added His Miscellaneous EssaysMiller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855 - 375 oldal |
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19. oldal
... turn of thinking , that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life . This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make me a printer , though he had already one son , James , of that profession . In ...
... turn of thinking , that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life . This bookish inclination at length determined my father to make me a printer , though he had already one son , James , of that profession . In ...
20. oldal
... turn to account , encouraged me , and induced me to compose two occasional ballads . One was called The Light House Tragedy , and con- tained an account of the shipwreck of Captain Worthilake with his two daughters ; the other was a ...
... turn to account , encouraged me , and induced me to compose two occasional ballads . One was called The Light House Tragedy , and con- tained an account of the shipwreck of Captain Worthilake with his two daughters ; the other was a ...
21. oldal
... turn , by the way , is apt to become a very bad habit , making people often extremely disagreeable in company , by the contradic- tion that is necessary to bring it into practice ; and thence , besides souring and spoiling the ...
... turn , by the way , is apt to become a very bad habit , making people often extremely disagreeable in company , by the contradic- tion that is necessary to bring it into practice ; and thence , besides souring and spoiling the ...
27. oldal
... turn for libelling and satire . My brother's discharge was accompanied with an order , and a very odd one , that " James Franklin should no longer print the newspaper , called The New England Courant . " On a consultation held in our ...
... turn for libelling and satire . My brother's discharge was accompanied with an order , and a very odd one , that " James Franklin should no longer print the newspaper , called The New England Courant . " On a consultation held in our ...
32. oldal
... turn the Bible into dog- gerel verse ; as Cotton had formerly done with Virgil . By this means he set many facts in a ridiculous light , and might have done mischief with weak minds , if his work had been published ; but it never was ...
... turn the Bible into dog- gerel verse ; as Cotton had formerly done with Virgil . By this means he set many facts in a ridiculous light , and might have done mischief with weak minds , if his work had been published ; but it never was ...
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acquainted advantage affairs afterwards agreeable America appeared appointed Assembly attended BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Boston called captain colonies congress continued conversation desire employed endeavor England Europe expense father favor Fort Duquesne France Franklin French friends gave give Gnadenhutten governor hands happy hundred improved industry inhabitants Keimer kind labor learned length letters liberty lived lodged London Lord Loudoun Madeira wine master means ment merchant mind nation necessary never obliged observed occasion opinion paper Pennsylvania perhaps persons Phila Philadelphia pleasure poor Richard says POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC pounds currency pounds sterling present printer printing house procure profitable proposed province Quakers received respect sail sect shillings ship soon stamp act street thing thought thousand pounds tion told took town uncle Benjamin virtue wagons whole writing young
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86. oldal - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
225. oldal - I see of this truth, that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that "except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
328. oldal - Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears ; while the used key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is 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.
330. oldal - Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a man afford himself no leisure? I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says: Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.
309. oldal - We have had some experience of it — several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces; they were instructed in all your sciences, but when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods, unable to bear either cold or hunger, knew neither how to build a cabin, take a deer, or kill an enemy, spoke our language imperfectly, were therefore neither fit for hunters, warriors, nor counsellors; they were totally good...
333. oldal - When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece ; but Poor Dick says, It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.
20. oldal - ... constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind, and make me master of it. Therefore I took some of the tales and turned them into verse ; and, after a time, when I had pretty well forgotten the prose, turned them back again.
32. oldal - Then I turned and went down Chestnut Street and part of Walnut Street, eating my roll all the way and, coming round, found myself again at Market Street wharf, near the boat I came in, to which I went for a draught of the river water; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in a boat with us, and were waiting to go farther.
327. oldal - A word to the wise is enough,' as Poor Richard says." They joined in desiring him to speak his mind, and gathering round him he proceeded as follows : "Friends," said he, "the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only 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...
326. oldal - I have been, if I may say it without vanity an eminent author of almanacks annually now a full quarter of a century, my brother authors in the same way, for what reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their applauses, and no other author has taken the least notice of me, so that did...