The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the author by J. Sparks, Volume 1 |
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... brought into his hands numerous original and unpublished letters of Frank- lin , of which he has availed himself in this work . But he has been mainly indebted to individuals , who , with a liberality demanding the warmest ac ...
... brought into his hands numerous original and unpublished letters of Frank- lin , of which he has availed himself in this work . But he has been mainly indebted to individuals , who , with a liberality demanding the warmest ac ...
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... . It is possible that other writings may yet be brought to light , which may afford some future editor the means of more entire success . FEBRUARY , 1840 . CONTENTS OF THE TEN VOLUMES . VOLUME 1 . LIFE xxiv PREFACE .
... . It is possible that other writings may yet be brought to light , which may afford some future editor the means of more entire success . FEBRUARY , 1840 . CONTENTS OF THE TEN VOLUMES . VOLUME 1 . LIFE xxiv PREFACE .
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... brought to a favorable Termination . Lord Mansfield's Agency in the Affair.- Franklin's Sentiments in Regard to Can- ada . — Writes a Pamphlet to show that it ought to be retained at the Peace . Tour to the North of England . - Receives ...
... brought to a favorable Termination . Lord Mansfield's Agency in the Affair.- Franklin's Sentiments in Regard to Can- ada . — Writes a Pamphlet to show that it ought to be retained at the Peace . Tour to the North of England . - Receives ...
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... brought up to that em- ployment ; a custom which he and my father followed with regard to their eldest sons . When I searched the registers at Ecton , I found an account of their marriages and burials from the year 1555 only , as the ...
... brought up to that em- ployment ; a custom which he and my father followed with regard to their eldest sons . When I searched the registers at Ecton , I found an account of their marriages and burials from the year 1555 only , as the ...
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... brought them to me . It would appear that my uncle must have left them here , when he went to America , which was about fifty years ago . I found several of his notes in the margins . His grandson , Samuel Franklin , is still living in ...
... brought them to me . It would appear that my uncle must have left them here , when he went to America , which was about fifty years ago . I found several of his notes in the margins . His grandson , Samuel Franklin , is still living in ...
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Page 19 - This was to teach me method in the arrangement of thoughts. By comparing my work afterwards with the original, I discovered many faults and amended them; but I sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that, in certain particulars of small import, I had been lucky enough to improve the method or the language, and this encouraged me to think I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer, of which I was extremely ambitious.
Page 106 - ... 4. Resolution Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. 5. Frugality 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.
Page 591 - 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 ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Page 33 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father ; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Page 106 - 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. I proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annexed to each, than a few names with more ideas...
Page 111 - Father of light and life ! thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ! teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ? and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Page 10 - My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the church. My early readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read ) and the opinion of all his friends that I should certainly make a good scholar encouraged him in this purpose of his. My uncle Benjamin, too, approved of it, and proposed to...
Page 33 - I have been the more particular in this description of my journey, and shall be so of my first entry into that city, that you may in your mind compare such unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made there.
Page 601 - Boston then lay out, at their discretion, one hundred thousand pounds in public works which may be judged of most general utility to the inhabitants, such as fortifications, bridges, aqueducts, public buildings, baths, pavements, or whatever may make living in the town more convenient to its people, and render it more agreeable to strangers resorting thither for health or a temporary residence.
Page 12 - At his table he liked to have, as often as he could, some sensible friend or neighbour to converse with, and always took care to start some ingenious or useful topic for discourse, which might tend to improve the minds of his children. By this means he turned our attention to what was good, just, and prudent, in the conduct of life...