Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator...G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1793 - Počet stran: 316 |
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Strana 24
... acquaintance with them ; which is al- ways difagreeable , and fometimes very inconvenient , efpecially when one finds onefelf entangled in their quarrels . An old philofophical friend of mine was grown , from experience , very cau ...
... acquaintance with them ; which is al- ways difagreeable , and fometimes very inconvenient , efpecially when one finds onefelf entangled in their quarrels . An old philofophical friend of mine was grown , from experience , very cau ...
Strana 25
... acquaintance with him . Every body has not this two - legged inftrument ; but every one , with a little attention , may observe signs of that carping , fault - finding difpofition , and take the fame refolution of avoiding the acquaintance ...
... acquaintance with him . Every body has not this two - legged inftrument ; but every one , with a little attention , may observe signs of that carping , fault - finding difpofition , and take the fame refolution of avoiding the acquaintance ...
Strana 83
... obferved , that while their acquaintance with it was imperfect , difficulties , fmall in themselves , operated as great ones in obftructing their pro- G 2 grefs . grefs . A book , for example , ill printed ESSAYS . 83.
... obferved , that while their acquaintance with it was imperfect , difficulties , fmall in themselves , operated as great ones in obftructing their pro- G 2 grefs . grefs . A book , for example , ill printed ESSAYS . 83.
Strana 84
... mother tongue , the German . This was more particularly useful to thofe who were not well acquainted with the English , there being fuch a prodigious number 7 number of our words that are both verbs and fubftantives 84 ESSAYS .
... mother tongue , the German . This was more particularly useful to thofe who were not well acquainted with the English , there being fuch a prodigious number 7 number of our words that are both verbs and fubftantives 84 ESSAYS .
Strana 85
... acquainted with our language , in converfation with me . on the fubject of our authors , attributed the greater obfcurity he found in our modern books , compared with thofe of the period above mentioned , to a change of style for the ...
... acquainted with our language , in converfation with me . on the fubject of our authors , attributed the greater obfcurity he found in our modern books , compared with thofe of the period above mentioned , to a change of style for the ...
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accufation adverſary againſt alfo almoſt alſo America anſwer becauſe beft beſt buſineſs cafe cifed confequences confiderable conftitution defire eaſily employed Engliſh eſtabliſh Europe exerciſe expence faid failors fame fecurity felves ferve fervice feven fhall fhew fhillings fhould fifter filk fince firſt flavery flaves fleep fmall fociety fome fometimes foon fpeak ftate ftill ftrangers fubfiftence fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fupport fure give himſelf houſes increaſe induſtry inſtead intereft itſelf juftice juſt labour leaſt lefs liberty live Madeira wine mafter meaſure ment merchants Mofes moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nation neceffary obferve occafion ourſelves parliament of England perfons perfpirable pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poffible pounds preferve prefs prevent propofed puniſh purpoſe raiſe reaſons refpect rife ſaid ſeveral ſhall ſkin ſmall ſome ſtate ſtill thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion underſtand uſe veffels whoſe worfe
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Strana 14 - I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth.
Strana 184 - 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...
Strana 56 - Remember that money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings turned is six, turned again it is seven and threepence, and so on, till it becomes an hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the more it produces every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. He that kills a breeding sow destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation. He that murders a crown destroys all that it might have produced, even...
Strana 232 - With regard to encouragements for strangers from government, they are really only what are derived from good laws and liberty. Strangers are welcome, because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old inhabitants are not jealous of them ; the laws protect them sufficiently, so that they have no need of the patronage of great men; and every one will enjoy securely the profits of his industry. But, if he does not bring a fortune with him, he must work and be industrious to live. One or...
Strana 15 - ... but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth...
Strana 182 - Nations would send down half a dozen of their sons to that college, the government would take care that they should be well provided for, and instructed in all the learning of the white people.
Strana 15 - I saved my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and observed the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who gave too much for the whistle.
Strana 56 - Remember that credit is money. If a man lets his money lie in my hands after it is due, he gives me the interest, or so much as I can make of it, during that time. This amounts to a considerable sum where a man has good and large credit, and makes good use of it.
Strana 234 - Multitudes of poor people from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Germany, have by this means in a few years become wealthy farmers, who, in their own countries, where all the lands are fully occupied, and the wages of labour low, could never have emerged from the poor condition wherein they were born.
Strana 185 - The Business of the Women is to take exact notice of what passes, imprint it in their Memories, for they have no Writing, and communicate it to their Children. They are the Records of the Council, and they preserve...