Benjamin Franklin: His Contribution to the American TraditionBobbs-Merrill, 1953 - 320 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 25
Page 80
... considered a little more by my brother's acquaintance , and in a manner that did not quite please him , as he thought , probably with reason , that it tended to make me too vain . And perhaps this might be one occasion of the ...
... considered a little more by my brother's acquaintance , and in a manner that did not quite please him , as he thought , probably with reason , that it tended to make me too vain . And perhaps this might be one occasion of the ...
Page 145
... considered to be the first American car- toon . It represents a snake broken into pieces labeled “ N.E. , ” “ N.Y. , ” “ N.J. , ” “ P. , ” “ M. , ” “ V. , ” “ N.C. ” and “ S.C. , ” and it is thought to be of his design and perhaps ...
... considered to be the first American car- toon . It represents a snake broken into pieces labeled “ N.E. , ” “ N.Y. , ” “ N.J. , ” “ P. , ” “ M. , ” “ V. , ” “ N.C. ” and “ S.C. , ” and it is thought to be of his design and perhaps ...
Page 230
... considered , and perhaps to overcome the interest of a petty corpora- tion , or of any particular set of artificers or traders in England , who heretofore seem , in some instances , to have been more regarded than all the colonies , or ...
... considered , and perhaps to overcome the interest of a petty corpora- tion , or of any particular set of artificers or traders in England , who heretofore seem , in some instances , to have been more regarded than all the colonies , or ...
Contents
SELFIMPROVEMENT AND MUTUAL | 112 |
IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMUNITY | 164 |
INVENTIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE | 189 |
Copyright | |
1 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance advantage American tradition Autobiography Benjamin Franklin Boston called century character chimney colonies common conductors continued Cotton Mather distemper electricity empiricism England equal expence experience father fire fire-places Franklin stove Franklin wrote friends gave Gazette give hand hospital improvement industry inhabitants inoculation inventions Jefferson Keimer laws letters liberty lightning rod living London Mark Twain means ment mind nature never observed occasion opinion paper parliament Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Gazette Pennsylvania Hospital persons Philadelphia philosophy political Poor Richard says pounds sterling practice present principles printer printing house published reason religion Richard Bache Second Continental Congress sect slavery slaves society soon Stamp Act stoves taxes things thought thousand pounds thro tion took town trade VINDEX virtue warm wealth whole William Heberden writing